Annoying how apple won't let you delete documents data for podcast. It is taking up over 100mb on my ipad pro 9.7 32gb 
How can I delete documents data podcast?
How can I delete documents data podcast?
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Annoying how apple won't let you delete documents data for podcast. It is taking up over 100mb on my ipad pro 9.7 32gb
How many podcasts are you subscribed to? I'm subscribed to five, and my podcast "docs & data" is only 3.8MB.
Maybe deleting downloaded episodes will free up data memory also?
I unsubscribed from all podcast. I go into podcast app and the pages are blank no podcasts subscribed to yet the ipad storage still says 128mb documents data podcast
Ok, but 128mb out of 32gb is nothing. What eats up space on a device are videos, music, and large photo collections. Videos and music can both be streamed now in iOS 10.2, and iCloud Photos can be set to "Optimize iPad storage".
Large game apps can also be a problem. I don't use my iPad for gaming though.
Large game apps can also be a problem. I don't use my iPad for gaming though.
I deleted games and apps I don't need that I already have on my android. So there is no way you can delete documents data podcats?
Delete the podcast app and then reinstall it. It is an iOS issue which you see with apps that build up massive cache data. Facebook is notorious for this. There maybe an app that can help with this or you can do it through connecting to iTunes on a mac/pc but haven't looked in to that.
How exactly do I delete podcast cache documents data? Believe me 125mb is pretty big and if I delete it I will feee up up considerable amount of space.
125mb is not big and if you delete it will not free up considerable space. It will clear up 125mb which is nothing on a 32gb iPad
You're obviously not living up to your screen name. Even my 10-year old daughter knows how to do this. Long press on the app icon until they are all wiggling. Press on the x in the upper corner. Then press the home button to stop the wiggling.
From: https://support.apple.com/en-gb/HT204221
"When you remove a built-in app from your Home screen, you also remove any related user data and configuration files. This can affect things like related system functions or information on your Apple Watch.
The apps built into iOS are designed to be very space efficient, so all of them together use less than 150MB. Removing built-in iOS apps doesn't free up storage space on your device."
"What happens when you remove built-in apps from your Home screen
Removing built-in apps from your Home screen can affect other system functionalities. Here are some examples:
Sounds to me as if it removes more than just the icon.
"When you remove a built-in app from your Home screen, you also remove any related user data and configuration files. This can affect things like related system functions or information on your Apple Watch.
The apps built into iOS are designed to be very space efficient, so all of them together use less than 150MB. Removing built-in iOS apps doesn't free up storage space on your device."
"What happens when you remove built-in apps from your Home screen
Removing built-in apps from your Home screen can affect other system functionalities. Here are some examples:
- If you have an Apple Watch paired with your iPhone, removing an app from your iPhone Home screen also removes that app from your Apple Watch Home screen.
- If you remove the Podcasts app from your Home screen, Podcasts won’t be available with CarPlay.
- If you remove the Music app, you may be unable to play some audio content using Apple apps or third-party apps on some car stereos or stereo receivers.
- If you remove the Stocks or Weather app from your Home screen, stocks and weather won’t be available elsewhere. For example, you won’t see stocks and weather information in Notification Center on your iPhone or as Complications or Glances on your Apple Watch.
- If you remove the Calculator app, the calculator won’t appear in Control Center.
Sounds to me as if it removes more than just the icon.
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Try signing out of iTunes, rebooting your iPad, then signing in again. It's a catch-all solution to the cache problem that's been plaguing some iOS users.
Sorry, you had mentioned that you deleted other apps so assumed you already knew. Again this was explained by others. So just delete the Podcast App, then go to App store and reinstall it.
Not cool either man. What are you on about? This pesky apple podcasts app is taking up space and apple is too strict does not allow you to delete the podcasts app when you hold on the app there is no x.
[doublepost=1483301393][/doublepost]Now where exactly in ios system folders does the apple podcats app store documents data?