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How to uninstall VLC media player from your system

This web page contains detailed information on how to uninstall VLC media player for Windows. It was developed for Windows by VideoLAN. Open here for more information on VideoLAN. Please follow if you want to read more on VLC media player on VideoLAN's website. VLC media player is frequently installed in the C:\Program Files\VideoLAN\VLC directory, but this location may vary a lot depending on the user's choice while installing the program. The full uninstall command line for VLC media player is C:\Program Files\VideoLAN\VLC\uninstall.exe. vlc.exe is the VLC media player's primary executable file and it occupies circa 130.52 KB (133651 bytes) on disk.

VLC media player is comprised of the following executables which take 530.42 KB (543150 bytes) on disk:

  • uninstall.exe (280.88 KB)
  • vlc-cache-gen.exe (119.02 KB)
  • vlc.exe (130.52 KB)


The information on this page is only about version 3.0.0201606010401 of VLC media player. You can find below info on other versions of VLC media player:

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How to erase VLC media player with Advanced Uninstaller PRO

VLC media player is an application marketed by the software company VideoLAN. Frequently, computer users want to uninstall it. Sometimes this is troublesome because deleting this by hand takes some experience regarding Windows internal functioning. The best QUICK practice to uninstall VLC media player is to use Advanced Uninstaller PRO. Take the following steps on how to do this:





1. If you don't have Advanced Uninstaller PRO already installed on your Windows PC, install it. This is good because Advanced Uninstaller PRO is the best uninstaller and general utility to take care of your Windows computer.

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  • go to Download Link
  • download the program by pressing the green DOWNLOAD NOW button
  • install Advanced Uninstaller PRO
2. Start Advanced Uninstaller PRO. Take your time to admire Advanced Uninstaller PRO's interface and number of functions available. Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a very useful system optimizer.

3. Press the General Tools button
Go to General Tools


4. Press the Uninstall Programs feature
Go to Uninstall Programs


5. All the applications installed on the computer will appear

6. Navigate the list of applications until you find VLC media player or simply activate the Search feature and type in "VLC media player". If it is installed on your PC the VLC media player program will be found automatically. When you select VLC media player in the list of programs, the following data regarding the application is shown to you:


  • Star rating (in the left lower corner). The star rating tells you the opinion other people have regarding VLC media player, ranging from "Highly recommended" to "Very dangerous".
  • Opinions by other people - Press the Read reviews button.
  • Details regarding the program you wish to remove, by pressing the Properties button.
For example you can see that for VLC media player:





  • The web site of the program is: http://www.videolan.org/
  • The uninstall string is: C:\Program Files\VideoLAN\VLC\uninstall.exe
7. Press the Uninstall button. A confirmation window will show up. accept the uninstall by clicking the Uninstall button. Advanced Uninstaller PRO will then remove VLC media player.
Uninstall VLC media player


8. After removing VLC media player, Advanced Uninstaller PRO will offer to run an additional cleanup. Press Next to proceed with the cleanup. All the items that belong VLC media player that have been left behind will be detected and you will be able to delete them. By removing VLC media player using Advanced Uninstaller PRO, you can be sure that no registry items, files or folders are left behind on your PC.

Your PC will remain clean, speedy and able to run without errors or problems.



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Disclaimer

This page is not a recommendation to remove VLC media player by VideoLAN from your computer, we are not saying that VLC media player by VideoLAN is not a good software application. This text only contains detailed instructions on how to remove VLC media player in case you decide this is what you want to do. Here you can find registry and disk entries that Advanced Uninstaller PRO stumbled upon and classified as "leftovers" on other users' computers.

2016-06-06 / Written by Daniel Statescu for Advanced Uninstaller PRO

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Last update on: 2016-06-06 13:26:22.353