Why do my podcasts keep disappearing after I download them to my computer.

iPhone 5 running iOS 7

Both iTunes and iPhone have 'Episodes to keep' set to 'All'

Only use one iOS device so hadn't deselected that. Will try and let you know.

After making my original post in this thread, I started downloading all of my podcasts again. With 20 to go, went back into the library and all but 3 had deleted again. No shut down of iTunes, no sync of device.

Something is very broken for so many people to have had to conduct work around becuase of these issues with the podcast app and handling of podcasts in the library. I'm becoming increasingly concerned that an application update has so much control over files being deleted from my system.

I'm getting the same problem. I was not happy when it deleted my podcast library the first time, 50Gb of podcasts.

It has happened again today. Not being able to remove old podcasts is bad enough, this is unacceptable.

I'm in the process of downloading everything again. Any assistance anyone can proide would be appreciated

Do you have any iOS devices?

Are the settings on that anything other than Keep all episodes?

Did you select the option to sync settings across devices?

See Restore podcasts deleted by iTunes 11.1...

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I suspect even with Keep all episodes selected on the device, if you delete (or have deleted in the past) any episodes from it and the "Sync podcast settings across devices" option is enabled in iTunes, then episodes in iTunes are wiped to match the content on the device. 😮😕

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As far as I can see the issue is a bug in the automated hourly (for me) checking for updates. I have set this to manual and the two podcasts where my downloads kept disappearing are staying, even after I manually Refresh. This seems to be a viable workaround.

Even by Apple's recent standards, this latest iTunes 'update' is a real pain. The unremovable list of iCloud downloads is a big step back, and the disappearing podcasts just looks like software not being tested properly and then fixed slowly. This is what Apple was like in the years preceding 1998, endlessly deploying software updates before they were ready to go live in their overeagerness to keep changing things.

I found that screen was presented to me when I fired up iTunes 11.1, having restored my pre-upgrade library, the first time I went into the Podcasts section of the library. The same option can be changed at any time from Edit > Preferences > Advanced > Store > Sync podcast subscriptions and settings, though obvioulsy at this stage I wouldn't suggest you enable it.

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unchecked the sync podcasts button on preferences. now does itunes not only not keep them downloaded, I am having trouble downloading them at all..........I am highly frustrated.

I am having this same issue. Has anyone called Itunes support to resolve this issue? I have resorted to copying the files from my itunes library to a seperate folder until this huge bug is fixed. Apple has been letting me down lately. This bug, forcing me to use the podcast app, and the imessage issues which seem to have been resolved. I like ios7, but they have created a couple major bugs.

Same problem. I am a daily Podcasts listener, and podcasts that worked the day before will literally not work the next day. All the podcasts on my iphone will suddenly be broken. This keeps happening to me, and it's most glaring when I try to resume listening to an episode I listened to half of on the previous day. I suddenly get the error message:

Episode Unavailable: "This episode is temporarily unavailable from [Podcast name]

This started when I got the new Iphone 5s (iOS7) and was forced to switch to using the Podcasts app outside of the Music app. And now it's happening constantly to my regular podcasts. The listened to status is also sometimes wrong. Podcasts I've already listened to, and in some cases deleted, will show up again as fresh downloads.

I have to remove the corrupted podcasts one by one and download them again manually.

RIDICULOUS and UNUSABLE. This Podcasts app does not work.

I'm having the same problem with episodes that I've never listened to. I download episodes, leave the house, and get the "Episode Unavailable" message when I try to listen to them. I have cellular and wi-if turned off on my iPad so it shouldn't be trying to stream episodes (especially since they appeared to download correctly; cloud+arrow-pointing-down not visible). I don't see how it could be a problem with the podcaster's end if it appears to download...

Deleting, re-adding, and re-downloading does not appear to help.

Has anyone answered this or is there a fix? This self-deleting podcast issue has been plaguing me for quite a while now.