iPadOS Podcast Downloads

Why does the iPadOS Podcast app occupies GBs of data even when I disabled automatic downloads?


In ‚Settings‘ the Podcast app shows 6GB of memory consumption while -as said- no downloaded podcast is visible.


Luckily, on my iPhone the ‚do not download‘ setting work and the Podcast app does have minimum memory consumption.


Any ideas how to fix the memory consumption of the iPadOS Podcast app, please?

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Posted on Jul 27, 2026 12:50 AM

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Jul 31, 2026 4:50 AM in response to Zurarczurx

Hey, miracously this time I succeeded. Did exactly the same like before, deleted Podcast app, re-downloaded it. Removed downloads by menu option in the sidebar and turned off automatic downloads in settings. Lo and behold - the memory consumption is down to 2xx MB.


Thanks for your support. It was worthwhile having a further attempt.


Consider the issue to be fixed.

iPadOS Podcast Downloads

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