VLC Media Player
A guide to uninstall VLC Media Player from your system
This page is about VLC Media Player for Windows. Here you can find details on how to uninstall it from your PC. It was created for Windows by
OpenSource. You can find out more on OpenSource or check for application updates
here. The program is usually placed in the C:\Program Files (x86)\VideoLAN\VLC directory (same installation drive as Windows). VLC Media Player's full uninstall command line is MsiExec.exe /I{04EC2E16-070D-4DA0-B3B1-FCEFDB63D897}. The program's main executable file is named vlc.exe and it has a size of 106.00 KB (108544 bytes).
The following executables are installed beside VLC Media Player. They take about 210.50 KB (
215552 bytes) on disk.
- vlc-cache-gen.exe (104.50 KB)
- vlc.exe (106.00 KB)
The current page applies to VLC Media Player version
2.0.5 only.
A way to erase VLC Media Player with the help of Advanced Uninstaller PRO
VLC Media Player is an application released by the software company OpenSource. Sometimes, people decide to remove it. This is hard because uninstalling this manually takes some know-how related to removing Windows programs manually. The best QUICK manner 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 already installed on your system, add it. This is good because Advanced Uninstaller PRO is the best uninstaller and general tool to maximize the performance of your system.
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- download the setup by pressing the DOWNLOAD NOW button
- set up Advanced Uninstaller PRO
2. Start Advanced Uninstaller PRO. Take your time to get familiar with the program's interface and number of features available. Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a very useful system optimizer.
3. Press the General Tools category

4. Click on the Uninstall Programs feature

5. All the programs installed on the PC will be made available to you
6. Scroll the list of programs until you locate VLC Media Player or simply click the Search field and type in "VLC Media Player". If it is installed on your PC the VLC Media Player app will be found automatically. When you click VLC Media Player in the list of applications, the following data regarding the program is shown to you:
- Safety rating (in the left lower corner). The star rating tells you the opinion other people have regarding VLC Media Player, from "Highly recommended" to "Very dangerous".
- Opinions by other people - Press the Read reviews button.
- Technical information regarding the app you wish to uninstall, by pressing the Properties button.
7. Click the Uninstall button. A confirmation window will come up. accept the uninstall by clicking the Uninstall button. Advanced Uninstaller PRO will uninstall VLC Media Player.

8. After removing VLC Media Player, Advanced Uninstaller PRO will ask you to run a cleanup. Press Next to start the cleanup. All the items that belong VLC Media Player that have been left behind will be detected and you will be asked if you want to delete them. By removing VLC Media Player using Advanced Uninstaller PRO, you are assured that no registry entries, files or directories are left behind on your disk.
Your computer will remain clean, speedy and able to take on new tasks.
Geographical user distribution
Users that installed VLC Media Player:
 | Brazil | 100% |
Software Application
Disclaimer
This page is not a recommendation to remove VLC Media Player by OpenSource from your computer, nor are we saying that VLC Media Player by OpenSource is not a good software application. This text only contains detailed instructions on how to remove VLC Media Player supposing you want to. The information above contains registry and disk entries that other software left behind and Advanced Uninstaller PRO discovered and classified as "leftovers" on other users' PCs.
Last update on: 2015-02-07 21:07:07.417