Deleting / Hiding Unwanted Apps in iOS6

I recently updated to iOS6.
Now, when I goto the App Store, under the Purchased tab I now see EVERY app that I ever downloaded. A lot of these apps were trial and/or free apps. Some of these apps are apps that I purchased and did not like. All of these apps are apps that I will NEVER use.
On my desktop Mac, I have the option of hiding unwanted apps. On both my iPad and iPhone, I can not now that I have updated to iOS6. This is a VERY irritaitng issue as I now have to wade thru 100s of apps just to get to the ones that I am actually looking for. This is compounded due to the much smaller screen than my desktop Mac.
I guess that I dont understand how Apple with their usually very clean interface would want to make something horrifically cluttered.
How do I go about either permanently deleting unwanted apps or at least hiding them?

I guess I don't understand why Apple would remove this feature and make the custombilty of this interface worse. Apple really needs to correct this issue.

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