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What does the "E" next to an episode title mean?
The "E" symbol next to the title of an episode means that it contains explicit content.
Mark all episodes as played/unplayed
These two features work for your subscribed podcasts. You can enter the "Show Info" page of a subscribed podcast, and click the "three vertical dots" button on the top right corner to get these two features. Then you can choose to make all episodes ...
What is Zen Mode?
Zen Mode is here! With this new feature, you would be able to relax and fall asleep better. More than 100 nature sounds available, play alone or remix, try to make your own sleep trigger! You can find it in Personal tab. Open Zen Mode Set the sleep ...
How do I add tag and edit my tags?
Android Add tag Individual podcasts Click to enter the "Show Info" page - three vertical dots on the top right corner - "Settings" - "Tag", tap the plus button to create a new tag or choose from the existing/common tags. Multiple podcasts Go to ...
Can I see the subtitles of podcasts?
Sorry but we don't have this feature. If you want to see the transcripts of certain podcasts, please go to their website. You can go to the website directly through the link in the podcast details page.
How to delete my comment?
Please swipe upward until you come to the Recent Comments section and find your comment according to the date. You can tap the more button at the bottom right corner and choose "Delete". Still can't find what you're looking for? Browse through ...
What is the update interval?
The app refreshes new episodes automatically every hour. Opening a podcast also triggers it to retrieve new episodes. If you know a new episode comes out but it doesn't show up, please enter the podcast and come back after 15-20mins. Still can't ...
Can I rate the podcasts/episodes?
If you like/dislike a podcast or an episode, please check out this article How do I comment on a channel or an episode? and leave your comments to interact with the podcaster or other listeners.
Can I add a channel to Favorites?
Currently, you can only add episodes to Favorites. If you want to categorize your subscriptions, please visit this article: How do I manually re-arrange my subscriptions? Still can't find what you're looking for? Browse through the FAQs, or join ...
Can I sort the search results? (Android)
Yes. After you type in the the keywords, please tap the button at the right side of the search bar and select the way you prefer to sort the search results. There are three options: 1. Relevance 2. Newest 3. Most Popular. Still can't find what you're ...
How can I remove the red dots/badge of new episodes on the cover of my subscription once for all?
Please go to Library - Subscriptions - tap the three dots button at the top right hand side - select "Clear Badges". If you want to turn off the badge completely, please go to Settings - Notifications - Castbox - Turn off "App Icon Badge". Still ...
How can I move Castbox (the app) to SD card? (Android)
Please note that once you move the app to SD card, the widget on the home screen will be unavailable. If you want to use widget, please move the app back to device memory. To move Castbox app to SD card, please go to the phone Settings - Apps - ...
How can I sort the order of episodes from oldest to newest/newest to oldest?
In the “Channel Info” page or Downloads section, you can click the “three lines and an arrow” button under the “COMMENTS” icon to change the order of the episode list. Still can't find what you're looking for? Browse through the FAQs, or join ...
How can I directly access my downloads, subscriptions, playlist and new Episodes?
For Android users If you are are using Android 7.1 and above, you may press and hold the Castbox icon on your phone to use the shortcut feature - four options will appear - "Subscribed", "Downloaded", "Playlist" and "New Episodes". You can also add ...
How do I find my listening history?
Please go to the Library tab and tap the “clock” icon on the top right corner to view your listening history. Still can't find what you're looking for? Browse through the FAQs, or join our Telegram group or Facebook group
How can I play episodes in chronological order? (Android)
In the “Channel Settings” page (the three vertical buttons on the top right corner of the “Channel Info” page), there is a “Play” button for you to change “Top to Bottom” or “Bottom to Top”, which will change the playback order, not the order of the ...
How can I quickly access the episode that is now playing /played last time?
We designed an easy-to-use floating "player bar" at the bottom of Castbox app. No matter which page/tab you are browsing in the Castbox app, you can activate the “player bar” by wiping down the current screen to enter the now playing page or directly ...
How do I report issues of a channel or inappropriate comments?
