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A guide to uninstall VLC media player from your system

You can find below detailed information on how to uninstall VLC media player for Windows. It was created for Windows by VideoLAN. Check out here for more details on VideoLAN. You can see more info related to VLC media player at . The application is often located in the C:\Program Files\VideoLAN\VLC folder (same installation drive as Windows). VLC media player's full uninstall command line is C:\Program Files\VideoLAN\VLC\uninstall.exe. The program's main executable file is named vlc.exe and its approximative size is 130.02 KB (133139 bytes).

The following executable files are incorporated in VLC media player. They take 500.21 KB (512210 bytes) on disk.

  • uninstall.exe (251.67 KB)
  • vlc-cache-gen.exe (118.52 KB)
  • vlc.exe (130.02 KB)


The information on this page is only about version 3.0.0201508100402 of VLC media player. For more VLC media player versions please click below:

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How to delete VLC media player using Advanced Uninstaller PRO

VLC media player is an application released by VideoLAN. Frequently, people decide to remove this program. Sometimes this can be troublesome because doing this manually takes some experience regarding removing Windows applications by hand. One of the best EASY practice to remove 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 the best uninstaller and all around utility to optimize your Windows PC.

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  • download the setup by pressing the green DOWNLOAD button
  • set up Advanced Uninstaller PRO
2. Start Advanced Uninstaller PRO. It's recommended to take your time to admire the program's design and number of tools available. Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a very useful program.

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


4. Activate the Uninstall Programs tool
Go to Uninstall Programs


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

6. Navigate the list of applications until you locate VLC media player or simply click 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. When you click VLC media player in the list of programs, some data regarding the program is available to you:


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





  • The web site of the application 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. Confirm the uninstall by clicking the Uninstall button. Advanced Uninstaller PRO will automatically remove VLC media player.
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8. After uninstalling VLC media player, Advanced Uninstaller PRO will offer to run an additional 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 able to delete them. By removing VLC media player with Advanced Uninstaller PRO, you can be sure that no registry items, files or directories are left behind on your PC.

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



Disclaimer

The text above is not a recommendation to uninstall VLC media player by VideoLAN from your PC, nor are we saying that VLC media player by VideoLAN is not a good application for your computer. 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 Advanced Uninstaller PRO discovered and classified as "leftovers" on other users' computers.

2016-09-22 / Written by Daniel Statescu for Advanced Uninstaller PRO

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Last update on: 2016-09-22 07:12:22.277