• What is the green dot on other people's profiles?

    The green dot means a user has recently logged in to SoundCloud.

  • Can I disable comments?

    It’s not possible to prevent comments from being shown when you play sounds. However, with a Premium account, you can disable comments from being left on your own uploads in Quiet Mode. Click here to find out more.

  • Looks like 'Hey' is spelled wrong. It says 'Hej', what's up with that?

    Both SoundCloud co-founders (and parts of the team) are actually from Sweden and 'Hej' is Swedish for 'Hey'.

  • Why are other people's sounds on my profile?

    Please make sure you are looking at your profile. You can find this by clicking your avatar in the header, then 'Your profile'. If the sound is showing on your profile, it may be that you reposted it, which will push the sound to your followers’ Streams, and display the...

  • I forgot my password and can't log in!

    That's OK! It happens. Can you try resetting it here? If you don't receive an email for some reason, please try checking your spam folder just in case it ended up there.

  • How do I create a group?

    You can create a group by going to this page and clicking 'Start a group'! Read more about how to do this here. Note: groups are public and don't have any privacy settings other than setting them to moderated or unmoderated.

  • How can I set a group to moderated?

    You can set a group to moderated by going to the group's page, - then click 'Edit' - click 'edit DropBox' and make sure 'Automatically approve tracks to this group' is unticked - click 'Save Group' and you're good to go. You can read more about this here!

  • Where is the volume control?

    You can control the global volume of SoundCloud by using the volume slider at the top right corner of every page:

  • Can I customize my profile description?

    To change your profile description, log in to your account and go to http://soundcloud.com/settings/advanced. From here you can add whatever description you would like in the description field. You can add hyperlinks by editing the html code (see image below). If you’re not familiar with html, you can read more...

  • Can I listen anonymously?

    Yup, go to this page and tick the box under 'Anonymous listening'. That way, your SoundCloud profile won't show up in the stats of other members. Note: if you are logged out of your account, your profile also won't show up in stats on SoundCloud.