VLC Media Player

A guide to uninstall VLC Media Player from your system

This web page is about VLC Media Player for Windows. Here you can find details on how to remove it from your computer. The Windows version was developed by VideoLAN Team. Go over here where you can find out more on VideoLAN Team. You can see more info about VLC Media Player at http://www.videolan.org/videolan. VLC Media Player is usually installed in the C:\Program Files\VideoLAN\VLC folder, regulated by the user's option. The full uninstall command line for VLC Media Player is rundll32.exe advpack.dll,LaunchINFSection E:\WINDOWS\INF\vlc.inf,Uninstall,0. vlc.exe is the VLC Media Player's main executable file and it occupies circa 104.50 KB (107008 bytes) on disk.

VLC Media Player is comprised of the following executables which take 327.23 KB (335079 bytes) on disk:

• uninstall.exe (191.23 KB)
• vlc-cache-gen.exe (31.50 KB)
• vlc.exe (104.50 KB)

The information on this page is only about version 1.1.6 of VLC Media Player. You can find below a few links to other VLC Media Player versions:

• 1.0.1
• 1.0.3
• 1.1.11
• 1.1.7
• 1.0.5

A way to erase VLC Media Player from your computer with the help of Advanced Uninstaller PRO

VLC Media Player is an application by VideoLAN Team. Sometimes, computer users choose to uninstall this application. This is difficult because performing this manually requires some knowledge regarding PCs. 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 Windows PC, add it. This is a good step because Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a very potent uninstaller and general utility to optimize your Windows computer.

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• navigate to Download Link
• download the program by pressing the green DOWNLOAD button
• install Advanced Uninstaller PRO

2. Run Advanced Uninstaller PRO. It's recommended to take some time to admire Advanced Uninstaller PRO's design and number of tools available. Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a very useful system utility.

3. Click on the General Tools button


4. Click on the Uninstall Programs tool


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

6. Scroll 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 program will be found very quickly. Notice that when you select VLC Media Player in the list of apps, the following data regarding the application is shown to you:

• Star rating (in the left lower corner). The star rating tells you 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 wish to remove, by pressing the Properties button.

For example you can see that for VLC Media Player:

• The web site of the program is: http://www.videolan.org/videolan
• The uninstall string is: rundll32.exe advpack.dll,LaunchINFSection E:\WINDOWS\INF\vlc.inf,Uninstall,0

7. Press the Uninstall button. A confirmation window will appear. accept the uninstall by pressing the Uninstall button. Advanced Uninstaller PRO will uninstall VLC Media Player.


8. After removing VLC Media Player, Advanced Uninstaller PRO will offer to run an additional cleanup. Press Next to start the cleanup. All the items of VLC Media Player which have been left behind will be found and you will be asked if you want to delete them. By removing VLC Media Player using Advanced Uninstaller PRO, you can be sure that no registry entries, files or directories are left behind on your disk.

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

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Disclaimer

This page is not a piece of advice to remove VLC Media Player by VideoLAN Team from your computer, nor are we saying that VLC Media Player by VideoLAN Team is not a good application for your PC. This text simply contains detailed info on how to remove VLC Media Player in case you want to. The information above contains registry and disk entries that Advanced Uninstaller PRO discovered and classified as "leftovers" on other users' computers.