View Full Version : Deleting a podcast from iTunes
JohnnyWB
Sep 18th, 2006, 03:08 PM
Their instructions say to click "Report a concern" and you will have the option to request that the podcast be deleted.
When I try this I get a message saying that the server is unavailabe and suggests that I try again later.
Any ideas?
TIA,
John
docsnavely
Sep 18th, 2006, 08:43 PM
maybe try again? :)
sorry, had to.
conradslater
Sep 20th, 2006, 03:42 AM
I used report a concern to tell itunes that I'd changed my feed - it went though fine and took about a day. It's worth saying though that I use the British itunes store which seems to get things done pretty quickly.
Maybe try again early in the morning when there isn't too much traffic.
Bucket
Sep 20th, 2006, 05:15 AM
Isn't there a tag you can drop in your RSS feed to block iTunes? I would think that would be the fastest way to get out of their directory.
Of course, I don't know enough about RSS to tell you what the tag is or where to put it, so this is probably fantastically unhelpful. Sorry. :(
Patrick
Sep 20th, 2006, 07:50 AM
Redirect your feed to http://feeds.feedburner.com/nlo and it will be gone in a couple of hours. Guaranteed.
AmericanCliche
Sep 20th, 2006, 10:48 AM
Ok, that was funny.
Bucket
Sep 20th, 2006, 01:12 PM
That was funny. I came back in because I got the official answer, but I kind of like Patrick's method better. Regardless, here is how you convince iTunes to unlist you (taken straight from their website):
<itunes:block>
Use this inside a <channel> element to prevent the entire podcast from appearing in the iTunes Podcast directory. Use this inside an <item> element to prevent that episode from appearing in the iTunes Podcast directory. For example, you may want a specific episode blocked from iTunes if its content might cause the feed to be removed from iTunes.
If this tag is present and set to "yes" (case insensitive), that means to block the feed or the episode. If the tag’s value is any other value, including empty string, it’s indicated as a signal to unblock the feed or episode. At the feed level, if there is no block tag, then the block status of the feed is left unchanged. At the episode level, if there is no block tag, it is the same as if a block=no were present.