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A way to uninstall VLC media player from your computer

VLC media player is a Windows application. Read below about how to remove it from your PC. The Windows release was developed by VideoLAN. More information on VideoLAN can be found here. You can read more about about VLC media player at . VLC media player is normally installed in the C:\Program Files\VideoLAN\VLC directory, but this location can differ a lot depending on the user's choice while installing the application. The complete uninstall command line for VLC media player is C:\Program Files\VideoLAN\VLC\uninstall.exe. vlc.exe is the VLC media player's main executable file and it occupies circa 130.52 KB (133651 bytes) on disk.

The executable files below are part of VLC media player. They take about 531.65 KB (544406 bytes) on disk.

  • uninstall.exe (282.11 KB)
  • vlc-cache-gen.exe (119.02 KB)
  • vlc.exe (130.52 KB)


This page is about VLC media player version 3.0.0201605190402 only. For more VLC media player versions please click below:

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A way to uninstall VLC media player with Advanced Uninstaller PRO

VLC media player is an application by the software company VideoLAN. Some users want to uninstall it. Sometimes this is efortful because performing this by hand takes some knowledge regarding removing Windows programs manually. The best SIMPLE solution to uninstall VLC media player is to use Advanced Uninstaller PRO. Here is how to do this:





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

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  • navigate to Download Link
  • download the program by pressing the green DOWNLOAD NOW button
  • install Advanced Uninstaller PRO
2. Start Advanced Uninstaller PRO. It's recommended to take your time to get familiar with Advanced Uninstaller PRO's design and wealth of features available. Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a very good system utility.

3. Click on the General Tools category
Go to General Tools


4. Click on the Uninstall Programs button
Go to Uninstall Programs


5. All the programs existing on your PC will be shown to you

6. Scroll the list of programs until you find VLC media player or simply click the Search field and type in "VLC media player". If it exists on your system the VLC media player program will be found very quickly. When you click VLC media player in the list , the following information regarding the application is available to you:


  • Star rating (in the lower left corner). The star rating explains the opinion other users have regarding VLC media player, ranging from "Highly recommended" to "Very dangerous".
  • Reviews by other users - Click on the Read reviews button.
  • Technical information regarding the app you are about to remove, by pressing the Properties button.
For example you can see that for VLC media player:





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


8. After uninstalling VLC media player, Advanced Uninstaller PRO will ask you to run an additional cleanup. Click Next to start the cleanup. All the items that belong VLC media player that have been left behind will be found and you will be able to delete them. By removing VLC media player with Advanced Uninstaller PRO, you are assured that no Windows registry entries, files or directories are left behind on your disk.

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



Disclaimer

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

2016-05-30 / Written by Andreea Kartman for Advanced Uninstaller PRO

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Last update on: 2016-05-30 02:33:53.020