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A way to uninstall VLC media player from your PC

This web page contains complete information on how to remove VLC media player for Windows. The Windows version was developed by VideoLAN. More information about VideoLAN can be found here. Please open if you want to read more on VLC media player on VideoLAN's web page. The program is usually placed in the C:\Program Files\VideoLAN\VLC folder. Take into account that this path can differ depending on the user's preference. C:\Program Files\VideoLAN\VLC\uninstall.exe is the full command line if you want to uninstall VLC media player. vlc.exe is the VLC media player's primary executable file and it occupies around 130.02 KB (133139 bytes) on disk.

The executables below are part of VLC media player. They occupy an average of 499.39 KB (511378 bytes) on disk.

  • uninstall.exe (251.36 KB)
  • vlc-cache-gen.exe (118.02 KB)
  • vlc.exe (130.02 KB)


The information on this page is only about version 3.0.0201409230402 of VLC media player. You can find below info on other application versions of VLC media player:

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

VLC media player is a program marketed by VideoLAN. Sometimes, users try to uninstall this program. Sometimes this can be easier said than done because removing this by hand takes some experience related to removing Windows programs manually. One of the best QUICK practice to uninstall 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 Windows PC, install it. This is a good step because Advanced Uninstaller PRO is an efficient uninstaller and general utility to optimize your Windows PC.

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  • go to Download Link
  • download the program by pressing the DOWNLOAD button
  • set up Advanced Uninstaller PRO
2. Run Advanced Uninstaller PRO. It's recommended to take your time to admire Advanced Uninstaller PRO's design and number of features available. Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a very good program.

3. Press the General Tools button
Go to General Tools


4. Press the Uninstall Programs button
Go to Uninstall Programs


5. All the applications installed on the PC will appear

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


  • Safety rating (in the left lower corner). The star rating tells you the opinion other users have about VLC media player, ranging from "Highly recommended" to "Very dangerous".
  • Reviews by other users - Press the Read reviews button.
  • Details about the program you want to remove, by pressing 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\VideoLAN\VLC\uninstall.exe
7. Click the Uninstall button. A confirmation page will show up. accept the removal by clicking Uninstall. Advanced Uninstaller PRO will then remove VLC media player.
Uninstall VLC media player


8. After uninstalling VLC media player, Advanced Uninstaller PRO will offer to run an additional cleanup. Click Next to proceed with the cleanup. All the items that belong VLC media player which have been left behind will be detected and you will be able to delete them. By removing VLC media player with Advanced Uninstaller PRO, you can be sure that no Windows registry entries, files or directories are left behind on your disk.

Your Windows PC will remain clean, speedy and able to run without errors or problems.



Geographical user distribution

  • Windows 8.1 (6.3)
  • 10.0
  • Windows 7 (6.1)
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Disclaimer

The text above is not a piece of advice to remove VLC media player by VideoLAN from your computer, we are not saying that VLC media player by VideoLAN is not a good application for your PC. This page simply 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 stumbled upon and classified as "leftovers" on other users' computers.

2016-11-20 / Written by Daniel Statescu for Advanced Uninstaller PRO

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Last update on: 2016-11-20 12:14:14.547