Choose visibility rather than assuming complete removal
A household may want a purchased film absent from its shared Library without deleting every local copy or changing purchase records. Start by identifying the desired scope. Hiding an item, deleting a download and removing a transaction record are different outcomes, even where a menu label includes the word Delete.
Read Apple’s explicit exceptions
Apple’s hiding guide says hidden items leave the Library across account devices unless already downloaded. Family Sharing members likewise may retain an item they downloaded before it was hidden. The purchase record remains in purchase history. For films and television programmes, Apple describes Delete from Library followed by the prompt to hide the item, and provides an account-settings route to manage and unhide hidden purchases.
Review an actual shared-family situation
For example, if a film is hidden after a family member saved it to a tablet, check that tablet separately if the intention is also to remove its local copy. Do not report the hiding action as proof that the earlier download vanished. Discuss the intended change with the device’s user rather than deleting a prepared travel library without understanding which items are needed.
Verify the appropriate layer
Inspect Library visibility for the hidden item and, where relevant, the local Downloads list. Purchase history is a different record and should not be treated as an error merely because the transaction remains. If you later need the title visible again, review Apple’s documented unhide route rather than purchasing it again. Keep screenshots narrow enough to avoid exposing unrelated family purchases or payment details.
Questions, answered
Does hiding a purchase erase its transaction record?
Apple says the purchase record remains in purchase history.