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A guide to uninstall VLC media player from your PC

This page is about VLC media player for Windows. Below you can find details on how to uninstall it from your PC. The Windows release was developed by VideoLAN. You can find out more on VideoLAN or check for application updates here. You can get more details about VLC media player at . Usually the VLC media player program is found in the C:\Program Files (x86)\VideoLAN\VLC directory, depending on the user's option during setup. You can remove VLC media player by clicking on the Start menu of Windows and pasting the command line C:\Program Files (x86)\VideoLAN\VLC\uninstall.exe. Note that you might be prompted for admin rights. The program's main executable file has a size of 115.52 KB (118291 bytes) on disk and is labeled vlc.exe.

VLC media player installs the following the executables on your PC, taking about 464.08 KB (475215 bytes) on disk.

  • uninstall.exe (233.54 KB)
  • vlc-cache-gen.exe (115.02 KB)
  • vlc.exe (115.52 KB)


The current page applies to VLC media player version 3.0.11 only. For more VLC media player versions please click below:

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Many files, folders and Windows registry data will be left behind when you remove VLC media player from your computer.

Folders that were left behind:
  • C:\Program Files\VideoLAN\VLC

Usually, the following files are left on disk:
  • C:\Program Files\VideoLAN\VLC\AUTHORS.txt
  • C:\Program Files\VideoLAN\VLC\COPYING.txt
  • C:\Program Files\VideoLAN\VLC\Documentation.url
  • C:\Program Files\VideoLAN\VLC\hrtfs\dodeca_and_7channel_3DSL_HRTF.sofa
  • C:\Program Files\VideoLAN\VLC\libvlc.dll
  • C:\Program Files\VideoLAN\VLC\libvlccore.dll
  • C:\Program Files\VideoLAN\VLC\locale\ach\LC_MESSAGES\vlc.mo
  • C:\Program Files\VideoLAN\VLC\locale\af\LC_MESSAGES\vlc.mo
  • C:\Program Files\VideoLAN\VLC\locale\am\LC_MESSAGES\vlc.mo
  • C:\Program Files\VideoLAN\VLC\locale\an\LC_MESSAGES\vlc.mo
  • C:\Program Files\VideoLAN\VLC\locale\ar\LC_MESSAGES\vlc.mo
  • C:\Program Files\VideoLAN\VLC\locale\as_IN\LC_MESSAGES\vlc.mo
  • C:\Program Files\VideoLAN\VLC\locale\ast\LC_MESSAGES\vlc.mo
  • C:\Program Files\VideoLAN\VLC\locale\az\LC_MESSAGES\vlc.mo
  • C:\Program Files\VideoLAN\VLC\locale\be\LC_MESSAGES\vlc.mo
  • C:\Program Files\VideoLAN\VLC\locale\bg\LC_MESSAGES\vlc.mo
  • C:\Program Files\VideoLAN\VLC\locale\bn\LC_MESSAGES\vlc.mo
  • C:\Program Files\VideoLAN\VLC\locale\bn_IN\LC_MESSAGES\vlc.mo
  • C:\Program Files\VideoLAN\VLC\locale\br\LC_MESSAGES\vlc.mo
  • C:\Program Files\VideoLAN\VLC\locale\brx\LC_MESSAGES\vlc.mo
  • C:\Program Files\VideoLAN\VLC\locale\bs\LC_MESSAGES\vlc.mo
  • C:\Program Files\VideoLAN\VLC\locale\ca\LC_MESSAGES\vlc.mo
  • C:\Program Files\VideoLAN\VLC\locale\cgg\LC_MESSAGES\vlc.mo
  • C:\Program Files\VideoLAN\VLC\locale\ckb\LC_MESSAGES\vlc.mo
  • C:\Program Files\VideoLAN\VLC\locale\co\LC_MESSAGES\vlc.mo
  • C:\Program Files\VideoLAN\VLC\locale\cs\LC_MESSAGES\vlc.mo
  • C:\Program Files\VideoLAN\VLC\locale\cy\LC_MESSAGES\vlc.mo
  • C:\Program Files\VideoLAN\VLC\locale\da\LC_MESSAGES\vlc.mo
  • C:\Program Files\VideoLAN\VLC\locale\de\LC_MESSAGES\vlc.mo
  • C:\Program Files\VideoLAN\VLC\locale\el\LC_MESSAGES\vlc.mo
  • C:\Program Files\VideoLAN\VLC\locale\en_GB\LC_MESSAGES\vlc.mo
  • C:\Program Files\VideoLAN\VLC\locale\es\LC_MESSAGES\vlc.mo
  • C:\Program Files\VideoLAN\VLC\locale\et\LC_MESSAGES\vlc.mo
  • C:\Program Files\VideoLAN\VLC\locale\eu\LC_MESSAGES\vlc.mo
  • C:\Program Files\VideoLAN\VLC\locale\fa\LC_MESSAGES\vlc.mo
  • C:\Program Files\VideoLAN\VLC\locale\ff\LC_MESSAGES\vlc.mo
  • C:\Program Files\VideoLAN\VLC\locale\fi\LC_MESSAGES\vlc.mo
  • C:\Program Files\VideoLAN\VLC\locale\fr\LC_MESSAGES\vlc.mo
  • C:\Program Files\VideoLAN\VLC\locale\fur\LC_MESSAGES\vlc.mo
