Have you placed an order on Amazon for your Christmas gifts? So remember to hide your purchases from your loved ones to avoid spoiling the pleasure of the surprise with this very simple tip.
As the end-of-year holidays approach, there is no doubt that the servers of online commerce giant Amazon will heat up. Practical for last minute purchases but also for all products that cannot be found in local shops, the American giant’s store allows you to make purchases at any time of the day or night. Amazon also scrupulously keeps all the history of the orders you have placed. Useful for example to check that a transaction went well, to find the trace of a purchase or to reorder a product already purchased several months ago.
Practical but for confidentiality, we will come back! If your Amazon account is freely accessible on your computer, smartphone or tablet to allow household members to make their own purchases, they can also freely consult the entire history of orders placed since opening the account. Likewise, if you have given your Amazon credentials to a loved one so that they too can benefit from Prime benefits (for delivery or streaming with Prime Video), they have access to your entire account: purchases made , dates, delivery addresses, payment method used. However, among all your orders, there may be some that you would like to keep confidential. And this holiday season, if you’re relying on Amazon for your Christmas shopping, it might be best to hide them to preserve the element of surprise.
Luckily, Amazon has a feature to hide your purchases. They will no longer be visible in the history list but you will still be able to consult them. Go to the store and log in with your Amazon account. Click, at the top right, on Returns and orders. Your purchase history is displayed. Scroll down to the product you want to hide. Then click on the link Archive the order placed under the product photo. In the dialog box that appears, confirm your choice.
The product you ordered then disappears from your purchase history. But he is not lost yet. To view it again, return to the store’s home page. Click on Account and lists Then Your orders. On the page that appears, activate the drop-down menu Last 3 months. At the bottom of the list choose Archived orders.
Archiving your orders remains a good tip to hide them from anyone’s view. But note that users who are a little curious and familiar with the Amazon store can easily find them. To keep your purchases private, you can share Prime delivery benefits with just one other user. He must have an Amazon account himself. From your account settings, click Your Amazon Prime account. At the bottom of the page that appears, choose Share your Amazon Prime delivery benefit. Indicate the email address of the lucky recipient. They will receive an invitation to use your Prime account (but without Prime Video). Everyone will then be able to make their purchases in their own corner without revealing them to the other.