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r2015

It will soon be my wife's birthday so I looked on Amazon for some ideas for a present.


10 minutes later she shouts up the stairs, why are you looking at presents on Amazon?


She was reading a book on her Kindle and along the bottom of the page are suggestions based on what I was looking at.


How can I turn this off?

London50

As far as I know you cannot "turn it off", I take it you are looking on the Amazon account that is linked to the kindle and the kindle that was bought was the one that allows ads so anything that is looked at on that account will connect to the kindle.
I would try opening a new Amazon account for yourself so not connected to the one for the kindle as that should stop anything byou look at being shown on the kindle

I_have_spoken

>How can I turn this off?<

You could buy the add-free option for the Kindle as a pressie!

cajef

Not sure whether this will turn them off but it costs an extra £10

If you would like to opt out of these special offers and sponsored screensavers, you can do so for £10 after you have registered your device.
To unsubscribe from Special Offers:

1. Go to Manage Your Content and Devices.
2. Select the Your Devices tab.
3. Click your device to display more information.
4. Next to Special Offers, click Edit, and then follow the instructions to unsubscribe from Special Offers. You'll see the amount of the one-time payment before you confirm.

ballyblack

Sign out of Amazon!

parmavioletuk

Private browser window like Chrome incognito etc?

London50

parmavioletuk wrote: »

Private browser window like Chrome incognito etc?

No it would not work as when the OP logs into Amazon the kindle will pick up the amazon link and can display related items on it.

debitcardmayhem

Create a new account with amazon and use that for browsing.

wealdroam

r2015 wrote: »

It will soon be my wife's birthday so I looked on Amazon for some ideas for a present.


10 minutes later she shouts up the stairs, why are you looking at presents on Amazon?


She was reading a book on her Kindle and along the bottom of the page are suggestions based on what I was looking at.


How can I turn this off?

As it's your wife's birthday soon, surely she knows why you were looking at presents on Amazon. Did she need to ask?

Think yourself lucky that that was all you were looking at.

mac.d

You can turn the ads off, as cajef & I have spoken posted, pay £10 to opt out of the special offers and your wife will no longer see any ads on her Kindle.

You can also sign out of your Amazon account while browsing for items to stop related ads showing, but if you were to go ahead and buy something, you have to sign, and the related ads will pop up on the Kindle.

cajef wrote: »

Not sure whether this will turn them off but it costs an extra £10

If you would like to opt out of these special offers and sponsored screensavers, you can do so for £10 after you have registered your device.
To unsubscribe from Special Offers:

1. Go to Manage Your Content and Devices.
2. Select the Your Devices tab.
3. Click your device to display more information.
4. Next to Special Offers, click Edit, and then follow the instructions to unsubscribe from Special Offers. You'll see the amount of the one-time payment before you confirm.

kwikbreaks

wealdroam wrote: »

Think yourself lucky that that was all you were looking at.

It's always possible it wasn't