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A guide to uninstall VLC media player from your computer

This info is about VLC media player for Windows. Below you can find details on how to remove it from your PC. It was developed for Windows by VideoLAN. More info about VideoLAN can be read here. More data about the application VLC media player can be seen at . The application is usually located 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 remove VLC media player. vlc.exe is the programs's main file and it takes approximately 130.52 KB (133651 bytes) on disk.

VLC media player contains of the executables below. They occupy 531.53 KB (544290 bytes) on disk.




  • uninstall.exe (282.00 KB)
  • vlc-cache-gen.exe (119.02 KB)
  • vlc.exe (130.52 KB)


The current page applies to VLC media player version 3.0.0201602200403 alone. For other VLC media player versions please click below:

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How to erase VLC media player from your computer with the help of Advanced Uninstaller PRO

VLC media player is a program by VideoLAN. Frequently, computer users decide to remove this application. Sometimes this is hard because deleting this manually takes some skill regarding removing Windows programs manually. One of the best QUICK approach 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 on your Windows system, add it. This is a good step because Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a very efficient uninstaller and all around utility to take care of your Windows computer.

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  • go to Download Link
  • download the program by pressing the DOWNLOAD NOW button
  • install Advanced Uninstaller PRO
2. Run Advanced Uninstaller PRO. It's recommended to take your time to get familiar with Advanced Uninstaller PRO's interface and wealth of features available. Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a very useful system optimizer.

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


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


5. All the programs existing on your computer will be made available to you

6. Scroll the list of programs until you find 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 automatically. Notice that when you select VLC media player in the list of programs, the following information regarding the application is available to you:


  • Safety rating (in the left lower corner). The star rating tells you the opinion other people have regarding VLC media player, from "Highly recommended" to "Very dangerous".
  • Reviews by other people - Click on the Read reviews button.
  • Technical information regarding the app you wish to remove, 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 dialog will appear. Confirm the uninstall by clicking the Uninstall button. Advanced Uninstaller PRO will automatically remove VLC media player.
Uninstall VLC media player


8. After uninstalling VLC media player, Advanced Uninstaller PRO will offer to run a cleanup. Click Next to perform the cleanup. All the items that belong VLC media player which 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 can be sure that no registry items, files or folders are left behind on your system.

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



Geographical user distribution

  • Windows 7 (6.1)
  • 10.0
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Disclaimer

The text above is not a piece of advice to remove 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 text only contains detailed info 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 discovered and classified as "leftovers" on other users' PCs.

2016-06-29 / Written by Daniel Statescu for Advanced Uninstaller PRO

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Last update on: 2016-06-29 00:59:58.813