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How to uninstall VLC media player from your computer

This page is about VLC media player for Windows. Below you can find details on how to uninstall it from your computer. It was created for Windows by VideoLAN. Take a look here where you can read more on VideoLAN. Click on to get more info about VLC media player on VideoLAN's website. The application is frequently located in the C:\Program Files\VideoLAN\VLC folder. Take into account that this path can vary depending on the user's preference. 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 receive a notification for administrator rights. vlc.exe is the programs's main file and it takes approximately 118.52 KB (121363 bytes) on disk.

The following executable files are contained in VLC media player. They take 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 current web page applies to VLC media player version 3.0.05 alone. For other VLC media player versions please click below:

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A way to erase VLC media player using Advanced Uninstaller PRO

VLC media player is a program by the software company VideoLAN. Frequently, users decide to erase this program. Sometimes this can be efortful because deleting this by hand requires some knowledge regarding Windows internal functioning. One of the best EASY solution to erase VLC media player is to use Advanced Uninstaller PRO. Take the following steps on how to do this:





1. If you don't have Advanced Uninstaller PRO already installed on your system, add it. This is a good step because Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a very efficient uninstaller and general utility to maximize the performance of your system.

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  • visit Download Link
  • download the program by pressing the green DOWNLOAD NOW button
  • install Advanced Uninstaller PRO
2. Run Advanced Uninstaller PRO. It's recommended to take some time to admire the program's design and wealth of functions available. Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a powerful Windows optimizer.

3. Press the General Tools button
Go to General Tools


4. Activate the Uninstall Programs tool
Go to Uninstall Programs


5. A list of the programs existing on the computer will be made available to you

6. Scroll the list of programs until you locate VLC media player or simply activate the Search feature and type in "VLC media player". If it is installed on your PC the VLC media player application will be found automatically. Notice that after you click VLC media player in the list of programs, the following data regarding the program is available to you:


  • Star rating (in the lower left corner). This tells you the opinion other users have regarding VLC media player, from "Highly recommended" to "Very dangerous".
  • Opinions by other users - Press the Read reviews button.
  • Technical information 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: https://www.videolan.org/
  • The uninstall string is: C:\Program Files\VideoLAN\VLC\uninstall.exe
7. Click the Uninstall button. A confirmation page will appear. accept the uninstall by pressing 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 offer to run an additional cleanup. Click 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 able to delete them. By uninstalling VLC media player using Advanced Uninstaller PRO, you are assured that no registry items, files or folders are left behind on your PC.

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



Disclaimer

The text above 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 application. This text only contains detailed info on how to uninstall VLC media player supposing you decide this is what you want to do. The information above contains registry and disk entries that other software left behind and Advanced Uninstaller PRO discovered and classified as "leftovers" on other users' computers.

2018-01-10 / Written by Dan Armano for Advanced Uninstaller PRO

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Last update on: 2018-01-10 10:36:17.220