Distortion, pops, etc

Hi

I’m using Audacity 2.4.2 and I hear distortion (pops and clicks) when I playback any of my files. I’m stumped because I uninstalled the program and reinstalled but still getting the pops. Using Windows 10 and my speakers and iTunes play back the files just fine so I have isolated it to Audacity :question:

Can anyone help?

Thanks,
CR

See if any of this helps: https://manual.audacityteam.org/man/faq_recording_troubleshooting.html#skips