Downloaded Episodes Being Deleted Automatically as soon as they are played

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  ertaylor4a883d26d5 · Member · March 11, 2026 at 11:14 pm

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  I have started experiencing an issue lately where as soon as a downloaded podcast episode has completed playing all the way through the download is being automatically deleted. This has only stated happening recently and I hadn’t changed any settings.

  Interestingly is I manually mark an episode as played using the ‘Mark Played’ option the downloaded episodes are not deleted.

  I am using a Samsung S23, Pocket Cast Version 8.7-rc-1

  A couple of screen recordings to show what is happening Screen_Recording_20260312_021748_Pocket Casts.mp4 Screen_Recording_20260312_022108_Pocket Casts.mp4

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  akismetuser106789380 · Member · March 13, 2026 at 9:41 pm

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  I’ve noticed this as well.

  I keep a Smart Playlist for Played episodes that are Downloaded, mainly so I can go back if I fell asleep. Over the last few days I’ve noticed nothing was going there, and realized that Player episodes were being deleted.

  I didn’t change any settings prior to that happening in the app or for any specific podcast.