iOS App Store updated to include Purchase History
The App Store on iPhone and iPad has been updated to include your purchase history. It's located under the "Updates" tab.
When you tap "Purchased", you will see tabs for all your purchases and ones that are not on that device. Apps that are not installed on your device have an iCloud icon with an arrow inside that will download the app when tapped. Tapping anywhere else on the app row will take you to that app in the App Store so you can learn more about it. To search for apps in either list, just pull down to reveal a search field.
Having access to my purchase history is a welcomed addition to the App Store. What are your thoughts on the purchase history?
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I guess Verizon iPhone users won't have access to this feature (or the similar ones in iTunes) until we get iOS 4.3 or 5?
thats correct VZW users left out again
Wrong, the AppStore is a web app wrapped in a native app. No iOS update needed.
It's not showing up for VZW iPhones yet
you have to be running iOS 4.3 at least that is what Steve Jobs said in the Keynote
That's what I was going by…
Looks like there is an iPhone 4 CDMA ISO 5.0 beta so there is at least that for you guys.
If you pull down on the list a search bar appears at the top
Hey! Check that out! Updated! Thanks!
It needs a purge function
There is a search tab at the top if you pull the apps down
Finally!!!!! AWESOME!!!!!!!
It's nice, sometimes I forget if I already paid for an app on the iphone and if it's free to download it again.
What'd be better is to have it set up the same way that the iPad is, wherein if you go to an app that you already own, instead of "Buy", you see "Install".
@Leanna I'm going to take credit for telling you this via twitter, even if you had already started writing it before tweeted! This wasn't on the site when i sent that
lmao. I actually found out from George
I found it while refreshing for the 20th time looking for an update to angry birds!
any way to clear this?
Start a new iTunes account.
then i'd have to buy everything all over agian right?
Yes. Until this is refined, this'd be the only way to clear this list.
I Like it ALOT! Just needs a way to organize them by different criteria.
I assume also not for iOS 4.2.1
Doesn't appear to be.
Couldn't find it under updates on my iPad but I'm really blind, it has its own tab. I only have 206 available iPad apps, Nice!!!
Took me a min on my iPad too.
The App Store is now more peculiar than ever: from the list of purchased items, you can download any app over 3G, regardless of size.
But you still can't PURCHASE apps larger than 20 mb over 3G.
Where is itunes 10.3?
How do you download it?
Site shows donwnload here but takes you to 10.2.2
"Recent Purchases" are available in the same manner on the mobile iTunes store now, too.
I'm running 4.3.1. I don't see any changes to the updates section in the app store :S.
It looks like you have to install iOS 4.3.3 to get this to work. I wasn't seeing it all day yesterday or this morning on my iPhone 4 running 4.3.1. Updated to 4.3.3 and now the purchases button appears in the app store and in iTunes
Hmm. I still don't see it on my iPad or iPhone.
how do I remove apps with a cloud from the list
Go to your app store on your phone and check updates, shows purchases and find my phone right now.
how do you remove apps you dont want on the list that have a cloud
Try turning your iphone/ipad off and then on again. It just worked for me.
iTunes on the iPhone has it too
you can re-download music as well
Loving iTunes new cloud thing.... Was able to redownload a 5 year old song that I had lost somehow.
On iPod touch 2gen not working. Just the same old store.
The app is still not available in Australia.
Nothing in the UK.
It seems to be working in the UK for me.
No change on verizon
I did have two updates, and there was a new terms to agree to, but same old store.
There is just way too too much in mine. Need a way to separate paid from free.
I do hope they come up with something similar for in-app purchase.
Because that first App Store-produced message always tell you the price like you'll be charged again, I get at least one support enquiry a day from MailShot users worried they will be charged a second time to upgrade to do larger email groups on their new device. You don't find out you weren't charged until the process is effectively over.
All Apple need to do to fix this is replace the first message with one that tells you it will be free to upgrade, when they know your account has already purchased the item.
I guess US only has this feature atm. Nothing here from the great white north.
I have this and I have a Canadian iTunes account and able to use this feature.
