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How to uninstall VLC media player from your system

VLC media player is a computer program. This page contains details on how to uninstall it from your computer. It was developed for Windows by VideoLAN. You can read more on VideoLAN or check for application updates here. You can see more info on VLC media player at . Usually the VLC media player program is found in the C:\Program Files (x86)\VideoLAN\VLC folder, depending on the user's option during setup. The entire uninstall command line for VLC media player is C:\Program Files (x86)\VideoLAN\VLC\uninstall.exe. The application's main executable file is called vlc.exe and it has a size of 126.02 KB (129043 bytes).

The executables below are part of VLC media player. They occupy an average of 491.24 KB (503028 bytes) on disk.

  • uninstall.exe (251.70 KB)
  • vlc-cache-gen.exe (113.52 KB)
  • vlc.exe (126.02 KB)


This page is about VLC media player version 3.0.0201410250002 alone. Click on the links below for other VLC media player versions:

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A way to remove VLC media player using Advanced Uninstaller PRO

VLC media player is a program by VideoLAN. Frequently, users decide to remove this program. This can be troublesome because performing this manually requires some advanced knowledge regarding removing Windows applications by hand. One of the best SIMPLE way to remove 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 on your PC, add it. This is good because Advanced Uninstaller PRO is one of the best uninstaller and general utility to take care of your system.

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  • install Advanced Uninstaller PRO
2. Run Advanced Uninstaller PRO. Take some time to get familiar with Advanced Uninstaller PRO's design and wealth of tools available. Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a very good package of utilities.

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


4. Activate the Uninstall Programs tool
Go to Uninstall Programs


5. A list of the programs installed on the computer will be made available to you

6. Scroll the list of programs until you find VLC media player or simply click the Search feature and type in "VLC media player". If it exists on your system the VLC media player program will be found automatically. Notice that when you select VLC media player in the list , some data about the application is made available to you:


  • Safety rating (in the lower left corner). This tells you the opinion other users have about VLC media player, ranging from "Highly recommended" to "Very dangerous".
  • Opinions by other users - Click on the Read reviews button.
  • Technical information about the application you wish to uninstall, by clicking on 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 (x86)\VideoLAN\VLC\uninstall.exe
7. Click the Uninstall button. A window asking you to confirm will show up. Confirm the removal by clicking the Uninstall button. Advanced Uninstaller PRO will uninstall VLC media player.
Uninstall VLC media player


8. After uninstalling VLC media player, Advanced Uninstaller PRO will offer to run an additional cleanup. Press Next to perform the cleanup. All the items of VLC media player that have been left behind will be detected and you will be asked if you want to delete them. By uninstalling VLC media player with Advanced Uninstaller PRO, you can be sure that no registry entries, files or folders are left behind on your system.

Your system will remain clean, speedy and able to serve you properly.



Geographical user distribution

  • Windows 7 (6.1)
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Disclaimer

The text above is not a piece of advice to uninstall VLC media player by VideoLAN from your computer, nor are we saying that VLC media player by VideoLAN is not a good application. This page only contains detailed instructions on how to uninstall VLC media player supposing you want to. Here you can find registry and disk entries that other software left behind and Advanced Uninstaller PRO discovered and classified as "leftovers" on other users' computers.

2015-02-04 / Written by Dan Armano for Advanced Uninstaller PRO

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Last update on: 2015-02-04 20:33:04.877