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A way to uninstall VLC media player from your computer

VLC media player is a computer program. This page is comprised of details on how to remove it from your computer. The Windows release was created by VideoLAN. More information about VideoLAN can be seen here. You can get more details about VLC media player at . Usually the VLC media player application is placed in the C:\Program Files\VideoLAN\VLC directory, depending on the user's option during setup. The full command line for removing VLC media player is C:\Program Files\VideoLAN\VLC\uninstall.exe. Note that if you will type this command in Start / Run Note you may receive a notification for admin rights. vlc.exe is the VLC media player's main executable file and it occupies about 129.52 KB (132627 bytes) on disk.

VLC media player is composed of the following executables which take 498.82 KB (510795 bytes) on disk:

  • uninstall.exe (251.29 KB)
  • vlc-cache-gen.exe (118.02 KB)
  • vlc.exe (129.52 KB)


The information on this page is only about version 3.0.0201504060402 of VLC media player. You can find below info on other versions of VLC media player:

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How to remove VLC media player using Advanced Uninstaller PRO

VLC media player is an application by the software company VideoLAN. Sometimes, people try to uninstall it. This can be difficult because uninstalling this by hand requires some advanced knowledge related to PCs. One of the best SIMPLE solution to uninstall 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 on your system, install it. This is a good step because Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a very useful uninstaller and general utility to take care of your PC.

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  • download the setup by clicking on the green DOWNLOAD button
  • install Advanced Uninstaller PRO
2. Run 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 good PC management program.

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


4. Activate the Uninstall Programs button
Go to Uninstall Programs


5. A list of the programs installed on the PC will be made available to you

6. Scroll the list of programs until you locate VLC media player or simply click the Search field and type in "VLC media player". The VLC media player app will be found automatically. When you click VLC media player in the list of applications, the following information regarding the program is available to you:


  • Safety 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 - Click on the Read reviews button.
  • Technical information regarding the app you are about to remove, by clicking on the Properties button.
For example 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 confirmation page will come up. Confirm the uninstall by pressing the Uninstall button. Advanced Uninstaller PRO will then uninstall VLC media player.
Uninstall VLC media player


8. After uninstalling VLC media player, Advanced Uninstaller PRO will offer to run an additional cleanup. Press Next to go ahead with the cleanup. All the items of VLC media player that have been left behind will be found and you will be able to delete them. By removing VLC media player using Advanced Uninstaller PRO, you can be sure that no registry items, files or directories are left behind on your disk.

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



Geographical user distribution

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

The text above is not a piece of advice to remove VLC media player by VideoLAN from your PC, we are not saying that VLC media player by VideoLAN is not a good application. This page only contains detailed info on how to remove VLC media player in case you want to. Here you can find registry and disk entries that other software left behind and Advanced Uninstaller PRO stumbled upon and classified as "leftovers" on other users' PCs.

2015-05-22 / Written by Daniel Statescu for Advanced Uninstaller PRO

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Last update on: 2015-05-22 17:33:02.853