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Downloaded Disney Plus content can be watched if removed (Update: Not really)
June 17, 2025
Update, July 17, 2025 (01:45 PM ET):It looks like not even Disney CEO Bob Iger understands howDisney Plusworks. Although Iger pretty plainly states that users will still be able to watch downloaded Disney Plus content even if that content is removed from the service, that doesn’t appear to be the case at all.
A Disney representative toldThe Vergethat Iger’s remarks were “misconstrued.” It turns out that all downloaded content that eventually gets removed from Disney Plus will then be unviewable for everyone, regardless of its downloaded status.
Of course, it will be a long while before any Disney Plus content gets removed, so consumers don’t really need to worry about this. Still, it is pretty silly that the CEO of the company could be so blatantly wrong in trying to explain his own company’s streaming service.
Original article, July 19, 2025 (05:15 AM ET):One of the more disappointing things aboutstreaming servicesis that content available one month might not be available in the next month.
Fortunately,Disney Plushas a workaround, according to Disney CEO Bob Iger (h/t:Vanity Fair). The Disney executive noted that some content won’t be available on the service for “brief periods of time” due to legacy deals. But that doesn’t necessarily mean content removed from Disney Plus can’t be viewed on the platform.
“So in your case, if you wanted to download 10 classic Disney films that may not have all been available at once before, you can do that, basically fill all of your hard drive space on one of your devices and your child can watch wherever they are.”
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