Ad-Free Podcasts in Overcast (Remove Ads, 2026)
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Does Overcast Remove Ads?
Section titled “Does Overcast Remove Ads?”Overcast doesn’t remove ads. Smart Speed only trims silence. ZeroAds removes the ads from the audio itself and hands you a clean feed that Overcast plays ad-free, Smart Speed and all.
Ad-Free Overcast Feeds with ZeroAds
Section titled “Ad-Free Overcast Feeds with ZeroAds”- Sign up at zeroads.ai. Your first 5 episodes are free.
- Add the podcast you want cleaned and play your free episodes in the ZeroAds app.
- Subscribe and copy that show’s clean feed URL. Each show you add gets its own.
- In Overcast, tap + to open the Add Podcast screen, tap Add URL, paste the URL, and subscribe.
- Unsubscribe from the show’s original feed so you don’t see every episode twice.
Smart Speed and Voice Boost keep working. ZeroAds cuts detected ads from the audio. It can miss an ad or cut something it should have kept. You can check the reported cuts and their timestamps in each episode report.
The same feed plays in Apple Podcasts, Pocket Casts, Podcast Addict and 47+ other apps, but not in Spotify or Amazon Music, which take no feeds by URL. The one-page version: ad-free podcasts in the app you already use.
Does this stack with Smart Speed? Yes. You still get Overcast’s playback features on a now ad-free feed.
Where is Add URL in Overcast? Tap the + button to open the Add Podcast screen, then tap Add URL and paste your clean feed URL.
Want the full picture on podcast ads? Read the complete guide to removing podcast ads.