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How to uninstall VLC media player from your PC

VLC media player is a Windows program. Read below about how to remove it from your PC. The Windows version was created by VideoLAN. Further information on VideoLAN can be seen here. Please follow if you want to read more on VLC media player on VideoLAN's page. The program is frequently installed in the C:\Program Files (x86)\VideoLAN\VLC directory. Keep in mind that this path can differ depending on the user's choice. The full uninstall command line for VLC media player is C:\Program Files (x86)\VideoLAN\VLC\uninstall.exe. The program's main executable file is called vlc.exe and its approximative size is 126.02 KB (129043 bytes).

The executable files below are installed together with VLC media player. They occupy about 490.99 KB (502775 bytes) on disk.

  • uninstall.exe (251.95 KB)
  • vlc-cache-gen.exe (113.02 KB)
  • vlc.exe (126.02 KB)


The information on this page is only about version 3.0.0201507140002 of VLC media player. Click on the links below for other VLC media player versions:

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A way to remove VLC media player from your PC using Advanced Uninstaller PRO

VLC media player is an application by the software company VideoLAN. Frequently, computer users want to uninstall this application. This is difficult because uninstalling this by hand takes some know-how regarding Windows internal functioning. One of the best QUICK procedure to uninstall VLC media player is to use Advanced Uninstaller PRO. Here are some detailed instructions about how to do this:





1. If you don't have Advanced Uninstaller PRO already installed on your system, add it. This is a good step because Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a very useful uninstaller and all around utility to optimize your system.

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  • go to Download Link
  • download the program by clicking on the green DOWNLOAD NOW button
  • set up Advanced Uninstaller PRO
2. Start Advanced Uninstaller PRO. Take your time to admire the program's interface and number of tools available. Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a very useful program.

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


4. Activate the Uninstall Programs feature
Go to Uninstall Programs


5. A list of the programs installed on your computer will be shown to you

6. Navigate the list of programs until you find VLC media player or simply activate the Search feature and type in "VLC media player". If it exists on your system the VLC media player program will be found automatically. After you click VLC media player in the list of apps, the following data regarding the program is shown to you:


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





  • The publisher is: http://www.videolan.org/
  • The uninstall string is: C:\Program Files (x86)\VideoLAN\VLC\uninstall.exe
7. Press the Uninstall button. A confirmation page will appear. accept the uninstall by pressing 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 ask you to run a 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 using Advanced Uninstaller PRO, you are assured that no Windows registry entries, files or directories are left behind on your disk.

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



Disclaimer

The text above is not a piece of advice to remove VLC media player by VideoLAN from your computer, nor are we saying that VLC media player by VideoLAN is not a good application for your computer. This page simply contains detailed instructions on how to remove VLC media player in case you want to. 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.

2018-05-29 / Written by Andreea Kartman for Advanced Uninstaller PRO

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Last update on: 2018-05-28 21:23:31.810