Podcasts you follow are automatically downloaded to your Apple device, and episodes you’ve played are automatically deleted. You can change these download settings and adjust other download options.
If you haven’t listened to a show you follow in a while, though, new episodes stop downloading automatically. You can resume automatic downloads at any time, and you can adjust these settings for a particular podcast you follow.
Here’s how to change your download settings for Podcasts on iPad.
Turn automatic downloads on or off
- Open the Settings app on your iPad.
- Tap Apps and tap Podcasts.
- Tap Automatically Download and choose an option.
Quick tip: To automatically download a particular podcast, open the Podcasts app, then tap Shows in the sidebar. Touch and hold the show, then tap Settings. Tap Automatically Download to limit automatic downloads to a certain number of episodes or a timeframe. Tap Download Video to choose whether to download video., then tap Automatically Download to choose a download option.
Remove downloaded podcasts after you watch or listen to them
- Open the Settings app on your iPad.
- Tap Apps and tap Podcasts.
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Turn on Remove Played Downloads.
To adjust this setting for a particular podcast you follow, tap Shows, then touch and hold the show’s artwork. Tap Settings, then turn on Remove Played Downloads.
Resume automatic downloads
If you haven’t watched or listened to a show you follow lately, its new episodes stop downloading automatically, but you can resume automatic downloads at any time.
- Open the Podcasts app on your iPad.
- In the sidebar, tap Shows.
- Tap a show.
- Tap the Resume Automatic Downloads button. Then tap Turn On Automatic Downloads.
Turn off automatic syncing across Apple devices
- Open the Settings app on your iPad.
- Tap Apps and tap Podcasts.
- Turn off Sync Library.
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