Apple's Books app (formerly iBooks) has long been a favorite among Apple users. The interface is easy to navigate, and it offers a viable alternative for those who don't own a Kindle or other e-book reader. This article shows you how to delete books from the Books app on a Mac or iOS device, and how to hide and unhide books you want to keep.

When you delete a book, audiobook, or PDF that you imported from a source other than the Book Store, it will be deleted from all your synced devices and iCloud.

However, you can’t delete items you purchased from iCloud’s Book Store, even if you remove them from your Mac. The workaround is to hide them.

Sometimes books need to go to free up space, or maybe you just didn’t like them. Whatever the reason, here’s how to delete books from your Books Library on a Mac.