{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","contentId":"00000191-2d46-dc3c-a99d-2d7647500001","url":"https://www.aboutamazon.co.uk/news/retail/how-to-hide-an-amazon-order","headline":"How to hide an Amazon order","description":"Keep gift purchases a surprise and your shopping private thanks to Amazon Family.","datePublished":"2024-08-08T10:36:31.921Z","dateModified":"2025-03-10T17:18:00.507Z","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Amazon staff"}],"image":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://assets.aboutamazon.com/dims4/default/8fc59a6/2147483647/strip/true/crop/1688x1125+186+0/resize/300x200!/quality/90/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fassets.aboutamazon.com%2F47%2Fc3%2Fc8f5a8eb44fa8f12a9105cfddef0%2Famazon-uk-how-to-change-address-hero-2000x1125.jpg","width":"300","height":"200"},"articleBody":"![An image of someone handing over an Amazon package to someone else](https://assets.aboutamazon.com/dims4/default/8fc59a6/2147483647/strip/true/crop/1688x1125+186+0/resize/300x200!/quality/90/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fassets.aboutamazon.com%2F47%2Fc3%2Fc8f5a8eb44fa8f12a9105cfddef0%2Famazon-uk-how-to-change-address-hero-2000x1125.jpg)\n\n# How to hide an Amazon order\n\n*Keep gift purchases a surprise and your shopping private thanks to Amazon Family.*\n\n**UPDATE:** *The option to hide an Amazon order is no longer available.*\n\n---\n\nIf you share an Amazon account with anyone else in your family, there may be instances where you want your purchases to remain private, such as when you’re buying a gift or a personal item.\n\nLuckily, you can easily hide your Amazon orders from others in your home—all you need is an Amazon Family[](#_msocom_1) account.\n\nWith Amazon Family, you can make the most of your Prime membership by sharing select benefits—including unlimited Prime delivery, Prime Video streaming access, and early access to Lightning Deals—with another adult and up to four children.\n\n![A father and daughter share a laugh while streaming on their Fire tablet. ](https://assets.aboutamazon.com/dims4/default/cf6a701/2147483647/strip/true/crop/1620x1080+150+0/resize/300x200!/quality/90/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fassets.aboutamazon.com%2Fc5%2F98%2F1d0e21504b9c808504b87f006646%2Fwhatisamazonhousehold-hero-v2b.jpg)\n\n- [How to use Amazon Family to manage digital content and share many Prime benefits with your family members](https://www.aboutamazon.co.uk/news/amazon-prime/amazon-household-prime-benefits)\n\n## **How to hide an Amazon order using Amazon Family**\n\nWhen you use Amazon Family, any order you place is automatically private.\n\nEvery family member gets a personal sign-in page, meaning any order you place will be hidden from the other members.\n\nSetting up Amazon Family is simple. Just go to the [Amazon Family page](https://www.amazon.co.uk/myh/amazonFamily)and click ‘Add Adult’ or ‘Add a Child’. You can add an adult by sending an email invite or signing up together and verifying your accounts. Children don’t need to be invited—just enter their name and birth date to verify their age. Children cannot shop on Amazon.\n\n## **Preventing upcoming deliveries from appearing on your Echo device**\n\nWhen you first set up your Echo device, the default settings will allow Alexa to say or show the names of items you’ve ordered, such as to give you an update on its delivery. If you don’t want your upcoming deliveries to appear on your Echo device so your shopping stays private, you can adjust your device settings in the Alexa app.\n\n![Amazon Echo](https://assets.aboutamazon.com/dims4/default/ea8a85e/2147483647/strip/true/crop/1920x1440+0+0/resize/767x575!/quality/90/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fassets.aboutamazon.com%2F56%2F9c%2F8c11347544e3b5b832d2f3921ac4%2Fecho.jpg)\n\nGo to More -> Settings -> Notifications -> Amazon Shopping and switch the toggle off to stop Alexa from saying or showing the names of products in any shopping notifications.\n\n## **Archive a previous order**\n\nYou can also archive a previous order to stop it from being displayed in your account’s order history.\n\nTo archive an order:\n\n- On desktop, go to ‘Your Orders’ and find the order or item you want to archive\n- Select ‘Archive order’\n\nDoing this will remove your order from the default order history view. If you need to find it again, you can still view it from ‘View Archived Orders.'\n\nFind out more about the [latest news at Amazon](https://www.aboutamazon.co.uk/news).","publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"About Amazon","url":"https://www.aboutamazon.com","sameAs":["https://x.com/amazonnews","https://www.linkedin.com/company/amazon","https://www.instagram.com/amazonnews"],"logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://assets.aboutamazon.com/bd/8f/88e7b0314cc2bd05b9de3155a0fe/amazon-news.svg"},"parentOrganization":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Amazon","url":"https://www.amazon.com","sameAs":["https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3884","https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amazon_(company)","https://x.com/Amazon"]}}}