My podcast icon has disappeared from my homescreen. How do I get it back?

Well I’m not sure what iOS you’re running but if it’s 14 or later you can try to swipe left to your App Library and it should be there then you can hold and drag it to the regular Home Screen, unless you deleted it by mistake in which case you need to download it from t he App Store

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I may be wrong, but I don't think a 4th generation iPod Touch can delete in-built apps. If memory serves me correctly (I live in hope) apps can be dropped into folders, which means they're not obviously visible until you look in that folder. A possibility therefore, is that the app icon has been dropped into a folder with other apps.

First steps first though, particularly if you still haven't resolved the problem:

1. Look in Settings and let us know which version of iOS your iPod is using. (The "signature strip" at the bottom of a post is not always correct)
2. On older iPods, I don't think it was possible to delete and app, so it will be there somewhere. Look in folders
3. As far as I'm aware, even if you managed to delete the built-in (Apple-supplied) app, you should still be able to re-install it, even on older iOS versions. You do not need to look for a third-party Podcast app, which as bobjbkln has mentioned, you are unlikely to find

Eliklein02 wrote:

I don’t see where they say 4th generation and they say that it disappeared meaning it was once there…..

OP may have had an older Podcast version on their ipod that worked on a 4 gen iPod, but if it's lost, there is no way that they can get a replacement.

Sure just go to the App Store, click the search button on the bottom right if I’m not mistaken and enter podcasts in the search bar, there may be a few, so look for the purple one that comes with the phone and there should be a cloud with a down arrow near it, just click it and you may be prompted to enter the Apple ID password and it will download, just make sure once it downloads, if you’re iOS 14 or later that it downloaded to the Home Screen and not the App Library like I told you

Have a great day!

The OP says that he has an 4 Gen iPod which is iOS 6.1.6. I doubt that there is any currently available Podcast program what will download onto iOS 6.1.6.

I don’t see where they say 4th generation and they say that it disappeared meaning it was once there…..

Interesting, I don’t see here that it’s a 4th generation iPod maybe cuz I’m using a phone. Okay I guess you may as well try or maybe you can restore your iPod to a recent backup?