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Hey folks,
Thanks for all your replies and for the info shared, you helped us a lot.
This should be working as intended in the latest version of the app. In that sense, would you mind making sure you're running the most recent version of the app available in the App Store?
To do it, make sure to open the App Store and look for Spotify there. If there is a new version of the app available, you'll see an Update button. Once you've done that, try and let us know if this is fixed or if this behavior persists. If you notice this continues to happen, please send us the exact Spotify version you're running in your devices.
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As of Spotify iOS app version 8.9.50 which was released on 26th June, podcasts that have been marked as played do seem to be removing themselves, thus restoring the original functionality. It seems that under 8.9.48, the version prior to this one, podcasts would remove themselves sometimes after played but seems to be doing consistently now. Under that intermediate version, even if the episode was marked as played the download wouldn’t be removed, and neither would it be remove if the download was manually deleted. I’d also need to manually remove it from the “Your Episodes” list.
I’ll need to check again over the next few days if this is accurate or not.
iOS 17.5.1, iPhone 15 pro. Spotify iOS 8.9.50.491, is still not auto removing podcasts for me.
Yeah the behaviour is a bit weird. Here's more that I have been able to narrow down in terms of scenarios:
So the closest thing I can say for now is that it kinda works, but not always (and doesn't seem to be replicable the way I describe it by other users).
Mine are still not removing themselves at all. Double checked that I’m using the updated version and yup, nothing has changed.
Really unimpressed with the lack of response on spotifys part.
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Thanks for posting in this thread!
A fix for this was released in a previous app update, however, if you're still experiencing issues with this, or if the issue should have resurfaced, it would be great if you could provide us with some details.
Could you let us know the following (if you haven't already):
We'll pass this info on to our teams so that it can be looked into further.
We'll keep an eye out for your replies. Cheers!
Hi! This issue is happening, but now it's on my Spotify App on my desktop (Apple Mac). The episodes are removed after playing on my iPhone, but they are still on my desktop application. For example: I have 796 episodes within "Your Episodes" on my phone, but 835 episodes within "Your Epsidoes" on the desktop app. None of the above fixes have helped resolve the issue.
To be honest, the setting does not seem to be taking effect and remove any played episodes at all now. Even if I click on the remove download button/menu option, I have to then separately use the "Remove episode from playlist"
Hey folks,
Thanks for your replies and for the info shared.
For those of you who are experiencing this, please send us the info @Maria here. Keep in mind that we'll need all these details to send them to the right team for them to investigate further.
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I have been experiencing the same as all of the above posts. I noticed today that if I play the episodes in order (top of list first) they will auto delete every time. However, if I play a podcast in the middle of the list it will not auto delete. Like all the other users I tried all the recommended fixes, and none worked.
Spotify version - 8.9.50.491
Iphone 13 Pro
iOS 17.5.1
“I noticed today that if I play the episodes in order (top of list first) they will auto delete every time. However, if I play a podcast in the middle of the list it will not auto delete.”
Actually yeah, this is exactly right. I have seen this behaviour too. If playing from top it auto-deletes, but if playing anywhere else then it doesn’t.
One other thing I just tested. I was in the middle of playing the podcast at the top of my list (so it would have auto deleted based on previous experience) but before the podcast I was listening to completed another podcast dropped their episode for the day. When the one I was listening to complete it did not auto delete. Auto delete seems to only work if it is the active one at the top of the list when the "Played" status gets set.
Hey there! I'm a late addition to this conversation, but I've been having this issue for several weeks (and maybe months(?)) now.
Hey folks,
Thanks for all your replies and for the info shared here.
We've gone ahead and passed all this important info onto the right team, so they can investigate further. Meanwhile, we'd suggest you subscribe to this thread in its three-dot menu, so you can get notified as soon as we post relevant news.
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Hey folks,
Thanks for all your replies and for the info shared, you helped us a lot.
This should be working as intended in the latest version of the app. In that sense, would you mind making sure you're running the most recent version of the app available in the App Store?
To do it, make sure to open the App Store and look for Spotify there. If there is a new version of the app available, you'll see an Update button. Once you've done that, try and let us know if this is fixed or if this behavior persists. If you notice this continues to happen, please send us the exact Spotify version you're running in your devices.
Keep us in the loop!
My issue has been resolved by updating my app! Thanks for the update!
Yes! As of iOS app version 8.9.54.343 everything is back to working like it used to! Now, if you mark an episode as played regardless of where it is in episode order, it gets removed like it should.
On my iOS device I have the most up to date version of the app. However even when I have "never" selected in the remove episodes after playing, it is still removing the episodes before they have even been marked played. For example, I could just have started an episode, not even be 3 minutes into the episode, and it is removed from the list. This makes it so that I have to manually go into each stream and find the episode I was listening to. I have tried closing out of the app, restarting my phone, and everything besides deleting the app and reinstalling it because I don't want to have to relog in to Spotify on my phone.
Hey @Brittseyw,
Thanks for your reply and for the info shared.
Since you mentioned you prefer not reinstalling the app, we'd suggest you clear the cache of the app by following these steps. Then, perform a soft reset of your device (turn it off and then on) afterwards.
If the above doesn't do the trick, we'll have to insist on you performing a clean reinstall of the app on your iOS device, as that process can solve most common issues. If you're having issues with logging in to other devices and that's why you prefer not to reinstall the app, please let us know.
If perhaps your account is connected to a third-party service (such as Google, Apple or Facebook), keep in mind you can always set a password for it as long as your Spotify account is linked to an email. To do it, you just need to go to password reset and put in the email address.
Now, if this should persist after the reinstallation, please send us:
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