How to Turn Off Popular Highlights on Your Kindle

May 2024 ยท 2 minute read

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Kindle "Popular Highlights" appear as underlined text in your ebook when more than ten people have highlighted that passage. It sounds like a nice feature theory, but in practice, it can get annoying. Here's how to turn it off.

Popular Highlights appear in lots of Kindle books. You'll come across underlined text while you're reading, along with a little note saying that there are "386 Highlighters" or something. There are a couple of problems with this:

So, here's how to turn them off.

Amazon has standardized the process for turning off Popular Highlights across Kindle e-readers and the app for iPhone, iPad, Android, and Fire devices. It's a straightforward process, but you'll have to do it for each book separately.

First, open the book you want to turn off Popular Highlights on.

Next, tap the screen to bring up the menu and select the "Aa" button.

Switch over to the "More" tab and toggle off the switch for "Popular Highlights."

That's it! You'll no longer see the underlined text while reading. Popular Highlights sound like a good idea, but in reality, you're usually better off creating your own if you want them.

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