Read It Later Support

How do I remove an item from my reading list?

• alan

  How about a delete button so the drop down list can be edited? Right-click mouse doesn't offer delete, and it would be convenient to have something that will allow a delete (or even a rename) so you don't have to bring up the page itself to change the list. Otherwise, it's a great program. Thanks/AT

  Posted Aug 3 08 reply
• Nate

  @Alan
  
  I might be misunderstanding the question, but you can 'delete' items from the list view by simply marking them as read (using the red checkmark). If that's not what you meant, please let me know.
  
  Renaming/Editing might be introduced in an upcoming version.

  Posted Aug 3 08 reply
  • allan herman

    I went to the home page of read it later and tried to sign in and it tells me that my e-mail cannot be found and yes I am not sure how I have that many read read it later last time I looked I had 4 or 5 pages now 15

    Posted Oct 1 09 reply
• Ra-v

  I clicked Install link on this page as 'Read This Link Later' and now I can't mark this as read. How I can mark as read?

  Posted Aug 17 08 reply
• Nate

  @Ra-v
  
  If you open your reading list (Click the dropdown next to the book icon), you should see the item in your reading list. Simply uncheck the checkmark next to the item and close your list.

  Posted Aug 18 08 reply
• Javier

  How can i erase the read it links, that i dont't interested?? Thank you

  Posted Sep 19 08 reply
• Eden7c

  I fell upon bad links (Filtered by websense at my cie...) what would be useful would be a way to mark as read (erase) bad links.
  
  Other than that real great add-on.

  Posted Sep 22 08 reply
• Barry Rabichow

  Great addon for Firefox but it would be nice if, after one has read a saved page, you could remove that page from the list. Any plans on adding "remove from list" in an upcoming release?

  Posted Sep 25 08 reply
• amy leavitt

  I cannot figure out how to Delete items from my Read list. Please kindly advise.
  Much obliged,
  Amy

  Posted Nov 9 08 reply
• Nate

  On the iPhone:
  
  When you are inside the app, you can remove things one of four ways:
  
  1. While viewing the article, tap the checkmark in the bottom left corner.
  
  2. While viewing the article, tap the title to bring up the edit window. Then tap 'mark as read'.
  
  3. While viewing your list, swipe across the item, which will reveal the swipe menu. Click the checkmark. Then click 'mark as read' at the bottom corner.
  
  4. While viewing your list, tap the title 'Reading List' to set your list in edit mode. Tap the checkmarks on any items you wish to remove and tap 'Mark as read'.
  
  
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  In Firefox:
  
  Here are a few ways you can remove an item from your list in Firefox:
  
  1. Open the page and then click the red checkmark in the location bar
  
  2. Open your reading list, locate the item you want to remove and click the red checkmark.
  
  
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  On readitlaterlist.com:
  
  1. Find the item in your list and click the red checkmark.
  
  

  Posted Nov 10 08 reply
• cumulo1q

  Need faster/easier way to edit (delete)items

  Posted Nov 19 08 reply
• Sandy Beach

  how do i remove items from the list?

  Posted Nov 24 08 reply
• cj

  Great program, but suggest your help file makes it more obvious how to delete reading list entries.

  Posted Nov 26 08 reply
• confused

  How can I delete an item from my long "read it later" list after I read it. It is still sitting there. You have to have a delete button somewhere but I can't find it.

  Posted Dec 6 08 reply
• rengerve

  from the "Read it later" FireFow plugin, please when clicking on the link, add a suggestion, send directly to the form to make the suggestion

  Posted Jan 9 09 reply
• rengerve

  I would like to be able to delete a read it later item. I did it for test and i don't want to spoil the other valuable read it items. Also, when really dealt with and possibly bookmarked as valuable link. I don't want it to be in my list. I don't ask the bookmark feature to automatically remove it, even if it would be awesome but at least to be able to do it manually: remove a read it later item.
  
  Jord

  Posted Jan 9 09 reply
• John

  How do i delete old read items?????????

  Posted Jan 9 09 reply
• BUDDY

  Maybe I am just getting old and do not understand everything. I love being able to save an article/page to read later, but when I am done I cannot figure out how to delete it from the list.
  Perhaps a quick options to delete read or unwanted pages.
  
  Thanks,
  
  BUDDY

  Posted Jan 9 09 reply
• LeighArias

  I love this application, but how do I delete/remove a saved page when I'm finished with it?

  Posted Jan 10 09 reply
• Vaughan

  Sorry to be a fool.....
  
  But I can't delete items either. I've followed the advice above, but the items keep coming back......... No way to simply add "DELETE" to the right-click options?

  Posted Jan 23 09 Version: 0.9929 Browser: Firefox 3.0 reply
  • Nate

    Hey Vaughan
    
    If the items are not being removed from your list, it sounds like something else is going on.
    
    In Firefox, open the Error Console (Under Tools -> Error Console -> Errors Tab).
    
    Then clear the list of errors if any are in there.
    
    Then go try to remove one of the stubborn items.
    
    Look back in the error console, does anything appear?

    Posted Jan 25 09 reply
• Bystander

  Agree 100% with other posters. There needs to be a delete button! Oddly, on the iPod Touch, on Safari, when one unchecks an item, the choice is to "Save"!! That button should say "Delete", right??!!
  
  It'd be great if you would use Apple's standard method of swipe left on an item and delete button appears!
  
  That would reduce much initial frustration. Otherwise, nice app which I'm comparing to Instapaper.

  Posted Apr 15 09 reply
• tom

  Where is the delete button for read items?

  Posted Apr 18 09 Browser: Firefox 3.1 reply
  • Hannah

    It's on the 'read' page on http://readitlaterlist.com/read

    Posted Apr 20 09 reply
• Bystander

  On the iPhone, iPod Touch, it's the red checkmark! If you tap on it, you are prompted to "Save" the article. It really is supposed to say "Delete"!!

