How to Archive an Amazon Order?

Important: this only works in a web browser. The Amazon mobile app doesn't have an archive option — if you're on a phone, open amazon.com in your mobile browser and, if the button doesn't appear, request the desktop site from your browser's menu.

Step-by-step (desktop or mobile browser)

1. Go to amazon.com and sign in.
2. Hover over Accounts & Lists and select Your Orders (or go directly to Your Account → Your Orders).
3. Locate the order you want to hide. Use the year dropdown if it's older.
4. Click Archive order — it sits with the other buttons on the right-hand side of the order (near "Return items" or "Write a product review"). On some layouts you'll find it under a three-dot / "More actions" menu on the order.
5. Confirm when prompted with Archive order.

Where the archive button is when you can't see it: Amazon moves this control around, and it's the single most common snag. Check in this order — the right-hand column of the order card, then a "More actions" or three-dot menu, then switch to the desktop version of the site. It will not appear in the app.

How to view your archived orders afterwards

1. Go to Your Orders.
2. Open the filter dropdown at the top (the one showing "past 3 months" / year).
3. Select Archived Orders.

You can also reach it directly through Your Account → Archived Orders.

How to unarchive an order: Open the Archived Orders view, find the order, and select Unarchive order. It returns to your normal order history.

What archiving does and doesn't do

• It hides the order from your default order list — useful for gifts and surprises.
• It does not delete anything. Amazon keeps the record permanently; you cannot fully delete order history from your account.
• The order still appears in your invoices, payment/bank statements, and account activity, and archived items can still influence your recommendations.
• Anyone with access to your account can still find it by switching to the Archived Orders filter — so it's concealment, not privacy.

The limit: You can archive up to 500 orders per account. Beyond that you'd have to unarchive something first.

For genuinely private purchases, use Amazon Household profiles or a separate account, or turn off browsing history — archiving alone won't hide a purchase from someone who knows where to look.

The closest sibling pages are How to Cancel Amazon Music? and How to Cancel an Audible Membership?.

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