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A way to uninstall VLC media player from your computer

This page contains complete information on how to remove VLC media player for Windows. It was coded for Windows by VideoLAN. You can read more on VideoLAN or check for application updates here. More information about VLC media player can be found at . The application is often located in the C:\Program Files\VideoLAN\VLC directory. Take into account that this location can vary being determined by the user's decision. The full command line for uninstalling VLC media player is C:\Program Files\VideoLAN\VLC\uninstall.exe. Keep in mind that if you will type this command in Start / Run Note you may get a notification for admin rights. The application's main executable file is labeled vlc.exe and it has a size of 126.02 KB (129043 bytes).

The executable files below are installed together with VLC media player. They occupy about 520.63 KB (533130 bytes) on disk.

  • uninstall.exe (281.10 KB)
  • vlc-cache-gen.exe (113.52 KB)
  • vlc.exe (126.02 KB)


This web page is about VLC media player version 3.0.0201606020002 only. For more VLC media player versions please click below:

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How to remove VLC media player with the help of Advanced Uninstaller PRO

VLC media player is an application by the software company VideoLAN. Sometimes, computer users decide to uninstall this application. Sometimes this can be troublesome because doing this by hand takes some experience related to removing Windows programs manually. The best SIMPLE solution to uninstall 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, add it. This is a good step because Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a very potent uninstaller and general utility to take care of your Windows PC.

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  • navigate to Download Link
  • download the setup by pressing the green DOWNLOAD button
  • install Advanced Uninstaller PRO
2. Run Advanced Uninstaller PRO. Take some time to get familiar with Advanced Uninstaller PRO's design and wealth of tools available. Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a powerful package of utilities.

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


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


5. All the applications existing on the computer will appear

6. Scroll the list of applications until you find VLC media player or simply activate the Search field and type in "VLC media player". If it exists on your system the VLC media player app will be found very quickly. Notice that after you click VLC media player in the list of applications, some data about the application is available to you:


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





  • The software company is: http://www.videolan.org/
  • The uninstall string is: C:\Program Files\VideoLAN\VLC\uninstall.exe
7. Click the Uninstall button. A confirmation window will appear. accept the uninstall by clicking 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 a cleanup. Click Next to proceed with the cleanup. All the items that belong VLC media player that have been left behind will be detected and you will be asked if you want to delete them. By removing VLC media player with Advanced Uninstaller PRO, you can be sure that no Windows registry entries, files or folders are left behind on your system.

Your Windows computer will remain clean, speedy and ready to take on new tasks.



Disclaimer

This page is not a piece of advice to remove VLC media player by VideoLAN from your computer, nor are we saying that VLC media player by VideoLAN is not a good application for your PC. This text only contains detailed instructions on how to remove VLC media player in case 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.

2016-09-01 / Written by Daniel Statescu for Advanced Uninstaller PRO

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Last update on: 2016-09-01 09:50:53.090