Deleting Podcasts in iTunes

I am running Lion on my early 2011 Macbook Pro. I have the latest version of iTunes installed. I have podcasts in iTunes which were all downloaded from the Apple Store. I wish to delete some of them but "Delete" is grayed out. Anyone know why?

Downloaded the latest upgrade to iTunes on 8/27 and this has corrected the problem. Not sure why it happened but all is good now.

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Deleting podcasts from iTunes library AND iPod?!? HELP.

I have 61 podcasts on my iPod and in my iTunes library.
I didn't want them anymore, so I unsubscribed and deleted the podcasts from iTunes.
I synced to my iPod, assuming that the files would be automatically removed.
But they weren't.
I've tried checking and unchecking "Sync only checked songs and videos" on the iPod device page.
I've tried checking "Sync all episodes of:.." and then not checking any podcasts.
It's not worked so far. My iTunes is up to date and everything..my iPod charged..
Im wondering HOW do you delete podcasts - or any other music, videos...etc - from your iPod and iTunes?
Please help! Reply soon, I'm in desperate need.
Thanks.

You can redownload most iTunes purchases by:
Downloading past purchases from the App Store, iBookstore, and iTunes Store
It appears that the mess resulted in the iPod seeing the computer/iTunes library as a new computer/iTunes library. If you sync to a new computer your iPod gets erased and the media in the iTunes library ends up on the iPod.

I have deleted podcasts in itunes, but how do I remove them completely from my 4s? Not unsubscribe, but REMOVE, I have deleted podcasts in itunes, but how do I remove them completely from my 4s? Not unsubscribe, but REMOVE

OK, so I have gone into iTunes on my desktop computer and completely deleted podcasts that I no longer want. I synced my phone (4S) but the podcasts are still showing on my phone. I am already unsubscribed, but I want to totally DELETE them. Why is this so hard?
Also, why doesn't Apple bring back the right-click delete option in iTunes?

Under "My Podcasts" swipe down to reveal a search bar, to the left will be an "EDIT" button. Press and delete the ones you want. I agree it's not very intuitive, should just be like any app, hold down and either move or delete.

Upgraded to leopard and Cant delete podcast in itunes please help

after leopard upgrade.....when i try and delete an old played podcast my itunes immediately pops up an error message and says it quit unexpectedly. this happens w. any podcast and i have the current version of itunes, i also recently upgraded to leopard so i dont know if that has something to do with it, but i CAN play music and videos and podcasts, i just cant delete a podcast, or update them?
any help would be great

Good girl.
"though a bit sluggish" 512 to one gig memory is just making it. two gigs you'll be more satisfied or at minimum 1.5 gigs of memory.
1) I can't answer that based upon normal itunes migration. I just keep my mp3 music on hard drives and when I re-do a computer from scratch just copy them over(they are all metatagged) and use the itunes "add to library" function then change the view using itunes, set my equalizer and I'm basically done.
2) Tiger and Leopard bookmark file are interchangeable. user/library/safari/bookmarks. You should always save that file elsewhere and just drag it over to user/library/safari of course the Safari folder is not created until you launch Safari at least once.
3) use Mail's import function, just direct it to where your mailboxes are stored.
4) address book you can do this function and save it after done. In Tiger under user/library/application support/addressbook there will be a file called addressbook.data Now create a new folder(do it on the desktop) and name it TigerData. Copy that addressbook.data file into that new folder. Now re-name that folder to TigerData.abbu in the addressbook program use the file, import, addressbook archive menu item and choose TigerData.abbu Once done save that file for future Leopard installs.

Can't delete podcasts in iTunes 11.1

newly updated iTunes 11.1 shows old podcasts which can't be deleted... any ideas for a solution?