I find it all a bit confusing
Definitely need a way to delete from the list, I am dumb founded with the amount of apps I have downloaded but I deleted them for a reason, they were crap. I also seem to be able to install previously pulled apps like TRIS which was around a long before Tetris.
It does say in the small print at the bottom of the apple page that it is a USA only beta.
It doesn't show up for me, does it update upon syncing with iTunes?
Not showing up in my app store or iTunes app either. I live in the USA, have iOS 4.3.1 and agreed to the new tos and have rebooted my phone 3 times. Hopefully it'll update soon
Like others on this forum have pointed out, there needs to be a way to permanently delete items from the list.
Not on my iPhone 4 running 4.3.1 and AT&T in USA. Must still be rolling out.
Not working yet for me either, Same setup as you.
I purchased a free app so it would do the updated Terms and Conditions... rebooted phone. Still no go.
I don't see it on my iPad 2 on the "Updates" tab. I am on iOS 4.3.1. Will it work on there?
Not being able to delete is an invasion of privacy. Far worse than location tracking.
Guys if you want to hide your purchase history, go to iPhone settings, Store, and tap your email address and sign out. I guess this is abit annoying but it does hide your purchase history. It doesn't delete but does hide until you sign in again. We need a way to delete unwanted items from purchase history Apple!!!
How can they take a risk at releasing this without having features to sort by some criteria? Or allowing to hide or remove certain purchased apps? Disappointed, this has defeated Apples previous level of excellence.
From a lot of comments, glad I do not have it.
AWE$OME. This is the killer app of iOS 5.
we need to delete history i don't want my kids to see adult app on my history what a rubbish idea from apple
I agree, I am quite upset that my teen came home today to return my phone and was able to see all historic purchases. I usually dont log out as I know to download you need to enter a password after 15 minutes but I was more than shocked to see list of all my purchases ever made.... not exactly what i would have wanted my teen to see!!!
Hmm, couple apps one here I never downloaded and are not in my itunes store purchase history either. I never wanted to go to washington DC and there is a visitor guide to DC in the purchased app list. Not to mention the 100+ free games my kids downloaded on my itunes account with their touch.
Really needs to be a way to delete apps or just turn it off.
Come on Apple, there needs to be a way of deleting purchase history!
I want this removed - an own goal by Apple. Taking away control from users.
This is trash. There needs to be a way to turn this off under restrictions. Again the apple dictatorship uses it's mighty hand to force us instead of giving us an option.
i think the update really needs a way to delete the purchased history, as i do not want to see apps that i deleted from my phone and computer for a reason. Plus i share the phone with kids i do NOT want them to easily be able access any adult content that i may a downloaded temporarily.
Im in 100% Agreement there. I have apps I used when I was out having "fun" That I would like others not to see.. Need to be able to get rid of them or heres and IDEA: WHEN WE DELETE THE APPS OFF OF OUR PHONE MAKE THEM STAY DELETED? SERIOUSLY YOU CREATE EXTRA WORK BY HAVING THEM TAKE UP MORE SPACE OR EVEN STAY IN THE PHONE WTF IS THE POINT OF DELETING SOMTHING IF IT DOESNT GO AWAY TO BEGIN WITH?
This is absolutely rubbish. There really needs to be a way that we can delete previously downloaded applications. There was a reason why I removed it in the first place?
No wonder in the past when i have re-downloaded adult applications, it contains private information - despite cleaning it out before deleting it previously!
What is with apple and always wanting to CONTROL their users?
There really needs to be a way to DELETE what I don't want in my history!
Finally! I have that on my BlabckBerry and I Really missed it on iOS
I think its stupid and needs to b removed
Why?! Finally you don't have to go into desktop iTunes to check if you've really purchased that app.
Can the purchased history be deleted?
My old purchases list is overwhelmed with junky "free" apps I downloaded before I learned better. I wish I could clean up THAT list!
And sadly, old apps that aren't in the app store are not necessarily available. Not found:
YES! Finally!
