Tip: Kindle's Archived-Items folder - Updated

A lot of people on the forums have asked what the 'Archived Items' folder is for while others have asked how to delete books.   At some point, people may want to re-download a book after deleting it and this is doable as well.

 This tip is only for Kindle 2's and DX's although there is one note about Kindle 1's different way of jumping to a Home listing page.  Thanks to My2¢worth for reminding me I should note this blog entry guide doesn't apply to the Kindle 1.

UPDATED to incorporate varying pop-up wording, thanks to the comment by Betty Reed.
When you want to delete a book purchased from Amazon, for which a copy is always on their servers, you just press your 5-way button to the left and a pop-up appears with the words "remove from device" on it to offer you that option for that book and you press down on the 5-way button.  That removes the book from your Kindle but it's still available on your Amazon book management page if you decide you want it back.  It is then also listed in your Kindle's Archived Items folder.

  If the book was not purchased from Amazon or if it is a Kindle periodical which is no longer on the Amazon server, your first pop-up says "Delete" and if you press that, you get another pop-up that says, "This item will be permanently deleted.  Would you like to continue.?" (Thanks to PaxtonReader for part of the info on when that pop-up appears, noting it does not appear for Amazon-purchased books.)

  If you don't want to delete the book or periodical because your cursor was on the wrong item, say, then you can either 5-way (button) to the right or hit my favorite Kindle button, the "BACK" button, and you'll be back to where you were before starting the delete function.

  If you confirm removal for any book, then the title is removed, and if you purchased it from Amazon the book is on their servers in the area they made for your book management and remains there.
  As a convenience, you'll find, as mentioned above, your removed Amazon-purchased book listed under the Archived Items folder on your Kindle as well, as an easy way to retrieve it when you do want it again.  This just tells you what is yours and available for download.
  (Remember that annotations you've made on an Amazon-purchased book are saved along with the book if you don't disable the advertised annotations backup feature under Menu/Settings/Menu option and that they are downloaded with any re-downloaded books).

It could be that you have another Kindle-compatible device on your account and if so, it may have a book sent to it that this Kindle doesn't have.  That book will show up in this Kindle's Archived Items folder because it's not listed in the Home directory as available for reading.

  My book orders are sent mainly to my most recent Kindle (a DX) but I may want to read it on the Kindle 2 as well.  In that case, I can send it to the Kindle 2 from the Manage Your Kindle page at Amazon by using my computer's web browser (where I'll find my book-library info at the bottom-left area of that page in expandable format [a "+" sign means you can open up that line and see more info and options], or I can just get my Kindle 2 and go to its Archived Items folder to click on the book title and get it that way.

How do we get to the Archived Items folder?
If you're new to the Kindle or haven't explored it much, be sure to see my blog article on Basic Kindle folders organization and access.  This shows how to limit the display to only Personal Docs, subscriptions, and books when not wanting the All My Items option.
  It also shows the 3 possible sorting methods of what you've chosen to display: by Most Recent, Title, or Author.  The images and text in that article show how to navigate the top-of-page organization options (often hidden) on the Kindle's Home listings page.

Tips on getting to the Archived Folder easily
  a. Primary method: Press Menu and then select and click on "View Archived Items"
  b. If you have your Home listing sorted by the 'default' setting, which is "Most Recent" at the top, then the Archived Folder will be at the end of your listing, which could be page 12.

  Getting to the last-page number (for any reason):
  You don't have to go through each page, as I've seen some complain we must.
  You can just start typing the number of the last page in your listing.  In this case, you'd type in '1' and then '2' (not too slowly).  Then you'll see the '12' on your search bar, but the Kindle knows you may just want a page number if the number is smaller than the number of pages for the Home listing.

  At that point press down on the 5-way button, and you'll be taken to the last page.  From there, you can type, say, '6' and press down the 5-way button again to get to page 6 if you want.

  NOTE: This Goto page-number for the Home listing works on ANY sort option - Most Recent, Title, or Author.   I don't think this is commmonly known.

  (Kindle 1 or 'Classic' model note:  You can type in the number of the last page and do not need to press anything else down to get there.)

  Getting to Archived Items folder with ANY sort option.:
  If your Home books-listing is sorted by Title, you're already at the 'A's. Then you type 'a' and the search bar will appear with the 'a' in there, at which point you can then press the 5-way button down and be shown not all the other titles that start with 'A' (or titles that begin with numbers) but only 3 items: Archived Items, Periodicals: Back Issues and any Items Not Yet Indexed (which means they haven't been catalogued for key word searches yet or that a subscription issue is no longer available).

  Notice that this is a short cut to Periodicals folder also.

  But since the sorting option is on 'Title' we could have typed 'p' to get there as well.  That typing of 'p' wouldn't work when on Most Recent sort-method though, although typing the alpha-character works with 'a' for Archived Items folder.

  The key thing is that although I mentioned getting to the Archived Items folder via Title above, you can type 'a' when your list is sorted by either Title or Author OR even Most Recent and you'll be taken to the listing of 3 items - the Archived Items, Periodicals and any unindexed items.

Again, whenever you're through with any unusual action, the BACK button is a great feature to get you back to where you were before a jump to another location was made.

UPDATE: A thanks to PaxtonReader for additional information, which has been included.

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