VLC Player
How to uninstall VLC Player from your PC
This page is about VLC Player for Windows. Below you can find details on how to remove it from your computer. It is written by
CyberSpace. You can read more on CyberSpace or check for application updates
here. Please open
https://www.videolan.org/ if you want to read more on VLC Player on CyberSpace's web page. VLC Player is commonly set up in the C:\Program Files\VideoLAN\VLC folder, however this location may differ a lot depending on the user's choice when installing the program. C:\Program Files\VideoLAN\VLC\uninstall.exe is the full command line if you want to remove VLC Player. VLC Player's main file takes around 961.21 KB (984280 bytes) and is called vlc.exe.
VLC Player is comprised of the following executables which occupy 1.30 MB (
1364232 bytes) on disk:
- uninstall.exe (235.34 KB)
- vlc-cache-gen.exe (135.71 KB)
- vlc.exe (961.21 KB)
The information on this page is only about version
3.0.12 of VLC Player. You can find here a few links to other VLC Player versions:
A way to remove VLC Player from your computer with Advanced Uninstaller PRO
VLC Player is an application by the software company CyberSpace. Frequently, people try to uninstall this application. This can be hard because removing this by hand takes some skill regarding PCs. The best QUICK procedure to uninstall VLC 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 system, install it. This is a good step because Advanced Uninstaller PRO is an efficient uninstaller and general tool to clean your Windows PC.
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- download the program by clicking on the green DOWNLOAD button
- set up Advanced Uninstaller PRO
2. Run Advanced Uninstaller PRO. Take some time to get familiar with Advanced Uninstaller PRO's interface and number of features available. Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a very useful system utility.
3. Click on the General Tools category

4. Press the Uninstall Programs button

5. A list of the applications existing on your computer will appear
6. Navigate the list of applications until you find VLC Player or simply activate the Search feature and type in "VLC Player". If it is installed on your PC the VLC Player app will be found very quickly. After you select VLC Player in the list , the following data about the program is shown to you:
- Star rating (in the left lower corner). The star rating explains the opinion other people have about VLC Player, ranging from "Highly recommended" to "Very dangerous".
- Opinions by other people - Click on the Read reviews button.
- Details about the app you wish to uninstall, by clicking on the Properties button.
For example you can see that for VLC Player:
- The web site of the program is: https://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 uninstall by clicking the Uninstall button. Advanced Uninstaller PRO will automatically uninstall VLC Player.

8. After removing VLC Player, Advanced Uninstaller PRO will ask you to run an additional cleanup. Press Next to start the cleanup. All the items of VLC Player which have been left behind will be found and you will be asked if you want to delete them. By removing VLC Player with Advanced Uninstaller PRO, you can be sure that no Windows registry items, files or directories are left behind on your disk.
Your Windows system will remain clean, speedy and ready to run without errors or problems.
Disclaimer
This page is not a piece of advice to uninstall VLC Player by CyberSpace from your PC, nor are we saying that VLC Player by CyberSpace is not a good software application. This page only contains detailed info on how to uninstall VLC Player supposing you want to. The information above contains registry and disk entries that our application Advanced Uninstaller PRO discovered and classified as "leftovers" on other users' PCs.
Last update on: 2021-06-09 19:40:54.393