Should I remove Audacity?
What percent of users and experts removed it?
8% remove it92% keep it
What do people think about it?
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How common is it?
Global Rank #1,706
United States Rank #1,495
Reach 0.3969%
Lifespan of installation (until removal)
< 37.98 days
1120.33 days >
Average installed length: 588.65 days
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Audacity 2.0
What is Audacity?
Audacity is a free digital audio editor and recording application. As well as recording audio from multiple sources, Audacity can also be used for post-processing of all types of audio, including podcasts by adding effects such as normalization, trimming, and fading in and out.
About (from Audacity Team)
Audacity can record live audio through a microphone or mixer, or digitize recordings from cassette tapes, records, or minidiscs. With some sound cards, Audacity can also capture streaming audio.
Overview
A scheduled task is added to Windows Task Scheduler in order to launch the program at various scheduled times (the schedule varies depending on the version). The software is designed to connect to the Internet and adds a Windows Firewall exception in order to do so without being interfered with. The primary executable is named audacity.exe. The setup package generally installs about 37 files and is usually about 14.75 MB (15,463,410 bytes).
Program details
URL: audacity.sourceforge.net
Installation folder: C:\Program Files\Audacity\
Uninstaller: "C:\Program Files\Audacity\unins000.exe"
Estimated size: 14.75 MB
Files installed by Audacity 2.0
| Program executable: | audacity.exe |
| Name: | Audacity® |
| Audacity®, the Free, Cross-Platform Sound Editor |
| Path: | C:\Program Files\audacity\audacity.exe |
| MD5: | 35bb2b6902eb0eb7ee21594a3f78f26c |
Additional files:
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audacity-win-2.0.1.exe - Audacity (Audacity Setup)
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lame_enc.dll (by www.mp3dev.org) - Lame MP3 Encoder (MP3 encoding library)
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unins000.exe - Inno Setup (Setup/Uninstall)
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wxbase28u_net_vc_custom.dll (by wxWidgets development team) - wxWidgets (wxWidgets for MSW)
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wxbase28u_vc_custom.dll (by wxWidgets development team)
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wxmsw28u_adv_vc_custom.dll
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wxmsw28u_core_vc_custom.dll
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wxmsw28u_html_vc_custom.dll
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lame.exe (by http://lame.sf.net) - L.A.M.E. (MP3 Encoder.)
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avformat-52.dll
Behaviors exhibited
2 Scheduled Tasks
- audacity.exe is scheduled as a task with the class '{5A1D909D-8767-4885-A2B3-D733B512FACA}' (runs on registration).
- lame.exe is scheduled as a task with the class '{9F96CD66-F6A8-4E1D-AEA9-D61E1884E0DC}' (runs on registration).
2 Windows Firewall Allowed Programs
- audacity.exe is added as a firewall exception for 'C:\Program Files\Audacity\audacity.exe'.
- lame.exe is added as a firewall exception for 'C:\Program Files\Lame For Audacity\lame.exe'.
Resource utilization averages
Show technical details
| audacity.exe |
| Memory: | 28.88 MB | |
| Total CPU: | 0.0013568908% | |
| Kernel CPU: | 0.00100216% | |
| User CPU: | 0.00035474% | |
How do I remove Audacity?
You can uninstall Audacity from your computer by using the Add/Remove Program feature in the Window's Control Panel.
- On the Start menu (for Windows 8, right-click the screen's bottom-left corner), click Control Panel, and then, under Programs, do one of the following:
- Windows Vista/7/8/10: Click Uninstall a Program.
- Windows XP: Click Add or Remove Programs.
- When you find the program Audacity 2.0, click it, and then do one of the following:
- Windows Vista/7/8/10: Click Uninstall.
- Windows XP: Click the Remove or Change/Remove tab (to the right of the program).
- Follow the prompts. A progress bar shows you how long it will take to remove Audacity.
OS VERSIONS
Win 7 (SP1) 74%
Win 7 0%
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USER ACTIONS
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Uninstall it 8%
Keep it 92%
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GLOBAL RANK
 #1,706
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Windows
Which Windows OS versions does it run on?
| Windows 7 |
77.70% |
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| Windows 10 |
8.42% |
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| Windows XP |
7.29% |
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| Windows Vista |
6.56% |
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| Windows Server 2003 |
0.03% |
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Which OS releases does it run on? |
| Windows 7 Home Premium |
50.01% |
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| Windows 7 Professional |
12.76% |
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| Windows 7 Ultimate |
11.79% |
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| Microsoft Windows XP |
7.19% |
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| Windows Vista Home Premiu... |
5.33% |
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| Windows 10 Home |
2.33% |
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Geography
53.00% of installs come from the United States
Which countries install it?
| United States |
53.00% |
| Germany |
9.64% |
| United Kingdom |
5.05% |
| France |
4.98% |
| Canada |
2.89% |
| Italy |
2.33% |
| Australia |
2.12% |
| Brazil |
1.69% |
| Netherlands |
1.32% |
| Spain |
1.22% |
| Belgium |
1.14% |
| Sweden |
0.89% |
| Poland |
0.78% |
| Finland |
0.66% |
PC manufacturers
What PC manufacturers (OEMs) have it installed?
| Hewlett-Packard |
27.29% |
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| Dell |
24.19% |
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| Acer |
15.78% |
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| ASUS |
8.83% |
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| GIGABYTE |
7.66% |
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| Toshiba |
6.56% |
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| Samsung |
2.81% |
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| Lenovo |
2.13% |
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| Medion |
2.13% |
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| Intel |
1.62% |
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| American Megatrends |
0.99% |
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Common models |
| HP Pavilion dv6 Notebook ... |
7.99% |
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| HP Pavilion dv7 Notebook ... |
6.64% |
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| HP Pavilion g6 Notebook P... |
4.16% |
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| HP Pavilion g7 Notebook P... |
2.98% |
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| Dell Inspiron N5110 |
2.48% |
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| Dell XPS 8300 |
2.19% |
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About Audacity Team
Audacity was started by Dominic Mazzoni and Roger Dannenberg at Carnegie Mellon University and was released as open-source software at SourceForge.net in 2000.
Publisher URL: web.audacityteam.org