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[RESOLVED] Can we delete all or some of the 'Not installed' items in the Oculus Library menu

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Heroic Explorer

Title asks it all, i hope.
i have tried out many VR experiences and deleted them after trying, ABE VR being an example. If i let a person use my rift without me being there it would be possible for them to re-instal ABE VR just by going to the 'Not installed' section in the Oculus library.

It should be possible for us users to delete old references to uninstalled VR experiences and to be honest I fail to see the point of having them there at all. I have a good memory of what I didn't enjoy while keeping the best.

I've tried uninstalling Oculus (removed everything Oculus inc hidden files) and reinstalling it but I guess all the info of our old programs are attached to our accounts on a remote server somewhere buried deep in a desert and oculus simply digs them up and reinstalls them !

If anyone's found a way of deleting the old titles "Not installed" from the library menu permanently please tell me how you did it.

cheers

Win 10 Pro, GTX 1080, Asus Z170 Deluxe, Nvidia 391.35
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Heroic Explorer
The latest update now enables the user to hide previously installed and deleted programs
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ZaGaZ
Honored Guest
ok I found the filter :wink: 
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Would still like to remove but better than nothing :neutral:

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Percy1983
Superstar

I think the problem is when you get a free item it still adds it like a purchase.

It makes sense that not installed purchases are there, but not free stuff, but I don't think it knows the difference.

I agree it would be nice to completely remove some of the garbage free stuff I want rid of.

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nalex66
MVP
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The iOS App Store has the same problem. I try out some crappy free app once and then uninstall it, and it lives forever after in the Purchased section.

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Try my game: Cyclops Island Demo

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Heroic Explorer
Glad to hear I'm not the only one who doesn't want to be reminded of the things they downloaded and didn't want to keep.. and it's not just the free one's, there's stuff i bought and hate too!

Imagine... <for arguments sake>  one downloaded an 'interesting' VR experience late one night and weren't satisfied with it, so removed from library plus un-installed in every way one could do.. and then young Sprog comes down to play Mountain Goat <gr8> and discovers horrors 'Not installed' in the library menu??

Come on Oculus.... when u give a kid freedom of your trusted gadget it's not long before they've discovered something thats a little difficult to explain - help us out here
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nalex66
MVP
MVP
That's why you install the really shameful stuff as third-party apps... ahem, for research purposes only, of course.

DK2, CV1, Go, Quest, Quest 2, Quest 3.


Try my game: Cyclops Island Demo

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Heroic Explorer
^ ahh, third party apps via other providers, I have heard of those, yes - good point.
but what about the apps that Oculus seem happy to push.. or indeed let stay in the 'not installed' folder?  
Win 10 Pro, GTX 1080, Asus Z170 Deluxe, Nvidia 391.35

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Heroic Explorer
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ok... ok .. this is me coming clean, the above image contains everything i want gone from Oculus library - 'not installed'

the 'channel island suite' is the latest... very nice but once you've seen it three times it's gotta go, a bit like most of the others - ED being the exception but i have already bought that directly and it's installed normally with a shortcut on the desktop yet oculus feels the need to start up when i launch that (but that's another story)

Does anyone know how to delete this <Not installed> library stuff? - Help..


Win 10 Pro, GTX 1080, Asus Z170 Deluxe, Nvidia 391.35

TwoHedWlf
Expert Trustee
Why would you let someone use it if you think they're likely to go around randomly installing things?

I think effectively to remove them from the "Not installed" section you would then no longer have ownership of that app against your account.

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Heroic Explorer
@TwoHedWlf
good point.. but.. if one uninstalls something it's pretty intentional <are you sure? click here etc> so common sense prevails.
Very happily to wave goodbye to 'Farlands' for example and Elite dangerous is something I mistakenly thought needed installing despite owning it outside Oculus.

There must be someone out there who's found the hidden file that needs 'tweaking' to enable a users edit of the "Not installed" list??
Win 10 Pro, GTX 1080, Asus Z170 Deluxe, Nvidia 391.35

TwoHedWlf
Expert Trustee

PIXELATED said:

@TwoHedWlf
good point.. but.. if one uninstalls something it's pretty intentional <are you sure? click here etc> so common sense prevails.
Very happily to wave goodbye to 'Farlands' for example and Elite dangerous is something I mistakenly thought needed installing despite owning it outside Oculus.

There must be someone out there who's found the hidden file that needs 'tweaking' to enable a users edit of the "Not installed" list??


I suspect that hidden file is actually a database on the Oculus servers that holds a record of your purchases.  At least the master copy anyway.

It looks like a lot of empty directories are left behind even after uninstalling a game, I tried deleting all of those  for mythos, in case that's what it uses to tell if something is not installed.  Nope.
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