You watch with delight as they unwrap their presents. Each one is a surprise to them and they love the thrill of unwrapping the presents as much as the presents themselves. That sense of surprise and wonder is one of the things that makes Christmas so much fun, and almost too hard to wait an entire year for. Which is why your kids try each year to figure out what presents you bought them. They’ll shake the wrapped boxes underneath the tree and they might even try to carefully unwrap them so you can’t detect their handiwork. You might hear them opening up closet doors or going in the basement or your car gifts. While you’ve become an expert at hiding their gifts, the digital age is giving them an easy way to blow your cover. Worse, you may not even know how they’re doing it.
Hide Christmas presents from your kids
That includes one adult. They’ll have access to your stored payment methods and Prime perks, like free shipping.
Hide presents in your archive
You’re a parent or someone’s child, so you know that no Christmas gift is completely safe from early detection. Somehow, there’s always one or two gifts that don’t elicit squeals of surprise. That’s fairly easy to do and it’s tricky for anyone to find those archived orders, although not impossible. Here’s what you do. You’ll see your orders. Click on Archive Order on the right side of each item. Here’s the point: it’s a little difficult to find those archived purchases. To find yours, go to Orders, then click on the drop-down menu where it says Past 6 Months and select Archived Orders — you’ll be given the option to unarchive an order.
Remove your browsing history
Christmas morning could take a sour turn if they know everything you bought them long before they open their presents. So, make it tough for them to find anything there. You’ll see Browsing History on the upper-left side of the homepage. Hover over the drop-down menu. You will see your most recent purchases along with the date you purchased them. Hover over that date and you’ll see an X and the word, “Remove.” You can also click on the Browsing History link the menu. You can remove one item at a time or click on Manage history in the upper-right side to remove all items or to turn off your browsing history.
