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A guide to uninstall VLC media player from your system

VLC media player is a Windows program. Read below about how to uninstall it from your PC. It was coded for Windows by VideoLAN. Open here where you can get more info on VideoLAN. More information about VLC media player can be seen at . Usually the VLC media player application is installed in the C:\Program Files\VideoLAN\VLC directory, depending on the user's option during install. You can uninstall 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 126.02 KB (129043 bytes) on disk.

VLC media player is comprised of the following executables which take 491.10 KB (502889 bytes) on disk:

  • uninstall.exe (251.57 KB)
  • vlc-cache-gen.exe (113.52 KB)
  • vlc.exe (126.02 KB)


This page is about VLC media player version 3.0.0201505090002 alone. You can find below info on other releases of VLC media player:

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A way to uninstall VLC media player from your computer with the help of Advanced Uninstaller PRO

VLC media player is a program by VideoLAN. Sometimes, people decide to erase this application. This can be efortful because deleting this manually takes some experience related to removing Windows applications by hand. One of the best SIMPLE approach 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 PC, install it. This is a good step because Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a very useful uninstaller and all around tool to optimize your computer.

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  • go to Download Link
  • download the program by clicking on the green DOWNLOAD NOW button
  • install Advanced Uninstaller PRO
2. Start Advanced Uninstaller PRO. Take your time to get familiar with Advanced Uninstaller PRO's interface and number of functions available. Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a very good system optimizer.

3. Press the General Tools button
Go to General Tools


4. Activate the Uninstall Programs button
Go to Uninstall Programs


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

6. Navigate the list of applications until you locate VLC media player or simply activate the Search feature and type in "VLC media player". If it exists on your system the VLC media player application will be found automatically. Notice that when you click VLC media player in the list of apps, some information regarding the application is shown to you:


  • Star rating (in the left lower corner). This explains the opinion other users have regarding VLC media player, from "Highly recommended" to "Very dangerous".
  • Reviews by other users - Press the Read reviews button.
  • Technical information regarding the program you want to uninstall, by clicking on the Properties button.
For example you can see that for VLC media player:





  • The web site of the program 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 uninstall by clicking the Uninstall button. Advanced Uninstaller PRO will 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 proceed with the cleanup. All the items of VLC media player which have been left behind will be detected and you will be asked if you want to delete them. By uninstalling VLC media player using Advanced Uninstaller PRO, you can be sure that no Windows registry items, files or directories are left behind on your PC.

Your Windows computer will remain clean, speedy and able to serve you properly.



Disclaimer

The text above is not a recommendation to remove VLC media player by VideoLAN from your computer, nor are we saying that VLC media player by VideoLAN is not a good application for your PC. This page simply contains detailed instructions on how to remove VLC media player supposing you want to. The information above contains registry and disk entries that our application Advanced Uninstaller PRO stumbled upon and classified as "leftovers" on other users' PCs.

2015-08-22 / Written by Andreea Kartman for Advanced Uninstaller PRO

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Last update on: 2015-08-22 16:11:53.950