How do I delete podcasts from my playlist in iTunes 12?

I regularly download new podcasts but frequently listen to only the most recent episode of some via a Podcasts playlist I manually maintain. Version 11 made dragging them from the podcasts view no longer possible since it added all the non-downloaded episodes. I have since shifted to dragging them onto my playlist from recently added. In the new version, I cannot delete / remove episodes from the playlist. There are podcasts in the list that are not downloaded and they cannot be removed or moved on the playlist. Why can't I delete the podcast titles I don't want from my playlist? And why does listening to podcasts get substantially harder to do with every version of iTunes?

Posted on Oct 18, 2014 7:02 PM

36 replies

Agagooga

Level 1

4 points

Feb 15, 2016 4:16 AM in response to Bayareatrishag

Nothing in this thread worked for me

Some played podcasts were showing up under my playlists but not under Library -> Podcasts (which is where I usually delete podcasts from). No matter which view (Feed, Saved Episodes etc) I selected, these played episodes would not show up under the Podcast list

Usually I can do a shift+delete (am using iTunes Windows 12.3.2) on phantom podcast episodes on my Played Podcast custom playlist to force delete them (even if they sometimes get redownloaded) but in this case that didn't work. Ctrl+Delete/Alt+Delete/Delete didn't work either. Nor did all the suggestions in this thread

In the end what worked was going to My Podcasts, selecting the Podcast that was giving problems (the Phantom episodes didn't show up here) and clicking "Refresh" at the bottom right

Hope this helps anyone else who has the same problem!

Idisi

Level 1

4 points

Apr 1, 2016 7:02 AM in response to ZakPC

Here is the solution to deleting "Saved Episodes" under podcasts.

Highlight the episodes you want to delete or CTRL select the episodes you want to delete. Next, move your cursor to the top of the screen to reveal iTunes Tabs and select "Edit" - scroll down and hit "Delete".

I tried the other solutions posted but none of them worked for me. This worked on iTunes version 12.3.3.17

Apr 22, 2016 10:32 PM in response to ZakPC

So the way I solved my problem was using the search bar. Mine was a ghost music podcast. I searched it up, used the 3 dot button next to the name and clicked delete and surprisingly it worked. Quite idiotic that apple prefers to make an interface compatible with the next iphone rather than fix the current ghost podcast bugs and whatnot.

TayBill

Level 1

4 points

May 13, 2016 9:50 AM in response to Steven Scotten

I found that I FIRST has to unsubscribe, as shown here.

then I got the delete menu (via a right lick on the podcast in the list)

Jan 4, 2017 3:12 AM in response to pegasus_11

thank you, this worked for me

Feb 3, 2017 7:51 AM in response to pegasus_11

Thank you! The Control+Shift+Delete method worked! 🙂

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How do I delete podcasts from my playlist in iTunes 12?