VLC Media Player

A way to uninstall VLC Media Player from your PC

This web page contains detailed information on how to uninstall VLC Media Player for Windows. It was developed for Windows by VideoLAN Team. Check out here for more information on VideoLAN Team. Please follow http://www.videolan.org/videolan if you want to read more on VLC Media Player on VideoLAN Team's website. VLC Media Player is normally set up in the C:\Program Files\VLC directory, subject to the user's choice. You can uninstall VLC Media Player by clicking on the Start menu of Windows and pasting the command line rundll32.exe advpack.dll,LaunchINFSection C:\WINDOWS\INF\vlc.inf,Uninstall. Note that you might be prompted for administrator rights. The application's main executable file has a size of 132.24 KB (135416 bytes) on disk and is called vlc.exe.

The executable files below are part of VLC Media Player. They take about 132.24 KB (135416 bytes) on disk.

• vlc.exe (132.24 KB)

The current web page applies to VLC Media Player version 1.0.1 only. For other VLC Media Player versions please click below:

• 1.0.3
• 1.1.11
• 1.1.7
• 1.0.5
• 1.1.6

How to uninstall VLC Media Player with the help of Advanced Uninstaller PRO

VLC Media Player is a program marketed by the software company VideoLAN Team. Sometimes, users want to erase it. This can be difficult because doing this by hand requires some advanced knowledge regarding removing Windows programs manually. One of the best QUICK manner to erase 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 PC, install it. This is a good step because Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a very useful uninstaller and general tool to clean your PC.

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• go to Download Link
• download the program by pressing the green DOWNLOAD NOW button
• set up Advanced Uninstaller PRO

2. Run Advanced Uninstaller PRO. It's recommended to take your time to get familiar with Advanced Uninstaller PRO's interface and wealth of features available. Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a very good program.

3. Click on the General Tools button


4. Click on the Uninstall Programs button


5. All the programs installed on the computer will appear

6. Navigate the list of programs until you locate VLC Media Player or simply activate the Search field and type in "VLC Media Player". If it is installed on your PC the VLC Media Player app will be found very quickly. When you select VLC Media Player in the list of apps, the following information regarding the program is available to you:

• Star rating (in the left lower corner). This explains the opinion other people have regarding VLC Media Player, from "Highly recommended" to "Very dangerous".
• Opinions by other people - Click on the Read reviews button.
• Technical information 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 application is: http://www.videolan.org/videolan
• The uninstall string is: rundll32.exe advpack.dll,LaunchINFSection C:\WINDOWS\INF\vlc.inf,Uninstall

7. Press the Uninstall button. A confirmation window will come up. accept the removal by pressing the Uninstall button. Advanced Uninstaller PRO will remove VLC Media Player.


8. After uninstalling VLC Media Player, Advanced Uninstaller PRO will ask you to run an additional cleanup. Click Next to go ahead with the cleanup. All the items of 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 serve you properly.

Disclaimer

This page is not a recommendation to remove VLC Media Player by VideoLAN Team from your PC, we are not saying that VLC Media Player by VideoLAN Team is not a good application for your PC. This page simply 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 other software left behind and Advanced Uninstaller PRO stumbled upon and classified as "leftovers" on other users' computers.