VLC

How to uninstall VLC from your computer

VLC is a software application. This page contains details on how to remove it from your PC. The Windows version was developed by VideoLAN. You can find out more on VideoLAN or check for application updates here. Further information about VLC can be seen at https://www.videolan.org/. The program is frequently placed in the C:\Program Files\VLC folder. Keep in mind that this path can vary being determined by the user's preference. C:\Program Files\VLC\uninstall.exe is the full command line if you want to uninstall VLC. vlc.exe is the VLC's primary executable file and it takes about 962.70 KB (985800 bytes) on disk.

VLC is composed of the following executables which occupy 1.30 MB (1366918 bytes) on disk:

• uninstall.exe (234.99 KB)
• vlc-cache-gen.exe (137.20 KB)
• vlc.exe (962.70 KB)

The current page applies to VLC version 3.0.11 only. Click on the links below for other VLC versions:

• 2.1.2
• 2.2.4
• 2.0.8
• 2.2.1
• 1.00
• 2.1.3
• 3.0.11.0
• 2.2.2
• Unknown
• 2.2.6
• 2.2.5.1
• 3.0.4

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How to erase VLC from your computer using Advanced Uninstaller PRO

VLC is a program by VideoLAN. Sometimes, computer users want to uninstall this program. This is efortful because removing this by hand requires some skill related to PCs. One of the best SIMPLE action to uninstall VLC is to use Advanced Uninstaller PRO. Here is how to do this:





1. If you don't have Advanced Uninstaller PRO on your Windows system, install it. This is good because Advanced Uninstaller PRO is one of the best uninstaller and general tool to optimize your Windows PC.

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• navigate to Download Link
• download the setup by clicking on the green DOWNLOAD NOW button
• set up Advanced Uninstaller PRO

2. Run Advanced Uninstaller PRO. It's recommended to take some time to admire Advanced Uninstaller PRO's design and wealth of features available. Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a very useful PC management program.

3. Press the General Tools category


4. Click on the Uninstall Programs tool


5. A list of the programs existing on the computer will be shown to you

6. Navigate the list of programs until you find VLC or simply activate the Search field and type in "VLC". If it exists on your system the VLC program will be found automatically. Notice that when you select VLC in the list , the following information about the application is made available to you:

• Star rating (in the lower left corner). The star rating explains the opinion other people have about VLC, from "Highly recommended" to "Very dangerous".
• Reviews by other people - Press the Read reviews button.
• Technical information about the program you want to remove, by clicking on the Properties button.

For instance you can see that for VLC:

• The publisher is: https://www.videolan.org/
• The uninstall string is: C:\Program Files\VLC\uninstall.exe

7. Press the Uninstall button. A window asking you to confirm will show up. accept the uninstall by clicking the Uninstall button. Advanced Uninstaller PRO will uninstall VLC.


8. After uninstalling VLC, Advanced Uninstaller PRO will ask you to run an additional cleanup. Press Next to perform the cleanup. All the items of VLC that have been left behind will be detected and you will be able to delete them. By uninstalling VLC with Advanced Uninstaller PRO, you can be sure that no Windows registry entries, files or folders are left behind on your PC.

Your Windows computer will remain clean, speedy and able to serve you properly.

Disclaimer

The text above is not a piece of advice to uninstall VLC by VideoLAN from your computer, we are not saying that VLC by VideoLAN is not a good application. This text only contains detailed info on how to uninstall VLC in case you want to. 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.