  • C:\Program Files\VideoLAN\VLC\locale\fy\LC_MESSAGES\vlc.mo
  • C:\Program Files\VideoLAN\VLC\locale\ga\LC_MESSAGES\vlc.mo
  • C:\Program Files\VideoLAN\VLC\locale\gd\LC_MESSAGES\vlc.mo
  • C:\Program Files\VideoLAN\VLC\locale\gl\LC_MESSAGES\vlc.mo
  • C:\Program Files\VideoLAN\VLC\locale\gu\LC_MESSAGES\vlc.mo
  • C:\Program Files\VideoLAN\VLC\locale\he\LC_MESSAGES\vlc.mo
  • C:\Program Files\VideoLAN\VLC\locale\hi\LC_MESSAGES\vlc.mo
  • C:\Program Files\VideoLAN\VLC\locale\hr\LC_MESSAGES\vlc.mo
  • C:\Program Files\VideoLAN\VLC\locale\hu\LC_MESSAGES\vlc.mo
  • C:\Program Files\VideoLAN\VLC\locale\hy\LC_MESSAGES\vlc.mo
  • C:\Program Files\VideoLAN\VLC\locale\ia\LC_MESSAGES\vlc.mo
  • C:\Program Files\VideoLAN\VLC\locale\id\LC_MESSAGES\vlc.mo
  • C:\Program Files\VideoLAN\VLC\locale\is\LC_MESSAGES\vlc.mo
  • C:\Program Files\VideoLAN\VLC\locale\it\LC_MESSAGES\vlc.mo
  • C:\Program Files\VideoLAN\VLC\locale\ja\LC_MESSAGES\vlc.mo
  • C:\Program Files\VideoLAN\VLC\locale\ka\LC_MESSAGES\vlc.mo
  • C:\Program Files\VideoLAN\VLC\locale\kk\LC_MESSAGES\vlc.mo
  • C:\Program Files\VideoLAN\VLC\locale\km\LC_MESSAGES\vlc.mo
  • C:\Program Files\VideoLAN\VLC\locale\kn\LC_MESSAGES\vlc.mo
  • C:\Program Files\VideoLAN\VLC\locale\ko\LC_MESSAGES\vlc.mo
  • C:\Program Files\VideoLAN\VLC\locale\ks_IN\LC_MESSAGES\vlc.mo
  • C:\Program Files\VideoLAN\VLC\locale\ky\LC_MESSAGES\vlc.mo
  • C:\Program Files\VideoLAN\VLC\locale\lg\LC_MESSAGES\vlc.mo
  • C:\Program Files\VideoLAN\VLC\locale\lt\LC_MESSAGES\vlc.mo
  • C:\Program Files\VideoLAN\VLC\locale\lv\LC_MESSAGES\vlc.mo
  • C:\Program Files\VideoLAN\VLC\locale\mai\LC_MESSAGES\vlc.mo
  • C:\Program Files\VideoLAN\VLC\locale\mk\LC_MESSAGES\vlc.mo
  • C:\Program Files\VideoLAN\VLC\locale\ml\LC_MESSAGES\vlc.mo
  • C:\Program Files\VideoLAN\VLC\locale\mn\LC_MESSAGES\vlc.mo
  • C:\Program Files\VideoLAN\VLC\locale\mr\LC_MESSAGES\vlc.mo
  • C:\Program Files\VideoLAN\VLC\locale\ms\LC_MESSAGES\vlc.mo
  • C:\Program Files\VideoLAN\VLC\locale\my\LC_MESSAGES\vlc.mo
  • C:\Program Files\VideoLAN\VLC\locale\nb\LC_MESSAGES\vlc.mo
  • C:\Program Files\VideoLAN\VLC\locale\ne\LC_MESSAGES\vlc.mo
  • C:\Program Files\VideoLAN\VLC\locale\nl\LC_MESSAGES\vlc.mo
  • C:\Program Files\VideoLAN\VLC\locale\nn\LC_MESSAGES\vlc.mo
  • C:\Program Files\VideoLAN\VLC\locale\oc\LC_MESSAGES\vlc.mo
  • C:\Program Files\VideoLAN\VLC\locale\or\LC_MESSAGES\vlc.mo
  • C:\Program Files\VideoLAN\VLC\locale\pa\LC_MESSAGES\vlc.mo
  • C:\Program Files\VideoLAN\VLC\locale\pl\LC_MESSAGES\vlc.mo
  • C:\Program Files\VideoLAN\VLC\locale\ps\LC_MESSAGES\vlc.mo
  • C:\Program Files\VideoLAN\VLC\locale\pt_BR\LC_MESSAGES\vlc.mo
  • C:\Program Files\VideoLAN\VLC\locale\pt_PT\LC_MESSAGES\vlc.mo
  • C:\Program Files\VideoLAN\VLC\locale\ro\LC_MESSAGES\vlc.mo
  • C:\Program Files\VideoLAN\VLC\locale\ru\LC_MESSAGES\vlc.mo
  • C:\Program Files\VideoLAN\VLC\locale\si\LC_MESSAGES\vlc.mo
  • C:\Program Files\VideoLAN\VLC\locale\sk\LC_MESSAGES\vlc.mo
  • C:\Program Files\VideoLAN\VLC\locale\sl\LC_MESSAGES\vlc.mo
  • C:\Program Files\VideoLAN\VLC\locale\sq\LC_MESSAGES\vlc.mo
  • C:\Program Files\VideoLAN\VLC\locale\sr\LC_MESSAGES\vlc.mo
  • C:\Program Files\VideoLAN\VLC\locale\sv\LC_MESSAGES\vlc.mo
  • C:\Program Files\VideoLAN\VLC\locale\ta\LC_MESSAGES\vlc.mo
  • C:\Program Files\VideoLAN\VLC\locale\te\LC_MESSAGES\vlc.mo
  • C:\Program Files\VideoLAN\VLC\locale\tet\LC_MESSAGES\vlc.mo
  • C:\Program Files\VideoLAN\VLC\locale\th\LC_MESSAGES\vlc.mo
  • C:\Program Files\VideoLAN\VLC\locale\tl\LC_MESSAGES\vlc.mo
  • C:\Program Files\VideoLAN\VLC\locale\tr\LC_MESSAGES\vlc.mo
  • C:\Program Files\VideoLAN\VLC\locale\ug\LC_MESSAGES\vlc.mo
  • C:\Program Files\VideoLAN\VLC\locale\uk\LC_MESSAGES\vlc.mo
  • C:\Program Files\VideoLAN\VLC\locale\uz\LC_MESSAGES\vlc.mo
  • C:\Program Files\VideoLAN\VLC\locale\vi\LC_MESSAGES\vlc.mo

