How To Uninstall Amazon Fire 7 Tablet Apps

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Many Kindle Fire owners know that adding an app to their Kindle Fire is a breeze. But when it comes to removing them, Amazon gets tricky, and it doesn't remove them from your account completely. This article will tell you how to remove them so that no trace of the app ever exists.

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1

Turn on and unlock your Amazon Kindle Fire.
2

Visit the Apps tab from the Home screen of the device, that has the unwanted app downloaded onto it.

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3

Tap and hold on the app you'd like to remove. You should see a listing of items be presented to you that include adding the app to Favorites, along with "Remove from Device".
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Tap the "Remove from Device" option. This will still leave the app installed. Doing that portion will just make the downloaded files disappear, leaving the app intact on your device, waiting for you to re-download the app.
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Tap and hold the app once more.
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Select the "Delete from Cloud" option from the new drop-down menu list.
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Verify that the app is now gone from the Cloud on your Kindle Fire device. The next screen will remind you that the app will be completely removed.

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When I try to remove the Shop Amazon app from my Kindle, it does not show the option to remove it from the device, only from favorites. What do I do?

The Amazon Shop app can't be removed from the Kindle. If you want to erase your information, you can reset the Kindle to factory settings, but you can't remove the shopping app altogether.
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How do I reinstall email?

You cannot delete email, so you have probably disabled it. Go to settings, then apps and try to enable email.
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I'm sending my Kindle back to Amazon because it isn't working properly. How do I make sure that the Amazon shopping app is deleted totally, cloud and all? I'm new at this, not sure what to do.

Ayndaniel

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Before you send it in to make a final check on your device, you can go to apps and slide to cloud. From there, you can see all apps on the cloud. Just hold your finger on it and delete.
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I need to loan someone my Fire tablet. How can I lock the 'shop Amazon' app so they can't see my purchases or buy anything themselves?

Temporarily enable parental controls, then set a pin for purchases and content.

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The process to removing an app is a whole lot simpler on Amazon's Manage Your Kindle Fire's Apps webpage, the process on the device itself is a bit trickier. When you don't have a computer around from which to remove the app, it's nice to know this process.

Not all apps on your Amazon Kindle Fire are removable. Those that were installed by default aren't, and you will just have to let them sit, though you can remove them from the Carousel if they do exist there. The only apps that you can remove this way are those you "purchased" (even the freebies) from the Amazon AppStore.

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