  Posted Apr 19 09 reply
• Zac

  I've been playing with the app and love the concept too. I think there is confusion between deleting something from the list, and having it removed from the RSS feed also. Because the RSS feed is add-once-permanently as a running feed, people are not seeing their items deleted even though they have been deleted from the list. If you could have the RSS page updated to reflect the current state of the list, that would be very useful-- because who wants to save or share a page of links that is not up-to-date? Perhaps you could enable an option to save a permanent listing of all links, but the nature of the app suggests that the RSS page should represent the current state of the list at all times.    Private comment hidden

  Posted Jun 20 09 Browser: Firefox 3.0 reply
• Nate

  Hey Zac
  
  Which RSS feed are you using? There are three feeds, 'unread', 'read', and 'all'. If you are using the 'all' feed, it will show you both read and unread items. If you'd like the item to be removed from the feed as you read it, you'll need to use the 'unread' feed.
  
  Hope that helps!

  Posted Jun 21 09 reply
• Kym

  This may be an overly simplified suggestion, but it would put an end to this topic's continued confusion:
  
  I am sure the red check mark (which matches the one found in the URL bar) makes sense to the developer, but it is counter-intuitive to the end user. An "X" universally stands for stop, remove, delete... Perhaps on the RIL drop-down list the red check mark should be displayed as an "X", but keep the same functionality.

  Posted Jul 5 09 Version: 0.9946 Browser: Firefox 3.0 reply
• Howard Brazee

  I finally found this page. I could not figure out how to get rid of this web page that I put aside to read later. I though tit would go away when I read it later, and when it didn't I searched for some setting that I needed to change.
  
  

  Posted Aug 20 09 reply
• Gin

  Uhm. Please help. I want RIL in my Chrome. Really, Really. But I can't understand a thing about the API. I've already created an account for it, and also for RIL bookmarklets, and it says, "Drag the following to your toolbar". Which toolbar? In Chrome? In what part? Heeeeelp!

  Posted Sep 2 09 Browser: Firefox 3.5 reply
• nicholas

  Is there SOME way to delete the items, that I have REMOVED from the list by unchecking them, they are not currently in my reading list, but I now see that they are in some READ LIST, meaning I have unchecked them, but they remain somewhere,. I want thing TOTALLY deleted when I am done with them, how do I do that?

  Posted Dec 17 09 Version: .9 Browser: Firefox 3.5 reply
• Armin

  The two ways for removing described earlier worked perfectly well in the previous version of the Firefox add-on. But the recent update has caused some problems. You said:
  
  1. Open the page and then click the red checkmark in the location bar
  
  2. Open your reading list, locate the item you want to remove and uncheck the red checkmark (it will turn empty). Close your list.
  
  Unchecking the bookmark now only establishes that the red bookmark becomes empty. The page doesn't actually disappear from the read it later bookmark folder. It does disappear from the read it later drop down menu on the right of Firefox. But I prefer using the Firefox bookmark menu to scroll through my read it later pages. That's why it's very inconvenient that unchecking doesn't also mean 'remove from bookmarks' anymore. No I have to first uncheck, then also remove the bookmark! Am I doing something wrong?

  Posted Dec 17 09 Version: 2.0.1 Browser: Firefox 3.5 reply
  • Nate

    Hey Armin
    
    Your items are no longer stored in Firefox's bookmarks. Your old folder is still there as 2.0 won't delete it but it no longer updates that folder.
    
    After marking an item as read you should no longer see it in your reading list using the standard reading list view dropdown or sidebar.
    
    There is more about that here:
    http://www.ideashower.com/support/read-it-later/20-syncing-and-bookmarks/

    Posted Dec 18 09 reply
• Armin

  Thanks a lot for the info, Nate. I think I'll downgrade to 0.9. I loved that bookmark feature.

  Posted Dec 18 09 reply
• JC

  delete button please.. it would be more convenient for users than opening a page and deleting them.. good for mass deleting though. but still it's a hassle if your just gonna delete one item.

  Posted Jan 5 10 Browser: Firefox 3.5 reply
• cdnbri

  The two ways for removing described earlier worked perfectly well in the previous version of the Firefox add-on. But the recent update has caused some problems. You said:
  
  1. Open the page and then click the red checkmark in the location bar
  
  2. Open your reading list, locate the item you want to remove and uncheck the red checkmark (it will turn empty). Close your list.
  
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  I can't find the checkmark on my location bar. Help.
  
  
  
  
  

  Posted Feb 13 10 reply
• Chris

  Delete and mark as read are not the same thing. I want to publish my read items, but want to omit some items by deleting them (rather than marking as read).
  
  I can do this on the iphone: in list view, swipe the title, hit the pencil, hit delete (at bottom) tap save... but this is too many key/thumbstrokes... i popped over to the web interface, thinking surely there must be a way to do this easier, but no avail. Seems this thread has been going on for years now ;) maybe it's time to add a delete button too?    Private comment hidden

  Posted Mar 13 10 Browser: Chrome reply
• Neil

  Agree 101% with Chris - a single click delete option, both on iPhone and web interface .. PLEASE!!! ;)

  Posted Mar 25 10 Version: latest .. Browser: Chrome reply
• Anne

  Why isn't there a delete all option? It's MADDENING.

  Posted Apr 25 10 reply
• Arun

  yeh, please add wipe out / delete all. I just want to trash my list now & start over.

  Posted May 30 10 reply
• Peter

  If you sign out by going to OPTIONS > LOGOUT, then your files will be deleted.

  Posted Jun 29 10 reply

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