How to Archive an Amazon Order?

To archive an Amazon order, sign in on the Amazon website, go to Accounts & Lists → Your Orders, find the order, and click "Archive order" on the right side of the order card, then confirm. The order disappears from your main order history.

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.