Castbox has a zero tolerance policy for inappropriate comments. If you see any, simply tap the "three vertical lines" button under the comment and select the "Report issues". Four reasons there: Unwanted commercial content or spam; Pornography or ...
How can I only listen to the unplayed episodes? (Android)
Please go to app "Settings" - "Auto Skip" and turn the options on. In this way, only unplayed episodes will appear in your "Next Up". "All subscriptions" is the global setting to control. Also, you can click to set this for individual podcasts. The ...
How can I add an episode to Favorites or remove an episode from Favorites?
You could tap the "Heart" icon in episode preview page, or at the bottom right corner of the Now Playing page to save the episode to Favorites. Then you could access your favorite episodes in the "Favorites" section under the "Library" page. To ...
How can I share channels and episodes I enjoy?
If you want to share a channel, please tap the "share" button on the top right corner in Channel Info. as shown in pic.1. If you want to share an episodes, you could tap the "share" button on the preview/half page shown in pic.2. There's also a share ...
How can I see the description of an episode?
You could choose and tap any episode to access its description under "About This Episode" in preview/half page as shown in pic.1. If you are on on the Now Playing page, you could tap the "three vertical dots" on the top right corner to find the ...
How can I sort my subscriptions?
You could click on the "three vertical dots" button in the top right corner of the Subscriptions section in the Library tab. Then, tap "Sort By" and choose your preferred way to sort subscriptions by three options: Time added, Name A to Z or Time ...
How do I change the layout of subscriptions?
Please tap the "three vertical dots" on the top right side of your subscribed channels and choose "Layout" and change it into List, Large grid or Small grid. Still can't find what you're looking for? Browse through the FAQs, or join our Telegram ...
How do I manually rearrange my subscriptions?
For Android users: Try the "Tags" feature. Please click to enter the "Channel Info" page of a channel – three vertical dots on the top right corner – "Settings" – "Tag", create a new tag or add it to the existing tags. You can add other channels to ...
How can I find audiobooks?
You could tap and enter "Audiobooks" category in the Discover page, then tap the search button on the top right corner to search a particular audiobook. Also, you could input the name of audiobook in our search bar, and choose "AUDIOBOOKS" category ...
How can I subscribe via RSS feed?
Please copy and paste an RSS feed or the iTunes link for a specific podcast into the search bar on the Discover page, click the "search" button on your keyboard to search it, if this channel appears, you can subscribe to it. Still can't find what ...
How to import Premium or Patreon RSS feeds (a.k.a Private RSS) that you purchased from other premium content providers into "Your Library" in Castbox?
You may import your private RSS into "Your Library" for your own use by copy and paste the RSS feed in the search box in Castbox Android or iOS app. Such private RSS will stay as private data to the user, and can not be accessed by any unauthorized ...
How do I comment on a channel or an episode?
1) To comment on a channel: please go to the "Channel Info" page and tap the "COMMENTS" under "Subscribed" button. 2) To comment on an episode: you could tap the the comment icon on the preview (half) page or Now Playing page. You can also comment ...
How can I hide played episodes/only see unplayed episodes?
Yes, please go to the Channel Info page, tap the "filter" button under "COMMENTS" and choose "unplayed". You could also filter "downloaded" episodes. This feature is available both in the Android and iOS versions. If you are an Android user, you ...
How do I unsubscribe from a channel/delete subscriptions/remove it from my Library?
If you want to unsubscribe from a podcast or remove it from your Library, go to "Show Info" page, and tap the grey "Subscribed" button. Still can't find what you're looking for? Browse through the FAQs, or join our Telegram group or Facebook group
How can I find/search for an episode?
There's a main search bar on Discover tab. You could first enter the name/title of the episode, tap search, then swipe to the "EPISODES" category in the search results to view all episodes. We also support searching in different categories: ...
Can I suggest a channel to be added to Castbox?
You can paste the private RSS feed or the iTunes link for a specific podcast into the search bar on the Discover page and subscribe to it. If you are the owner of this podcast, please refer to this article: Submit my podcast to Castbox. Still can't ...