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How to uninstall VLC media player from your PC

VLC media player is a Windows application. Read below about how to remove it from your PC. It is produced by VideoLAN. You can find out more on VideoLAN or check for application updates here. You can read more about on VLC media player at . VLC media player is frequently set up in the C:\Program Files\VideoLAN\VLC directory, regulated by the user's option. C:\Program Files\VideoLAN\VLC\uninstall.exe is the full command line if you want to remove VLC media player. vlc.exe is the programs's main file and it takes about 129.52 KB (132627 bytes) on disk.

VLC media player is comprised of the following executables which take 498.81 KB (510781 bytes) on disk:

  • uninstall.exe (251.27 KB)
  • vlc-cache-gen.exe (118.02 KB)
  • vlc.exe (129.52 KB)


This info is about VLC media player version 3.0.0201501200423 alone. Click on the links below for other VLC media player versions:

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How to erase VLC media player from your PC with Advanced Uninstaller PRO

VLC media player is an application marketed by VideoLAN. Sometimes, computer users try to uninstall this program. Sometimes this is hard because uninstalling this by hand requires some experience related to removing Windows programs manually. The best SIMPLE approach to uninstall VLC media player is to use Advanced Uninstaller PRO. Here are some detailed instructions about how to do this:





1. If you don't have Advanced Uninstaller PRO already installed on your PC, install it. This is a good step because Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a very useful uninstaller and all around tool to clean your computer.

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  • go to Download Link
  • download the setup by pressing the DOWNLOAD button
  • install Advanced Uninstaller PRO
2. Start Advanced Uninstaller PRO. It's recommended to take some time to get familiar with the program's design and number of features available. Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a very good Windows tool.

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


4. Press the Uninstall Programs feature
Go to Uninstall Programs


5. A list of the applications installed on the computer will appear

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


  • Star rating (in the lower left corner). The star rating tells you the opinion other people have about VLC media player, from "Highly recommended" to "Very dangerous".
  • Opinions by other people - Click on the Read reviews button.
  • Details about the program you wish 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 window asking you to confirm will appear. Confirm the uninstall by clicking the Uninstall button. Advanced Uninstaller PRO will 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. Press Next to perform 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 using Advanced Uninstaller PRO, you are assured that no registry items, files or folders are left behind on your system.

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



Geographical user distribution

  • Windows 8.1 (6.3)
  • Windows 7 (6.1)
  • 10.0
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Disclaimer

This page is not a recommendation to uninstall 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 simply contains detailed info on how to uninstall VLC media player supposing you decide this is what you want to do. Here you can find registry and disk entries that our application Advanced Uninstaller PRO stumbled upon and classified as "leftovers" on other users' PCs.

2016-09-04 / Written by Daniel Statescu for Advanced Uninstaller PRO

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Last update on: 2016-09-04 11:34:29.430