I need to delete an item from Amazon catalog, I do not want to delete my listing so it can be hijacked later. I want it gone from amazon database
I need to delete an item from Amazon catalog, I do not want to delete my listing so it can be hijacked later. I want it gone from amazon database.
i hear you can do it with flat file.
i have never used flat file
thank you!
I need to delete an item from Amazon catalog, I do not want to delete my listing so it can be hijacked later. I want it gone from amazon database
I need to delete an item from Amazon catalog, I do not want to delete my listing so it can be hijacked later. I want it gone from amazon database.
i hear you can do it with flat file.
i have never used flat file
thank you!
3 replies
Seller_LyYw7fQRKc5G7
Only Amazon may remove an ASIN from its catalog.
Seller_kIukTwdhvntAp
Follow this from Amazon --
HOW TO PERMANENTLY REMOVE AN ASIN
https://sellercentral.amazon.com/help/hub/reference/G201576560
Delete SKUs Using Inventory Loader
You can use the Inventory Loader to delete SKUs from your inventory. Deleting SKUs is different from deleting offerings. Product detail pages are created based on input from many sellers. Using the Inventory Loader to delete SKUs will remove your contributions to the descriptive product attributes that are rendered on product detail pages. This enables you to manage the item data associated with specific SKUs.
Delete both your offers and item data contributions.
Enter an "x" in the add-delete field in your Inventory Loader file. This will completely remove all data associated with your SKU.
Deactivate your offers without deleting item data contributions.
Enter a "d" in the add-delete field in your Inventory Loader file. When you delete offers by entering a "d" in the add-delete field, it sets your inventory for the SKUs to "0". This will make those listings show as inactive.
If you submitted a category-specific inventory file originally and want to use an Inventory Loader file to delete SKUs or make other changes to your listings, you can modify an Active Listings Report. See Use Reports to Update Inventory
Reuse of SKUs
• In general, we discourage reusing SKUs for different products. Each SKU should have a one-to-one relationship with a unique ASIN.
• Assign a new SKU to each new product being sold. This will maintain previous item data contributions that are associated with a specific SKU.
• If you do reuse a SKU, first delete the active ASIN data or you will receive an error message. To remove old associations before reusing a SKU, enter an "x" in your Inventory Loader file. This is important for sellers who routinely reuse SKUs to associate previous SKUs with new ASINs.
SIDE NOTE and personal opinion - I suspect it wouldn’t help anyway because I doubt the lawyers would ever allow complete removal of the information due to legal liabilities at some point –
Bryce_Amazon
Greetings @Seller_m1K2JgvKy48rx,
Long-time forums contributor Neverlast provided accurate information on removing a SKU from your inventory, however as another commenter mentioned, it's not possible to completely delete an ASIN from the Amazon catalogue on the seller-side (aside from Brand Registry, to my knowledge).
- Bryce
