The new 2.2 system software for the iPhone allows you to download podcast episodes straight to the phone (previously it just copied episodes downloaded via iTunes if and when you synced with your home computer). This is great, but there are some problems with the process – namely that podcasts downloaded directly to the iPhone don’t show up in iTunes, so you need to delete them on the phone.
It isn’t immediately obvious (i.e. It’s completely hidden) how to do this – but it’s quite simple when you figure it out. In the iPod program, go to the list of episodes of podcasts, swipe your finger (as derisively as possible, of course) over the episode you want to get rid of – and the delete button will magically appear 
7 responses so far ↓
Andy // December 5, 2008 at 5:53 pm |
Thanks mate that has been bugging me for days
Ollie Parsley // December 13, 2008 at 10:24 pm |
Same. That’s been bugging me for a while as 2 podcast episodes failed to download properly
David // December 15, 2008 at 11:29 am |
Thank you!
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chas // January 27, 2009 at 2:09 am |
i deleted them by swiping my finger, but when i connect to itunes it still shows my phone as having no space because of video files. i don’t have any videos/podcasts on my phone now. i deleted them all, but no space was freed up. what’s going on?
rezatron // March 11, 2009 at 4:36 am |
genius!