How to add podcasts by using URL on Apple Podcasts app

Podcasts are a popular and great form of entertainment. There are lots of podcast apps available online, but Apple’s Podcasts app is simple, lightweight and also easy to use.  The app has an excellent browsing section with impressive recommendations. Apple Podcasts app also allows the user to add and remove podcasts easily. You can add a show or episode with their URL also.

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Here is the simple step by step guidelines which tell you how to find the podcast’s URL and add or subscribe a show with their URL.

How to find podcast URL of your favorite podcast

If you want to subscribe and add a show by using URL. Here is how to do this.

1. Navigate to a website that hosts podcasts. If you’ve any favorite podcast site, then you can open it.
2. Find the RSS feed of the show. RSS feed looks like ‘www.websitetitle.com/showtitle/feed.’
3. Now, copy the ‘podcast URL’ on your iPhone.

That’s it! The podcast URL is copied, now you’ve to paste it into the Podcasts app to add to your app.

How to add a podcast by URL on Apple Podcasts app

If you’ve copied a podcast URL or you’ve got a private URL on your email by a show or blogger. To access the podcast, you need to add it’s URL into your Podcasts app. Here is how to paste a podcast URL to add and access it.

1. Open ‘Podcasts app’ on your iPhone.
2. Tap on ‘Library’ from the bottom tabs menu.
3. On Library screen, tap on ‘Edit.’
4. Now, tap on ‘Add a Podcast by URL’ option.
5. Into the prompted menu, paste or type the URL of the show or episode.
6. Then, tap on ‘Subscribe.’

The show or episode is added to your Podcasts library.

How to remove or unsubscribe a podcast from Apple Podcasts app

If you want to remove an episode or unsubscribe a show from your library, then use the below steps to do so.

1. Open ‘Podcasts app’ on your iPhone.
2. Tap on ‘Library’ from the bottom tabs menu.
3. Now, find and locate to the show you want to unsubscribe.
4. Tap on the ‘Show’ you want to unsubscribe.
5. Tap on the ‘Dotted icon’ on the show screen for more options.
6. Tap on ‘Unsubscribe’ on the prompted options.

That’s it! The show is unsubscribed.

Use the guide to find the URL of your favorite podcast and access it on your iPhone app. If you want to listen to the older shows that are removed from the directories, then this will also help you.

Billy Mark is a self-professed security expert; he has been making the people aware of the security threats. His passion is to write about Cybersecurity, cryptography, malware, social engineering, internet, productive software and new media. He writes for software products at office.com/setup.