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1

Turn off autostart

If you had it on: Settings -> General -> Startup -> Launch at login.
2

Uninstall the app

Open the Windows Settings -> Apps, find soundcloud-desktop and click Uninstall.
3

Decide what happens to your data

The uninstaller window has a checkbox Delete the application data. Tick it and your settings, sign-in and downloaded tracks are deleted. Leave it empty and everything stays for a reinstall.
MSI: skip step 3, there is no checkbox. Delete the folders by hand.Portable: click ^ next to the clock, right-click the icon and choose Quit (if it did not quit). Delete the file soundcloud-desktop-portable.exe, then the folders.

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What stays after uninstall

Settings and sign-in
Cache and downloaded tracks
To open a folder, press Win+R, paste the path and press Enter.
Deleting these folders removes your downloaded tracks and signs you out. Likes and playlists live in your account and stay.

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Reinstall clean

If the app hangs at launch or after an update.
1

Quit the app

  1. Click ^ next to the clock.
  2. Right-click the SoundCloud Desktop icon.
  3. Choose Quit.
The menu is in English whatever the app language is. Still running: Task Manager (Ctrl+Shift+Esc) -> soundcloud-desktop.exe (portable: soundcloud-desktop-portable.exe) -> End task.
2

Delete the folders

All the data folders. On Windows with the installer it is easier: uninstall the app with Delete the application data ticked.
3

Install the latest version

Download and install it again: which file.
4

Sign in

Click Sign in with SoundCloud and allow access in the browser.
Quit the app, delete the file sc-settings.json in the settings folder and start the app again.
Click Settings -> Storage -> Cache -> Audio -> Clear. If the app does not respond, quit it and delete only the audio folder in the cache folder.
If you changed Settings -> Storage -> Cache location, the tracks are in a folder named SoundCloud Desktop inside the folder you picked. Delete it by hand.
No. Uninstalling the app does not touch it, and you do not need to remove it.