I have the same behaviour, but it appears to be a bug in the "list view". Some podcasts display old episodes, others do not.
For me, when I change to the "My Podcasts" view the old episodes are not visible, and there is an icon for "Old Episodes". Be careful if you press it, the next view is "Add All" and "Done". Your mouse pointer will be over "Add All". Although if you hit "Add All" old episodes are only added to the visible podcasts, and not automatically downloaded. I have found that I could delete them again without downloading.
'Tis shame, as list view was my preferred choice. I'll have to use "My Podcasts" view until the bug fix.

ATV sees deleted podcasts in itunes

I'm not sure if I should put this in the itunes discussion or here. When I have my ATV looking at my itunes library it sees podcasts that I have deleted. If I go to play them I get a message that it cannot play them, which makes sense because they are deleted. I only see these podcasts on the ATV and only when I have itunes open and it is sharing its library.
I am assuming I need to delete some preference file. I will also post this in itunes for mac.
Any ideas how to fix this?
Thanks!

the iTunes library file might be corrupted.. i resides in the iTunes Folder.. you could delete it *(the file inside the folder, not the folder)* and when iTunes is oped again it will replace it but you will need to grab your iTunes folder and drag and drop the whole thing back into the iTunes window and it will add all the content back. if you have content outside of the iTunes folder you will likewise need to drag and drop that back into iTunes.
note - depending on what you have in your library you may have to do some tweeks e.g. do 'get info' on TV show and set them as TV shows to get them to go in the right places etc..
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Automatic Delete Podcasts in iTunes

I have iTunes set to only keep unwatched podcasts. But if i look in the folders iTunes stores these items, played files are still present. How do I get iTunes to delete them after they are played?

So I'll assume there is no way of doing this besides deleting them manually?

How to : auto-delete podcasts from itunes

How can i make itunes to auto-delete a podcast once i have watched it either within itunes or watched it on the iphone? The file is no longer on the iphone when it has been watched but still is in itunes.I have checked podcast settings and set them too "only save not played podcasts"(free translated) for that particular podcast, but they never seem to be deleted from the mac's itunes library and i always have to remove them manually....what am i missing here?

I was also having this issue. I decided to just stop using iTunes for podcasting. For me the way iTunes handles podcasts isn't exactly how I would like it. There are a few things I don't like about it and the bug you mentioned is one of the them. Hopefully we will see improvements on the podcasting feature in the next iTunes release.

Why can't I delete podcasts in iTunes 11.1?

Seems as Apple has erroneously taken a function away in iTunes 11.1, I can't delete old podcasts, they stay in my view - and there are zillions, so Podcast selection in iTunes and Apple TV is a mess
Apparenlty this is a bug?

Unbeleivable!
Everyone needs to band together on this and send the meanest-spirited complaint to Apple via the "Provide iTunes Feedback" option (dropdown from the iTunes menu, found just under thr Preferences option). If you have such uncharitable words to say here the Moderator just deletes it. If there was some way to start a petition I'd do it. Intensionally hobbling programs and calling it an upgrade is the dumbest thing Apple can possibly do. Reminds me of a Dilbert episode.

Can't view/manage/delete podcasts in Itunes 10

I can find no podcasts in LIBRARY:Music. In LIBRARY:Podcasts there's only an explanation of podcasts and links to tutorials. But there are podcasts...
1st. Playing music on my iPod in shuffle a podcast happened.
2nd. A smart playlist with rule "Media kind" "is" "Podcast" shows 54 podcast episodes, which I can listen to.
How in Itunes 10 do I view/manage/manage podcasts?

head over to http://blogs.computerworld.com/16879/fixingitunes_10_interfaceissues
for full instructions on how to restore pre-****-inized iTunes 10 icons.
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When will the delete podcast function be restored to itunes 11.1?

It appears Apple removed the ability to individually delete podcasts from itunes 11.1. One forum I looked at indicated it was a "bug fix" the were working on. Does anyone know when this "bug fix" will be fixed?

No, as the new old saying goes, "Coming, when it's done." In the meantime the My Podcasts view may be more useful to you.
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How can i delete podcasts in v 11.1?

