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How to uninstall VLC media player from your system

This page is about VLC media player for Windows. Here you can find details on how to uninstall it from your computer. The Windows version was developed by VideoLAN. Open here where you can find out more on VideoLAN. More information about VLC media player can be seen at . The program is frequently installed in the C:\Program Files\VideoLAN\VLC folder (same installation drive as Windows). C:\Program Files\VideoLAN\VLC\uninstall.exe is the full command line if you want to uninstall VLC media player. vlc.exe is the programs's main file and it takes close to 129.52 KB (132627 bytes) on disk.

The executable files below are installed together with VLC media player. They occupy about 498.88 KB (510853 bytes) on disk.

  • uninstall.exe (251.34 KB)
  • vlc-cache-gen.exe (118.02 KB)
  • vlc.exe (129.52 KB)


The information on this page is only about version 3.0.0201504130402 of VLC media player. Click on the links below for other VLC media player versions:

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A way to uninstall VLC media player from your PC with the help of Advanced Uninstaller PRO

VLC media player is an application released by the software company VideoLAN. Frequently, people try to erase this program. This can be troublesome because performing this manually requires some know-how related to removing Windows applications by hand. One of the best QUICK 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 already installed on your Windows system, install it. This is good because Advanced Uninstaller PRO is one of the best uninstaller and general tool to clean your Windows system.

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  • go to Download Link
  • download the setup 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 tools available. Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a very useful package of utilities.

3. Press 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 installed on your PC will appear

6. Navigate the list of applications until you locate VLC media player or simply click the Search feature and type in "VLC media player". The VLC media player program will be found very quickly. Notice that after you click VLC media player in the list , the following data about the application is available to you:


  • Star rating (in the lower left corner). This explains the opinion other people have about VLC media player, ranging from "Highly recommended" to "Very dangerous".
  • Reviews by other people - Press the Read reviews button.
  • Technical information about the program you wish to uninstall, by clicking on the Properties button.
For instance you can see that for VLC media player:





  • The web site of the program is: http://www.videolan.org/
  • The uninstall string is: C:\Program Files\VideoLAN\VLC\uninstall.exe
7. Press the Uninstall button. A confirmation window will come up. accept the removal by pressing the Uninstall button. Advanced Uninstaller PRO will then remove VLC media player.
Uninstall VLC media player


8. After uninstalling VLC media player, Advanced Uninstaller PRO will ask you to run an additional cleanup. Click Next to go ahead with the cleanup. All the items that belong VLC media player that 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 Windows registry entries, files or folders are left behind on your computer.

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



Geographical user distribution

  • Windows 7 (6.1)
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Disclaimer

This page is not a recommendation to uninstall 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 computer. This page only contains detailed instructions on how to uninstall VLC media player in case you want to. The information above contains registry and disk entries that Advanced Uninstaller PRO stumbled upon and classified as "leftovers" on other users' PCs.

2015-04-21 / Written by Daniel Statescu for Advanced Uninstaller PRO

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Last update on: 2015-04-21 19:22:27.597