Generally the following registry keys will not be uninstalled:
  • HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\VLC.wpl
  • HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\VLC.zpl
  • HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Wow6432Node\MozillaPlugins\@videolan.org/vlc,version=3.0.11
  • HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Wow6432Node\VideoLAN\VLC

Open regedit.exe in order to remove the following values:
  • HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Local Settings\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Shell\MuiCache\C:\Program Files\VideoLAN\VLC\vlc.exe.ApplicationCompany
  • HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Local Settings\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Shell\MuiCache\C:\Program Files\VideoLAN\VLC\vlc.exe.FriendlyAppName


How to delete VLC media player using Advanced Uninstaller PRO

VLC media player is a program offered by VideoLAN. Some computer users decide to uninstall it. This is difficult because uninstalling this by hand requires some know-how regarding removing Windows applications by hand. One of the best QUICK practice 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 already installed on your Windows PC, add it. This is good because Advanced Uninstaller PRO is an efficient uninstaller and all around tool to clean your Windows PC.

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  • download the setup by pressing the DOWNLOAD button
  • install Advanced Uninstaller PRO
2. Start Advanced Uninstaller PRO. Take your time to admire the program's interface and wealth of features available. Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a very useful Windows tool.

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


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


5. All the applications installed on your PC will appear

6. Scroll 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 app will be found automatically. Notice that after you click VLC media player in the list of apps, the following data regarding the program is available to you:


  • Safety rating (in the left lower corner). This explains the opinion other people have regarding VLC media player, from "Highly recommended" to "Very dangerous".
  • Opinions by other people - Click on the Read reviews button.
  • Details regarding the application you wish to remove, by pressing the Properties button.
For instance you can see that for VLC media player:





  • The publisher is: https://www.videolan.org/
  • The uninstall string is: C:\Program Files (x86)\VideoLAN\VLC\uninstall.exe
7. Click the Uninstall button. A confirmation window will come up. Confirm the removal by pressing the Uninstall button. Advanced Uninstaller PRO will remove VLC media player.
Uninstall VLC media player


8. After uninstalling VLC media player, Advanced Uninstaller PRO will ask you to run a cleanup. Press Next to start the cleanup. All the items of VLC media player which have been left behind will be found 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 disk.

Your PC will remain clean, speedy and ready to serve you properly.



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 software application. This page 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 our application Advanced Uninstaller PRO stumbled upon and classified as "leftovers" on other users' computers.

2020-06-06 / Written by Dan Armano for Advanced Uninstaller PRO

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Last update on: 2020-06-06 07:04:48.290