There have been a few times I have gone months without syncing my phone. There have also been a few times where I've gone months without syncing, only to find a new toy to test from Cydia- which crashes everything. Having to restore from a 2+ month backup really bites. (I know, just sync more often, problem solved.)
Having the purchase history at my fingertips for the sad aforementioned type of situation really lets me have a backup "in the cloud" as far as app purchases go. Apple finally got it right.
Remember the 'Tris' Tetris app that was on Cydia, and was in the App Store, in it's earliest days before EA had it pulled, so they could have their official app as the only one? Well, I'm not sure if it was reinstated prior, but I checked my purchase history on my iPhone, and right at the bottom was 'Tris'. I clicked install, and to my surprise it worked! Does this work for any other apps that were pulled, or is is just a bug in the system?
They need to give us an option to either turn this off or delete items in the history. Stupid move Apple.
I hate it please remove it!!! There's a reason why I deleted them I do not want them again!! Please take it off!!
All you have to do is create a new account and use the new account with new history...simple
im not trying re purchase every paid app!
What's with all the hate? This is a great feature, and if you don't like it, just don't click the "Purchased items" tab! I'm very happy to be able to look through my old purchases.
And what's up with the complaints about ”grown-up” apps people don't want their kids to see? I've never run into any app that couldn't stand the gaze of a kid... Everyone knows Steve Jobs is a prude, much to the chagrin of everyone not american, (we are more realistic and open about sex, it's natural, and here to stay), so you won't find anything offending on the AppStore, that's for sure...
Case in point, I was censured on my previous comment, the 3 letter word I was writing starts with an S and ends with an X... How terrible if anyone should read that word! Their eyes might rot...
theres a damn reason why that word was censored! think like the majority!
What might that reason be then? I'm really curious..
Folks is not the end of the world ...just create a new account make your own new history.
not everybody is as rich as you to buy all the paid apps again.
I want the option to delete it
Its gud to hv this feature, but it is annoying when it does not hv Clear/Purge/Remove-Delete history option. Apple must introduce Purge history option to mk it more useful.
I'd like to add my voice to this - I disapprove of this measure entirely, and want the option to remove items from the list. Also, I thought it was worth starting a petition over this. Please add your support if you think Apple's unilateral action here is a threat to your privacy. http://goo.gl/0ziLo
It should not include apps that have been discarded. There should be a way to edit it
Should be sub-sections of the Purchased list; "Current" and "Hidden".
(1) Users start off with all apps in the Current list. (2) Then we go through them, choosing to move unwanted ones to the "Hidden" list. (3) Any wrongly moved into Hidden, can be moved back manually by users to the Current list again.
By offering this, then any moved by accident (and to avoid complaints to Apple about deleted apps), can be reinstated into the Current list manually again very easily by users themselves.
Really surprised this has not been realised by Apple, as it seems a fairly intrinsic issue one would have thought they'd have realised in the initial design process. (Presume technical issues may scupper it until perhaps a future update...pity.)
Major issue with AppleID/MobileMe accounts. Many thread links grouped here: https://discussions.apple.com/message/15364647
The Purchase History is great. BUT: some app downloads are embarrassing, crappy, or totally useless, and were deleted for a reason! I agree; there should be a way to delete apps from the Purchase History record.
They need to add a delete button which would delet it fro good! Plz do it ASAP
Ur rite
You can now hide purchased apps App Store > Updates > Purchased > swipe across on the app > tap on Hide
Agree! Need add th delete button please.....
I agree
try to provide option for deleting , if not we no need the history , since delete that app why we need that again
Please let us have option to delete. I have added apps out of curiosity then decided to delete. I don't want them to appear
Please add soon a permanent / complete DELETE option for apps "not on this phone"! Thanks you very much.
I'd like to be able to see apps that I have deleted. "haven't i tried that app before and didn't like it?" Perhaps the solution is to have the option to delete and an option to archive.
Agreeeeeeed. Need a delete feature!!!
