iTunes v12.9.0 deleting whole podcast instead of just the episode

In that case let Apple know through Feedback - iTunes - Apple. Do you have a backup you can restore?

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Fair enough. Live with the limitations of this build or revert to the previous one.

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In that case can you bring back the state of your library and the missing podcast episodes from your most recent backup?

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I also am having this problem and I think the issue you just raised, that re-subscribing to podcasts results in re-downloading of the entire library, should highlight the criticality of the problem. I cannot delete the episodes that are queued to be re-downloaded because deleting them removes *all* downloaded episodes and un-subscribes me from the podcast. So I'm spending today with nearly half a dozen podcasts re-downloading years worth of back-issues which is sucking up my bandwidth and wasting my time. Then, if I sync iTunes with my iphone, I'll push all of those episodes onto my phone as well.

After last year's double screw-up with iTunes for Windows releases that botched major functionality and now this, I'm beginning to think that this forum is Apple's QA team for the iTunes for Windows product...

Argh!

You need a workaround now because getting Apple to notice this issue and provide a fix is going to take time. It won't help that this problem doesn't occur consistently. I've not been able to replicate it for example.

See my post above for advice on restoring the removed content.

tt2

Exactly the same issue. It's classic Apple and their ever increasing indifference towards podcast users. I'm old fashioned and like to sort things manually. These features never get tested properly as in this day and age Apple seem to think nobody does it like that. I have always deleted individual episodes with no issues but as of this update it removes every single one AND unsubscribes from the podcast.

When reverting to an older build that uses a different structure for the database you also need to restore a pre-upgrade version of the library using steps such as those shown in Empty/corrupt iTunes library after upgrade/crash.

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You should normally have several dated files in the Previous iTunes Libraries folder. Double-clicking on one of them will open iTunes, but it won't normally open with the file you clicked on unless that was also the last library you opened. If you want to explore their contents you need to shift-start iTunes, or copy and rename as described in the user tip, so as to replace the current active library file. Some updates to iTunes don't generate a new library file but 12.9 does, so there should be a recent file with the last known state of your 12.8 library.

Use Feedback - iTunes - Apple to share your thoughts with Apple. They're not listening here.

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I'm having the same issue. I installed iTunes Version 12.9.0.167 on Windows 10. After I finish listen or watching listening a podcast and go to delete it, it not only removes the listened or watch Podcast, be it deletes the ENTIRE Subscription. Everything is deleted. If I delete one it deletes EVERYTHING within that subscription and the subscription itself is deleted. That's a HUGE Bug!

The non-classic list view doesn't let you delete cloud episodes.

Obviously too late now, but see Backup your iTunes for Windows library with SyncToy to protect your library in future.

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Sorry meant to check this was not helpful. Why do we need a workaround. I am also having the issue. As the initial poster also indicated I have been deleting individual episodes for years now. All of a sudden after an update when I did that the ENTIRE library of episodes are deleted. When I re-subscribe years worth of previous episodes are redownloaded which does noting but fill my library up with episodes I don't want. This is extremely annoying.

No that's not the prompt that I'm getting and it seems from the above postsmany other people too. Above, andrewfromalice states exactly what the prompt he's getting is and it's the exact same as me. It definitely only mentions the individual podcast episode as you can see below. The issue is not the prompt. As I said before Apple don't want people using classic view. They want everyone to conform to the newer listing which personally I don't like. I will use it for now until they bother (if they ever bother) to correct the error in the classic view but it is very sloppy from the coders.

Thanks, this was all really helpful and I've tried it - but unfortunately I can't really roll back to the older version as the only working backup library file is also created in the newest version, so looks like I'm stuck with mixing between the 'classic list' and the newer list view to try and see my podcasts.

It's a real shame as the newer list view isn't as clean and doesn't allow all the functionality I enjoy in the classic view. I also can't get rid of old played versions of podcasts completely even in the new list view - it refreshes and shows them as available downloads instead.

It's such a pity things like this keep happening with the software upgrades as it really makes me consider moving everything from iTunes software, and with it will probably go a significant reason of using other Apple products too.