Ebooks would have been incomplete if you couldn’t highlight text in a book. Interestingly, highlights offer an advantage to ebooks over physical books as they sync across devices. So if you take a highlight on a Kindle device, you can view it on your mobile or even PC and vice versa. But how does one find Kindle highlights on other devices? Let’s check how to view Kindle highlights on iPhone, Android, online, or PC.
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How to View Kindle Highlights on Android and iPhone
Follow these steps to see your highlights on the Kindle Android or iPhone app:
1. Open the Kindle app on your Android phone.
2. Tap on Library and open the book whose highlights you want to check.
3. Tap anywhere on the screen when the book opens. Then, tap on the Notes icon at the top.
4. You will see all the highlights that you have made in that particular book. Tap on the highlight to go to that page in the book. Or, tap on the Filter icon at the top to filter the highlights according to their color or chapter. Alternatively, tap on the Share icon to export the highlights or to create flashcards from highlights.
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How to View and Read Kindle Highlights on Computer
Kindle has an app for Windows and MacOS that you can use to read Kindle books on PC and see highlights. Follow these steps to look at your Kindle highlights from the Kindle PC app.
1. Install and open the Kindle app on your computer.
2. Double-click the book whose highlights you want to view.
3. Click on the Show Notebook button at the top.
4. You will see all the highlights and notes from that book. Use the Filter by option to filter highlights by color or to see popular highlights.
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How to View Kindle Highlights Online
You can view your Kindle highlights online using the official Amazon website which can be accessed both from PC and mobile.
See Kindle Highlights Online in a Browser on a PC
1. Open read.amazon.com/notebook in a browser on your PC and log in to your Amazon account.
2. Click on the book from the left side whose highlights you want to see. Its highlights will open in the right panel. Similarly, click on other books to view their highlights.
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See Kindle Highlights Online in a Browser on Mobile
The above method can be used to view Kindle highlights on Android and iPhone as well. However, if you are unable to see the highlights and the page keeps going to the Library screen, follow these steps to see the Kindle highlights in a browser on your mobile phone:
1. Open read.amazon.com/notebook in a browser (Safari, Chrome, etc.) on your mobile phone. Log in to your Amazon account.
2. Tap on the book whose highlights you want to see.
3. If you are taken to the book itself instead of showing the highlights, then you will need to request the desktop website for the webpage. On Chrome browser, tap on the three-dot icon at the top followed by enabling Desktop Site.
Similarly, tap on the aA icon followed by Request Desktop Website in Safari browser. Then, open read.amazon.com/notebook and click on the book to view its highlights.
How to See Popular Highlights on Kindle App
Popular highlights is a feature available on Kindle that lets you see the highlights that other people have made in a book. Follow these steps to view popular highlights in a book on Kindle mobile apps:
1. Open the Kindle app on your Android or iPhone.
2. Open the book whose popular highlights you want to check.
3. Tap anywhere on the screen. Then, tap on the three-dot icon at the top and select Popular highlights.
Pro Tip: To turn off popular highlights from showing up while reading a book, open the book in the Kindle app and tap anywhere on the book page. Then, tap on the Aa icon followed by More. Turn off the toggle next to Popular Highlights.
Frequently Asked Questions
1. How to see highlights from Kindle Scribe online?
If you own a Kindle Scribe, you can view its highlights and notes online by going to read.amazon.com/kindle-notebook.
2. How to fix Kindle highlights not syncing?
If you can’t see the highlights from other devices, start by restarting your devices. Then, make sure that the Sync and Whispersync features are enabled in the Kindle settings.
3. What are the best tools for Kindle highlights?
To view and manage Kindle highlights, you can use third-party tools like readavocado.com, my.clippings.io/, kindlenotes.co/, and readwise.io/bookcision. You will need to import the highlights into these tools first.
4. How to receive Kindle highlights daily in email?
You can use services like justremind.app/ (free) or readwise.io (paid) to get highlights daily from Kindle in your email.
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Hope you were able to find your Kindle highlights. If you are looking for books to read, check out the best places to get Kindle books for cheap. Also, check the best book summary apps for Android and iPhone.
