Download and delete episodes in Apple Podcasts on iPhone and iPad

Keep listening to the podcasts that you follow when you're not connected to Wi-Fi or cellular.

How to download podcast episodes on iPhone or iPad

  1. Open the Podcasts app.

  2. Search for a show, then tap it.

  3. Touch and hold the episode that you want to download.

  4. Tap Download.

When you follow a podcast, the newest episode of the show downloads automatically to your device.

How to turn off automatic downloads

If you don't want new episodes of a show to download automatically to your device, you can turn off this feature.

Turn off automatic downloads for one show

  1. Open the Podcasts app.

  2. Search for a show, or choose one from your Library.

  3. Tap the check mark at the top of the screen.

  4. Tap Turn Off Automatic Downloads.

Stop downloading all future episodes of the shows that you follow

  1. Open the Settings app.

  2. Tap Apps, then tap Podcasts.

  3. Under Automatic Downloads, tap Automatically Download, then choose Off.

Change automatic download settings

Choose how many downloads you want to keep, or if you want to download video podcasts.

Choose how many episodes you want to automatically download and keep

  1. Open the Settings app.

  2. Tap Apps, then tap Podcasts.

  3. Under Automatic Downloads, tap Automatically Download, then choose how many episodes you want to download, or a timeframe.

Change your video podcasts download settings

  1. Open the Settings app.

  2. Tap Apps, then tap Podcasts.

    • Stream video over only Wi-Fi: go to Video Streaming preferences and turn Allow Over Cellular off.

    • Automatically download video versions of a show: go to Automatic Downloads and turn Download Video on. You can choose if you want to download over cellular data by tapping Allow Over Cellular, then selecting Audio Only or Video.

How to delete podcast episodes on iPhone or iPad

You can delete one episode, all of the episodes in a show, or all of your downloaded episodes.

Delete one episode

  1. Open the Podcasts app.

  2. On your iPhone, go to the Library tab, then tap Downloaded. On your iPad, go to Library in the sidebar and tap Downloaded.

  3. Tap the show.

  4. Find the episode that you want to remove, then touch and hold the episode.

  5. Tap Remove Download.

Episodes delete automatically 24 hours after they're played. If you don't want episodes to delete automatically, go to Settings, Apps, then scroll down to Podcasts. Turn off Remove Played Downloads.

Delete all episodes in one show

  1. Open the Podcasts app.

  2. On your iPhone, go to the Library tab, then tap Downloaded. On your iPad, go to Library in the sidebar and tap Downloaded.

  3. Touch and hold the show you want to remove.

  4. Tap Remove Downloads.

Delete all episodes

  1. Open the Podcasts app.

  2. On your iPhone, go to the Library tab, then tap Downloaded. On your iPad, go to Library in the sidebar and tap Downloaded.

  3. Tap the More buttonIcon of the More button.

  4. Tap Remove All Downloads.

  5. Confirm that you want to remove all of your downloads.

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