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1

Run the downloaded file

The file is soundcloud-desktop_*_x64-setup.exe. Blue window Windows protected your PC: click More info -> Run anyway. Other blocks: Antivirus or Windows blocks the install.
2

Go through the installer

It sets up WebView2 itself. That is why the file is big: WebView2 is inside, nothing is downloaded from the network.
3

Open the app

Open Start, type soundcloud and choose soundcloud-desktop.
4

Sign in

Click Sign in with SoundCloud, allow access in the browser and come back to the app. More about signing in
Updates install in one click: Settings -> General -> Updates. How to update

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Other options

It needs WebView2 on the system: Windows 11 and an updated Windows 10 have it, stripped builds often do not. It does not show up in Start and you update it by hand: how to update. Settings are still stored in AppData.
Installs to Program Files, needs administrator rights. Updates in one click.
  • Installer (setup.exe): %LOCALAPPDATA%\soundcloud-desktop
  • MSI: C:\Program Files\soundcloud-desktop
  • Portable: wherever you saved it
Most of the space goes to the track cache, and you can move it to another drive: Settings -> Storage -> Cache location -> Change folder… More
Windows 10 or 11, 64-bit. There is no build for 32-bit Windows or Windows on ARM.

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Didn’t work?

White screen

.dll error

Antivirus removed the file

Download only from getsoundcloud.app (formerly soundcloud-desktop.fun), GitHub zxcloli666/SoundCloud-Desktop, AUR soundcloud-bin and the project’s Flatpak repository. Files from private messages and “premium builds” are not ours. Forks and builds from strangers