"Delete read episodes" option for each podcast
I wanted to do a simple thing: deleting all read episodes from a podcast at once. I was surprised to find that I couldn't. There is no way to filter only the read episodes, nor there is a "delete read episodes" option for an specific podcast. After long searching, I found that there is a "delete read episodes" option in the "downloaded episodes" container, but not in a podcast.
That's weird and inconsistent, because I can find all the other "downloaded episodes" options in the individual podcast's options (sometimes scattered between the podcast's long press menu and it's episodes list menu... it would be good for all the menus to be as similar as they could be, but I know is difficult). I can also automatic delete on a podcast by podcast basis via custom settings, but I can't do the same for manual deleting.
I think this it is a very basic option that should be there.
You cannot delete episode articles. You can just mark them as read and hide them using the toolbar ‘eye’ button. Only downloaded files can be deleted.
If you don’t have the menu entry to delete an episode it means that it’s not downloaded.
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Gillian commented
I would really like this feature. I do not want to automatically delete the episode files because I often listen while falling asleep and I go back and listen to the parts I missed later (thank you so much for the sleep timer!). I'd like the option per podcast because some episodes of certain casts I revisit often and won't remember to redownload before I'm stuck on the subway.
But once I'm 80 EPs into a podcast with 300 episodes I have to manually delete each file, and I don't want to redownload the next 80.
Thanks, I love your app!
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Keith Wessel commented
I'll second this. While it's great to be able to delete downloaded audio files in the downloads section of the app, it'd be extra nice if the same option existed in the contextual menu per pod-cast. There's already the option in the contextual menu to delete all downloaded episodes, but why not delete all read episodes?
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alejobd commented
That's a quite elegant solution, useful for more things (and a good timed one; I know you are a capable programmer, but I doubt this is a response to my request :). Now to get you to implement the option to preserve favorites when manually deleting files (as there is a similar one for autodelete options). There is already a request for that, so I'll add more votes.
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The last version (v2.28) allows you to filter the 'downloaded episodes' list by podcast, that way you should be able to delete every read episodes of a specific podcast
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alejobd commented
I think that I didn't make myself clear enough. I want an option to delete all read DOWNLOADED episodes (in other words, all the files from read episodes; the episode entry may remain), but only from a selected podcast. I can delete all read episode files from the "downloaded episodes" container, but I want to be able to do so in a podcast by podcast basis. Hope it is more clear now..