Q: podcast subscription locked
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Feb 7, 2015 11:57 AMby joe_7399,Hello mrm2015,
Welcome to the Apple Support Communities!
I understand that you have subscribed to a podcast in the past and now that it is no longer being produced, you would like to delete it. Please review the attached article for information on managing Podcasts subscriptions.
Podcasts app for iOS: Managing subscriptions - Apple Support
Have a great day,
Joe
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Feb 7, 2015 5:21 PMby mrm2015,That page doesn't answer my question--the problem is that the subscription button in the settings tab for that individual podcast in itunes is shown as "locked"
I can't unlock it and therefore can't delete it. I can't find any place where it talks about locking or unlocking this feature. Until I can unlock it, no deleting.
Understand? It looks like a bug as it's not addressed anywhere and seems very odd and dysfunctional. Anyone had the same problem and solved it?
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Feb 8, 2015 7:19 AMby pogster,If you open iTunes and under the play button in the upper left corner click on Podcasts (if hidden click the 3 dots). Once you done that select My Podcasts and in the left pane you should see a list of podcasts you've subscribed to. Right click on the podcast you want to delete and a pop up window will appear then select delete.
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Feb 9, 2015 11:41 AMby mrm2015,That's not the problem. Maybe I'm not being clear, but I'll state the issue a third time . . .
Deleting this old podcast in the regular, right click way does nothing. Not from iTunes, not from my iPod, not from any of my devices can I delete it. I have even tried tossing the files on my hard drive to delete it that way. No luck.
What I do get--and this is key here so read carefully--is that when I go to the settings for the podcast (by clicking the wheel icon at the top of my list of podcasts) the sliding subscription button showing that I'm subscribed to that podcast is locked. There is a lock icon superimposed on the sliding button. I have never seen this lock icon there before and somehow it seems to be preventing me from deleting the podcast.
How do I UNLOCK it? Presumably, once I can unlock it then I will be able to delete it like any other podcast.
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Mar 29, 2015 2:33 PMby SOLOSAIR,I have exactly the same problem and understand completely. I had no problems at all with iTunes until I was advised to rebuild my library yesterday by apple chat rep via apple care. It's messed up all my podcasts so I can't subscribe to them with a simple right-click. Total mess. Having spent 1.5 hours with chat again today re CD drive not reading my bought discs I'm in no mood to go back into apple chat for a third time. *Really* frustrated and annoyed at my totally cocked-up iTunes podcasts. Locked indeed. Bah!
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May 30, 2015 6:20 AMby Fidzcarraldo,Did you ever find a way to unlock the button? I have the same problem -- there are about four or five old podcasts that I'd like to delete, but I can't because of that blasted lock on the subscribe button. Strange that no one at Apple seems to be aware that this is a thing that happens.
