Your Episodes playlist has ghost episodes that I can't remove

[moosicornss]

Plan

Premium

Country

United States

Device

iPhone 14 Pro and Desktop App on Macbook Pro

Operating System

iOS 26.1 and MacOS Tahoe 26.1

My Question or Issue

The "Your Episodes" podcast playlist is driving me crazy!! I have no episodes downloaded, nothing added to it, because I want this playlist to disappear. I have my settings so that it never automatically downloads, AND that episodes are removed after 24 hours. It is still there, at the top of my playlists. If I add an episode, it says 1 episode at the top, but if I go to "add to playlist" it says there are 5 episodes. I have the setting so that I can see unplayable songs, and still the playlist is empty yet still there! On the webplayer, Your Episodes is gone. It is truly empty there. On the desktop app, and on my phone, it shows up right at the top. 

I have done everything mentioned in similar forum posts. I have done a clean reinstall about 10 times and it never does anything except make me have to go through my settings again. I have cleared the cache and downloads a hundred times! If you won't let us delete the playlist at least keep it in the podcast tab, I BEG. I had this same issue before and it randomly went away, I was so happy for the month or two it was gone. And now, once again this cursed playlist is haunting me. 

[Amay]

Hey @moosicornss, welcome to the Spotify Community! 🎵

The "your episodes" playlist can't be deleted from the library. You can check, though, if you have the playlist pinned, which could be why you are seeing it that often.

Could you please share a screenshot as well? That will help me take a closer look, but hide any private info. 🙂

[insaoj]

I have this exact same problem and it's so annoying! Please help us fix this!

[Amay]

Thanks for the feedback @insaoj it looks like this issue is under investigation. To stay updated please check out this page. 🙂