How to Recover Deleted Books from Kindle?

Ever accidentally deleted a book from your Kindle device while trying to get something else to work? Or wondered about a book that you haven’t read in a long time but can’t seem to find it in your Kindle library? Sometimes accidental deletion occurs and sometimes a virus can wipe out your entire library. Luckily, if you don’t know how to recover deleted books from Kindle devices, AnyRecover and Amazon can help you out. Read on to find out how to recover deleted books from Kindle devices so you can start reading again.

One of the main reasons that people choose to purchase a Kindle e-reader is because it allows them to cart around multiple books at a time. Generally, bringing a physical copy of a book somewhere is impractical as it can get lost, ruined from water, or marked up from travel. For those who read a little and don’t require too many books, a Kindle with just 8GB of space is enough, but for others, 32 and 64GB is required.

Depending on how quickly you purchase new books, read through your current books, and how often you clear out your device, you may find that your storage gets full pretty fast.  A full storage usually leads to a user deleting books to free up space. In a bid to free up space, you may also delete other data files, pictures, and videos from your Kindle. If you’ve forgotten that you’ve deleted books, you’re going to end up asking why these books seem to be lost in the first place.

While users may delete books by mistake or intentionally, the data on your Kindle can disappear for other reasons as well. Perhaps the format of the books you had become incompatible, you somehow downloaded or received a virus infection that wreaked havoc on your stored books, or maybe you had an unknown SD card issue. Whatever the reason, you can recover deleted books from Kindle devices using a variety of methods.

In most cases, Kindle files will become lost or deleted due to a lack of space, but these devices are susceptible to data corruption which is no fault of your own. Luckily though, there are several methods you can use to retrieve deleted books or files.

1Use Your Amazon Account to Retrieve Deleted Books

If you have an Amazon account, you can recover your library through there, use the Cloud to find your lost books, or use a media recovery tool. We’re going to walk you through how to get deleted books back on Kindle devices.

Step 1. Every Kindle device allows you to log into your Amazon account in order to sync with your book purchases that you make online. You can use this to your advantage by retrieving your deleted books from your Kindle through your Amazon account.

Step 2. Head to your personal computer and log into your Amazon account.

Step 3. Head to your purchase history and find the deleted book in your list.

Step 4. Then turn your Kindle on and connect it to the internet.

Step 5. Plug a USB cord into your Kindle and connect it to your computer.

Step 6. Choose the book from your purchase list and send it to your Kindle via the wired transfer (USB cable you plugged in).

2How to Recover Deleted Books from Kindle Via Amazon’s Cloud Library Feature

While you may not be aware of it, Amazon does keep all of your digital purchases, like books, in their cloud library. This means that if you accidentally delete one of your books, you can always re-download it from Amazon’s cloud.

Step 1. Grab your Kindle, turn it on, head to the home screen.

Step 2. Find your “My Library” and click on it. This is located in the upper left corner of your Kindle device.

Step 3. In your library, you will find an “All” tab and a “Downloaded” tab. The downloaded tab will have the books that are already downloaded onto your device, while the all tab, will have all of your purchased books listed out regardless of whether they have been downloaded prior.

Step 4. Head into the “All” tab and find the book you want to recover.  You will need to tap on it to get it to redownload.

3Use the Recovery Software AnyRecover to Retrieve Deleted Kindle Books

If your e-books cannot be found in Amazon’s Cloud Library or through your Amazon account, you can use a third-party software – AnyRecover to retrieve the files. This is especially helpful if you’ve lost the data files due to corruption, wrong formatting, or a hidden virus.

Here is how to use AnyRecover to retrieve your Kindle eBooks:

Step 1. Download and run AnyRecover on your personal computer. Connect your Kindle to your computer with a USB cable and open up AnyRecover. Your Kindle will be listed on the disk map. Select it and hit the Start tab to begin the scanning process.

Step 2. The scanning process starts as soon as you click Start.

Step 3. Once the scan is done, you will be able to navigate through a folder list with your data on it, find the book you are looking to recover and hit the Recover button.

Conclusion

Now that you have the steps on how to get deleted books back on Kindle, you can use these methods to recover other types of data too. For instance, if you have an older magazine, journal, or news story that you had downloaded and saved but cannot find it in your purchase history, make sure to select the “Periodicals: Back Issues” in your Kindle instead of your archived items.  Then just simply tap on it to redownload it or use AnyRecover to retrieve it.

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