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So, you're tired of seeing rotating ads or Amazon's preloaded graphics on your Kindle every time you put it to sleep. That's understandable, especially if you're voracious reader who's been spending a lot of time on your ereader. In this piece, we're going to walk you through how to change your Kindle sleep screen and even how to personalize it if you want.
How to remove Kindle Special Offers
Kindles with Special Offers or lockscreen ads typically cost $20 less than the versions without them. These devices will show you a rotation of advertisements for books, for more Kindle devices or for Kindle Unlimited whenever you put your Kindle to sleep. As long as your device is ad-supported, you cannot customize your screensaver, so your first step is removing Special Offers from your ereader, which will understandably cost you some money. If your Kindle doesn't have lockscreen ads, you can skip this step. But if it does, you can follow these instructions:
1. On desktop, go to the Amazon website, log in and click the hamburger menu on the left side of the screen.
Under Digital Content & Devices, go to Kindle E-readers & Books.
On the next screen, click on Manage Content and Devices under Apps & Resources.
On the new page that loads, click on Devices near the top of screen. If you have more than one Kindle attached to your account, click the box marked Kindle under Amazon Devices and then choose the ereader you want.
In the Special Offers box at the bottom, you'll find a button to remove offers for $20. Again, you'll have to pay for it, because Amazon says the original $20 discount you got was in exchange for getting ads.
Screenshot by Mariella Moon (Amazon)
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