VLC media player

A way to uninstall VLC media player from your system

VLC media player is a Windows program. Read below about how to remove it from your PC. The Windows release was developed by VideoLAN. Go over here where you can find out more on VideoLAN. Please follow http://www.videolan.org/ if you want to read more on VLC media player on VideoLAN's web page. VLC media player is commonly installed in the C:\Program Files\VideoLAN\VLC folder, regulated by the user's choice. C:\Program Files\VideoLAN\VLC\uninstall.exe is the full command line if you want to uninstall VLC media player. The application's main executable file is named vlc.exe and occupies 126.02 KB (129043 bytes).

The executable files below are installed alongside VLC media player. They take about 491.14 KB (502927 bytes) on disk.

• uninstall.exe (251.60 KB)
• vlc-cache-gen.exe (113.52 KB)
• vlc.exe (126.02 KB)

The information on this page is only about version 3.0.0201412310003 of VLC media player. You can find below info on other application versions of VLC media player:

• 3.0.0201512130402
• 3.0.0201501200423
• 3.0.0201603220402
• 3.0.0201505180002
• 3.0.0201412230003
• 3.0.09
• 3.0.0201511110402
• 3.0.0201505200002
• 3.0.0201506270002
• 3.0.0201412011908
• 1.1.2
• 3.0.0201503171132
• 3.0.6
• 3.0.0201604300401
• 3.0.0201506020402
• 2.2.0201405100402
• 3.0.0201507170402
• 3.0.0201507280402
• 3.0.0201407050945
• 3.0.0201604020002
• 3.0.4
• 3.0.0201502082004
• 3.0.0201504040402
• 3.0.0201503040003
• 3.0.0201501110003
• 3.0.0201503171517
• 2.2.0201405180019
• 3.0.0201507110002
• 3.0.0201606050002
• 3.0.0201605080002
• 3.0.0201508100402
• 3.0.0201509190402
• 3.0.0201604030002
• 3.0.0201407160002
• 3.0.2
• 3.0.0201508080402
• 3.0.0201505040002
• 2.2.01201410270202
• 3.0.0201510300402
• 3.0.0201503260002
• 3.0.0201602200403
• 3.0.0201409230402
• 2.0.3
• 2.2.0201406120023
• 3.0.0201412130003
• 3.0.3
• 4.0.0.0
• 3.0.0201603300402
• 3.0.0201506050002
• 3.0.0201411060402
• 3.0.0201509210002
• 3.0.0201410100002
• 2.1.3
• 3.0.0201412121425
• 3.0.18.0
• 3.0.9
• 3.0.0201507030402
• 3.0.182
• 2.2.02
• 3.0.0201505060003
• 3.0.0201506300402
• 3.0.0201410070003
• 3.0.0201507080402
• 2.2.03
• 3.0.0201408200402
• 3.0.0201503250402
• 3.0.0201604010402
• 3.0.0201508140403
• 3.0.0201508190403
• 3.0.0201508170403
• 3.0.0201411090003
• 3.0.0201505130003
• 3.0.0201508140003
• 2.2.0201405200043
• 3.0.0201602180402
• 3.0.0201605110401
• 3.0.0201501080002
• 3.0.0201501010402
• 3.0.0201504130003
• 2.2.01
• 3.0.0201409061949
• 3.0.0201409070004
• 3.0.0201509200402
• 3.0.0201502241839
• 3.0.0201504091232
• 3.0.0201504050402
• 3.0.13
• 3.0.0201503090002
• 3.0.0201501240003
• 3.0.0201604270401
• 3.0.0201411100403
• 3.0.0201606020002
• 3.0.0201407220002
• 3.0.0201410210002
• 3.0.0201509250402
• 3.0.0201511190402
• 3.0.0201506191140
• 3.0.0201507050402
• 3.0.04
• 2.2.1265

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Some files and registry entries are typically left behind when you uninstall VLC media player.

Folders found on disk after you uninstall VLC media player from your computer:

• C:\Program Files (x86)\VideoLAN\VLC
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\vlc

Files remaining:

• C:\Program Files (x86)\VideoLAN\VLC\AUTHORS.txt
• C:\Program Files (x86)\VideoLAN\VLC\axvlc.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\VideoLAN\VLC\COPYING.txt
• C:\Program Files (x86)\VideoLAN\VLC\Documentation.url

Registry that is not removed:

• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.3g2
• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.3ga
• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.3gp
• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.669

Open regedit.exe in order to remove the following registry values:

• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Applications\vlc.exe\shell\Open\command\
• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\AudioCD\shell\PlayWithVLC\command\
• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{9BE31822-FDAD-461B-AD51-BE1D1C159921}\InprocServer32\
• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{9BE31822-FDAD-461B-AD51-BE1D1C159921}\ToolboxBitmap32\

A way to uninstall VLC media player with Advanced Uninstaller PRO

VLC media player is an application marketed by the software company VideoLAN. Frequently, users want to erase it. This is troublesome because doing this manually takes some knowledge regarding removing Windows programs manually. One of the best EASY action to erase 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 PC, install it. This is good because Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a very efficient uninstaller and general tool to optimize your Windows computer.

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• go to Download Link
• download the program by pressing the DOWNLOAD button
• set up Advanced Uninstaller PRO

2. Start Advanced Uninstaller PRO. It's recommended to take some time to get familiar with Advanced Uninstaller PRO's design and number of tools available. Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a powerful Windows tool.

3. Press the General Tools button


4. Activate the Uninstall Programs button


5. A list of the applications installed on your PC will be shown to you

6. Navigate the list of applications until you find VLC media player or simply click the Search feature and type in "VLC media player". If it exists on your system the VLC media player application will be found very quickly. Notice that after you select VLC media player in the list of programs, some information regarding the application is made available to you:

• Safety rating (in the lower left corner). This tells you the opinion other people have regarding VLC media player, from "Highly recommended" to "Very dangerous".
• Reviews by other people - Press the Read reviews button.
• Technical information regarding the application you want to uninstall, by pressing 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. Press the Uninstall button. A window asking you to confirm will show up. accept the removal by pressing the Uninstall button. Advanced Uninstaller PRO will automatically uninstall VLC media player.


8. After removing VLC media player, Advanced Uninstaller PRO will offer to run an additional cleanup. Press Next to proceed 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 with Advanced Uninstaller PRO, you are assured that no registry entries, files or directories are left behind on your disk.

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

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Disclaimer

This page is not a recommendation to uninstall VLC media player by VideoLAN from your computer, nor are we saying that VLC media player by VideoLAN is not a good software application. This page 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 Advanced Uninstaller PRO discovered and classified as "leftovers" on other users' PCs.