Agree...a delete feature would be nice. I have downloaded lots of apps just out of curiosity and subsequently deleted them. I have also kept some of the ones I downloaded like this. Having a permament history will make me think twice about trying out any app. THAT MEANS APPLE WILL LOSE MONEY IF THEY DO NOT CREATE A DELETE APP HISTORY FEATURE
I have this feature on my iPod Touch 4, but not on my Verizon iPhone.
"Having access to my purchase history is a welcomed addition to the App Store. " Welcomed by whom? This is horrible and needs to go away, or at a minimum require a password to access. There needs to be a way to disable this "feature" andor a way to delete the Purchased History. Apple is just too intrusive.
I dont see it on my iPhone 3G, either. Not surprised. Why support a phone that was purchased just a year and a half ago?!
Agreed, option to remove. App or history is needed
why the *** do they need to show it on the ipod ??? cant you just leave it as in on itunes
this sucks wheres the delete button
Yes -this is crap......come on Apple get with it...
Need to add a hide or delete button so users can permanently delete an app
Can hide, swipe right and hide. Can't delete.
I do not see the need to have the purchase history. First off, I back up my mac (everyone should). Secondly, if I purchase a game from a store and loose it, I do not get to go back to the store and say "I lost my game, please replace it". If I download an app and delete it because I do not want it, then decide later that I do want it, I should have to purchase it again.
Additionally, if purchase history is going to be a new feature, give me the option to delete apps that I do not want cluttering up my purchases. Every free app I have ever downloaded and realized I did not want - I do not want to see them there. Please provide a delete / purge from pruchace history option.
They really need a delete button!
Wtf this shotty crap of app history is getting me in trible
Hate this new feature apps were deleted for a reason no need to keep seeing them. Please get a delete button ASAP!!!!
Ill just add my voice to that of everybody else in these forums, lets make a slide to delete feature so you can get these apps out of your purchase history for good!
I've downloaded some useless apps and I keep looking up how to remove them COMPLETELY! Nothing. Real smooth, Apple. Real smooth. =____=
A delete button, please!
Very stupid ideal if we can't delete the purchase history, no point to have it.
IT NEEDS A DELETE PURCHASE HISTORY.... When are you going to give us that option? I can't believe you didn't put a little more thought into this one Apple!
They said its purpose is to keep a record.. but at least have a feature that can delete FREE downloaded apps... it F* free we dont need a record for it.. pls delete my pole dancing app haha
Has Apple responded to the complaints at all? Need option to hide or delete ASAP.
There are certain apps that I don't want my girlfriend to know I have so it would be nice to have some kind of way to delete them from the purchase history...
Agreeing with this one.. No need for dramas lol if u get a way to do it let me know
Deleted apps were deleted for a reason so why would I want to re-install them. Please add a delete button or just get rid of the history for good!
Thanks for listening
Help, the return to update (back) button is gone, I can't get out of the purchase screen.
Me too. I pressed the 'purchased' button out of curiosity and cant return to 'updates'. Pls help us. (Using iPod touch 4G)
Apple WHY WHY WHY did you not put a delete button. Like other comments say we deleted it for a reason!!! Not to make it show up back on your iphone!!! Apple this makes no sense at all! I just hope this feature is optional. People please tell me this is optional! this is the most stupid feature I've ever seen!!
They need to add a delete button
Need a delete button list. I have this long list of all the apps I've ever tried out and it's kind of annoying
Should be delete apps from history or edit purchase history. Should be able edit history or erase history.
Some apps are deleted for a reason and don't want to be accessed anymore. PLEASE ALLOW US TO DELETE THESE APPS from the Purchased history records! It is very, very frustrating!!
Add button for COMPLETE DELETE. Really stupid Apps have to go away!
hi to everyone, I like the idea of having the purchase list in iphone and in the itune but it would have been beter if we were able to delete any of the app if we wanted.
So funny to read all of you guys being afraid of your girlfriends. Hahaha
Just trying to add weight apple please include delete button - so that all apps that were deleted intentionally in the first can be deleted permanently from iPhone
i didn't like cause i cant delete the purchased app I bought
and some of its contains stuff kids can`t see it
you should do something about it so we can delete the items we dont want it in our phone
Need to have a delete option to clear history.