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Downloaded podcasts keep deleting after syncing to iPhone iOS 16.4.1

After I downloaded and installed ios 16.4.1 on my iPhone 13 pro all my downloaded podcasts that I have synced from my PC are being deleted. I re-sync all of them again, and they are getting deleted again. I've spent several hours re-syncing about 50 unplayed episodes I want to store on my phone and they keep deleting. On my iPhone settings I have remove played downloads unchecked. It's very frustrating that it's worked for years and now all of the sudden the phone only appears to show the most recent episode on my phone and all of my older episodes that I haven't listened to yet are being deleted. Further, after I sync they all show up under the Downloads menu, then later they keep disappearing. When I power off my iPhone and restart it, they all are gone again. Anyone else have this issue? Thanks

Posted on Apr 8, 2023 4:32 PM

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Posted on Nov 8, 2023 10:59 AM

This is still happening to me and I’m on iOS 17.1.1.


This is really annoying and I was a long haul flight and couldn’t listen to my downloads as they had been deleted.

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Downloaded podcasts keep deleting after syncing to iPhone iOS 16.4.1

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