Go to the Amazon page Manage Your Content and Devices. Remove DRM from Kindle downloaded via Amazon website Or if you have a Kindle e-ink device, you can take the next method. But you can still use the latest version of Kindle for Mac and patch Kindle for Mac on macOS Catalina or Big Sur to remove Kindle DRM successfully. The current solution is to downgrade your Kindle for PC/Mac to the older version and try once again.įor macOS Catalina and Big Sur users, downgrading to the older version is not working. Now Calibre cannot handle this new KFX DRM scheme. The Kindle eBooks will be encrypted with a new Kindle KFX DRM if you download Kindle eBooks via Kindle for PC/MAC version 1.27 or higher. If you failed to remove the DRM, you are probably not using the older version of Kindle for PC/Mac. Locate the book you downloaded (“My Kindle Content” folder) Drag and drop it to calibre.Where are Kindle AZW books stored on PC/Mac?įor Windows: C:/Users/your user name/Documents/My Kindle Contentįor Mac: /Users/user name/ Library/ Containers/ / Data/Library/Application Support/Kindle/My Kindle Contentįailed to remove DRM from Kindle books downloaded via Kindle for PC/Mac with Calibre DeDRM plugin? Calibre will open normally, but command prompt will remain running too.Ĩ. try opening Calibre with debug mode (so you can see if DeDRM worked) by opening Command Prompt and typing “calibre-debug -g”. Click Close and then OK to exit both dialogues.ħ. It will be added to the list of keys and it will be the only one you see. a dialogue box will open with an already suggested “default_key” in the input field. Click the green + button to create a new key. It will most likely be blank (no keys shown.)Ħ. Select “Kindle for Mac/PC ebooks” and another dialogue box will open. Click on “Customize plugin” and a Configuration dialogue box will open.ĥ. After it’s installed, it will be highlighted.

Open Calibre and then install the DeDRM Plugin from Preferences>Plugins>Load plugin from fileĤ. This book will be in the “My Kindle Content” folder that you’ll find in your Documents folder.ģ. let it download a copy of your book to the computer. Open the Kindle app for windows and login. Install all the software you require (Kindle Windows app, Calibre, DeDRM plugin, Python, and pycrypto)Ģ. I’ve personally found this method to work (Windows + Kindle desktop app) in 2016 :ġ.

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