VLC media player

How to uninstall VLC media player from your computer

VLC media player is a software application. This page is comprised of details on how to uninstall it from your computer. The Windows release was developed by SNCF - VideoLAN. Take a look here for more information on SNCF - VideoLAN. Please follow https://www.videolan.org/ if you want to read more on VLC media player on SNCF - VideoLAN's website. The application is usually installed in the C:\Program Files\VideoLAN\VLC folder (same installation drive as Windows). The full uninstall command line for VLC media player is C:\Program Files\VideoLAN\VLC\uninstall.exe. vlc.exe is the VLC media player's primary executable file and it takes circa 966.13 KB (989312 bytes) on disk.

VLC media player is composed of the following executables which take 1.31 MB (1376702 bytes) on disk:

• uninstall.exe (237.69 KB)
• vlc-cache-gen.exe (140.63 KB)
• vlc.exe (966.13 KB)

The current page applies to VLC media player version 3.0.20 alone.

A way to erase VLC media player with Advanced Uninstaller PRO

VLC media player is a program released by SNCF - VideoLAN. Some computer users want to erase this program. Sometimes this is easier said than done because uninstalling this manually requires some skill related to Windows internal functioning. One of the best SIMPLE solution to erase 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 on your system, install it. This is good because Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a very potent uninstaller and general tool to maximize the performance of your system.

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• go to Download Link
• download the program by clicking on the green DOWNLOAD NOW button
• install Advanced Uninstaller PRO

2. Run Advanced Uninstaller PRO. Take some time to get familiar with the program's interface and number of tools available. Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a very useful Windows optimizer.

3. Press the General Tools category


4. Activate the Uninstall Programs button


5. All the programs existing on the PC will appear

6. Scroll the list of programs until you find VLC media player or simply activate the Search field and type in "VLC media player". If it is installed on your PC the VLC media player application will be found very quickly. After you select VLC media player in the list , the following information regarding the program is shown to you:

• Safety rating (in the lower left corner). This explains the opinion other users have regarding VLC media player, ranging from "Highly recommended" to "Very dangerous".
• Reviews by other users - Press the Read reviews button.
• Details regarding the application you are about to remove, by clicking on the Properties button.

For example you can see that for VLC media player:

• The web site of the program is: https://www.videolan.org/
• The uninstall string is: C:\Program Files\VideoLAN\VLC\uninstall.exe

7. Click the Uninstall button. A confirmation window will come up. Confirm the uninstall by clicking Uninstall. Advanced Uninstaller PRO will remove VLC media player.


8. After uninstalling VLC media player, Advanced Uninstaller PRO will offer to run an additional cleanup. Click Next to start 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 uninstalling VLC media player with Advanced Uninstaller PRO, you are assured that no registry items, files or directories are left behind on your computer.

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

Disclaimer

This page is not a recommendation to remove VLC media player by SNCF - VideoLAN from your computer, nor are we saying that VLC media player by SNCF - VideoLAN is not a good software application. This text only contains detailed info on how to remove VLC media player in case you decide this is what you want to do. The information above contains registry and disk entries that Advanced Uninstaller PRO stumbled upon and classified as "leftovers" on other users' PCs.