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A guide to uninstall VLC media player from your PC

You can find on this page details on how to remove VLC media player for Windows. The Windows release was developed by VideoLAN. More info about VideoLAN can be found here. Please follow if you want to read more on VLC media player on VideoLAN's web page. VLC media player is typically installed in the C:\Program Files\VideoLAN\VLC directory, but this location may vary a lot depending on the user's choice when installing the application. You can remove VLC media player by clicking on the Start menu of Windows and pasting the command line C:\Program Files\VideoLAN\VLC\uninstall.exe. Note that you might get a notification for admin rights. vlc.exe is the programs's main file and it takes close to 118.52 KB (121363 bytes) on disk.

VLC media player contains of the executables below. They occupy 461.95 KB (473036 bytes) on disk.




  • uninstall.exe (222.91 KB)
  • vlc-cache-gen.exe (120.52 KB)
  • vlc.exe (118.52 KB)


The information on this page is only about version 3.0.08 of VLC media player. You can find below a few links to other VLC media player releases:

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How to delete VLC media player from your computer with the help of Advanced Uninstaller PRO

VLC media player is an application marketed by the software company VideoLAN. Sometimes, users decide to erase this program. This can be troublesome because deleting this by hand requires some knowledge related to removing Windows programs manually. The best EASY manner to erase VLC media player is to use Advanced Uninstaller PRO. Here is how to do this:





1. If you don't have Advanced Uninstaller PRO on your system, install it. This is good because Advanced Uninstaller PRO is the best uninstaller and all around tool to take care of your system.

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  • navigate to Download Link
  • download the program by clicking on the DOWNLOAD button
  • install Advanced Uninstaller PRO
2. Start Advanced Uninstaller PRO. Take some time to admire Advanced Uninstaller PRO's interface and number of functions available. Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a powerful PC management program.

3. Click on the General Tools category
Go to General Tools


4. Click on the Uninstall Programs feature
Go to Uninstall Programs


5. A list of the applications existing on the PC will appear

6. Scroll the list of applications 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 app will be found very quickly. Notice that after you click VLC media player in the list of apps, some data about the program is shown to you:


  • Star rating (in the lower left corner). The star rating tells you the opinion other people have about VLC media player, ranging from "Highly recommended" to "Very dangerous".
  • Reviews by other people - Click on the Read reviews button.
  • Details about the app you are about to remove, by clicking on the Properties button.
For instance you can see that for VLC media player:





  • The web site of the application 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 come up. accept the uninstall by pressing 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 a cleanup. Press Next to start the cleanup. All the items that belong VLC media player which have been left behind will be detected and you will be asked if you want to delete them. By uninstalling VLC media player using Advanced Uninstaller PRO, you are assured that no registry items, files or directories are left behind on your PC.

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



Disclaimer

This page is not a piece of advice to uninstall VLC media player by VideoLAN from your computer, we are not saying that VLC media player by VideoLAN is not a good software application. This page simply contains detailed info on how to uninstall VLC media player in case you decide this is what you want to do. 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' PCs.

2018-01-28 / Written by Andreea Kartman for Advanced Uninstaller PRO

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Last update on: 2018-01-28 10:56:59.770