Deleting books on android app

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Deleting books on android app

1Ichbinderwelt
Apr 25, 2025, 5:27 pm

Can anyone tell me how to delete books from the library on android app. The options of red x or lightning icon don't appear on Your Library page and deleting fails on edit section for individual books.

2kristilabrie
Edited: Apr 28, 2025, 9:45 am

If you're looking at a book in one of your lists (e.g. Collections, etc.), can you swipe left on the section of the book to reveal a red "Delete" button? There should also be a "Delete Book" button on the actual book page.

3kristilabrie
Apr 28, 2025, 9:58 am

Correction (I was referencing my iOS app): on Android, if you swipe left you should get a pop-up that says "remove" and "cancel"

4lewbryson
Mar 28, 8:03 pm

Adding a lot of books by scanning and getting duplicates. And every time I delete a duplicate, the Android app closes. Is this a known bug? It's really slowing me down.

5igorken
Edited: Mar 29, 6:20 am

Yeah, I am suffering from this bug as well. It was there in the past, then it worked fine for a while, but now again deleting a book crashes the app (App version 1.1.5 on Samsung Galaxy S23 Android 16 One UI 8.0).

6kristilabrie
Mar 30, 9:49 am

>4 lewbryson: >5 igorken: This is a known issue with the current Android LibraryThing App: https://www.librarything.com/topic/372272. The developers are aware, and are working on major updates to the App that should address this. Thanks for your patience in the meantime! We'll be sure to announce updates.

7lewbryson
Mar 30, 11:06 am

>6 kristilabrie: Thanks! Good just to know it's been seen.