Any solutions yet for deleting podcasts in iTunes v 11.1?

Previously it was possible to delete non-downloaded episodes from the List View, but this has been removed. However in 'My Podcasts' view you have an 'old episodes' button to show un-downloaded ones. When you click 'Done' these disappear again, but you can choose to show selected episodes in the main view by clicking on the grey circle at right of the title.
Of course downloaded episodes and entire podcasts can be deleted in the usual way by clicking once and hitting the delete key.

A deleted podcast is still somewhere in itunes? can't find it?

I thought I had deleted a particular podcast but I noticed that this one kept syncing to my ipod and showed up on the apple tv. When I went to the folder through finder I found this podcast was still on my system although I saw it nowhere in itunes. I deleted the file manually.
Now, when I sync my ipod, I receive the message that this particular podcast could not be found to be synced. I've done a search by name through itunes and can't find any reference to this now deleted podcast or why it's attempting to sync it.
I've repaired permissions just for kicks. I've re-booted for kicks. Nothing helps.
I'm stumped. Any ideas?
Thanks.

more info...I have a smart playlist that syncs certain podcasts that I've put a star next to. I did find a reference to this podcast in the smart playlist which means it is noted with a star. But, when I go to the podcast directory, it is nowhere to be found. I can't delete the reference in the smart playlist b/c it's a smart playlist.

How do I delete podcasts I have listened to from latest version of iTunes?

I am not able to keep up with the new versions of iTunes and IPod (now on iOS 6.0.1). It seems you have to completely re-learn things almost every month!
I download podcasts from a lot of sources, but virually never direct from iTunes (I find the search bar in iTunes almost useless and can rarely find what I want, whereas I know the home sites of the podcasts I do want, and want to manage all the downloads manually).
I listen to them and afterwards manually delete them directly on my iPod.
Before the latest version, I never used to sync my iPod and so it didn;t really matter to me what was in my iTunes library.
I now find it very difficult to manage the iPod manually (transferring things individually into iTunes and then to iPod, so yesterday I (accidentally) deleted everything in iTunes and iPod and started again. I now find that I cannot delete things from iTines and am scared that when I next sync my iPod, all the podcasts I have already listened to and deleted directly on the iPod will be re-loaded into the iPod.
Please could someone help me?
In an ideal world, without losing what I have re-loaded into the iPod I would go back to the previous version of ITunes and to the pre- latest update version of software I had on my iPod as I learnt how to do things undr those conditions!
Many thanks, and with apologies for being too old and tech illiterate to keep up with these constant changes.........
tks,
Nick

Have you looked at chapter 31 of Users Guide:
iPod touch User Guide iOS 6

Deleted podcasts return when syncing with itunes

My podcasts sync perfectly from itunes to my ipad & iphone. However, when i listen to an individual podcast or delete the entire subscription from either my ipad or iphone i have aproblem. They are deleted from my device but when i next sync with my itunes on my pc, all the deleted podcasts or subscriptions are put back on my device. I want them to be deleted from my Itunes not put back on my device. Obviously i dont want them any more. When I delete an app from my device, it is deleted from my itunes library for that device. I know it is still in itunes if i need it but itunes doesnt keep putting it back on my device. How can I get podcasts to either act the same way as the apps do, or get itunes to actually delete the podcasts i have deleted from my device??

Are you using the "Podcasts" app on your device? If so, then that app manages all your podcasts locally on your device.
If you aren't using the Podcasts app on your device, then your podcasts will be managed by iTunes, and updates downloaded to your device whenever your sync it with iTunes. Deleting an episide on your device will temporarily get you space back on your device, which might be helpful temporarily in case you need the space for something. The next time you sync, iTunes will repopulate any episides that are missing from your device, unless you've marked them as played already, or otherwise changed something in iTunes to prevent them from copying back to your device again (delete them, take them out of whatever smart playlist you are using to send podcasts to your device, etc.).

Deleting Podcasts in iTunes

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