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A way to uninstall VLC media player from your PC

VLC media player is a Windows application. Read below about how to uninstall it from your PC. It was developed for Windows by VideoLAN. Check out here where you can get more info on VideoLAN. You can see more info related to VLC media player at . VLC media player is commonly installed in the C:\Program Files\VideoLAN\VLC directory, subject to the user's decision. C:\Program Files\VideoLAN\VLC\uninstall.exe is the full command line if you want to remove VLC media player. vlc.exe is the VLC media player's main executable file and it takes about 130.02 KB (133139 bytes) on disk.

The executable files below are part of VLC media player. They occupy an average of 499.67 KB (511659 bytes) on disk.

  • uninstall.exe (251.63 KB)
  • vlc-cache-gen.exe (118.02 KB)
  • vlc.exe (130.02 KB)


The current page applies to VLC media player version 3.0.0201506300402 alone. You can find here a few links to other VLC media player versions:

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How to remove VLC media player with Advanced Uninstaller PRO

VLC media player is an application by VideoLAN. Frequently, users want to uninstall it. This is easier said than done because uninstalling this manually takes some skill regarding removing Windows programs manually. One of the best EASY practice to uninstall 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 already installed on your system, add it. This is a good step because Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a very potent uninstaller and general tool to optimize your computer.

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  • navigate to Download Link
  • download the program by clicking on the green DOWNLOAD NOW button
  • install Advanced Uninstaller PRO
2. Start Advanced Uninstaller PRO. It's recommended to take your time to get familiar with Advanced Uninstaller PRO's design and wealth of features available. Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a powerful system optimizer.

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


4. Press the Uninstall Programs button
Go to Uninstall Programs


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

6. Navigate the list of programs 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 program will be found very quickly. Notice that when you click VLC media player in the list of applications, the following information regarding the application is shown to you:


  • Star rating (in the left lower corner). The star rating tells you 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.
  • Technical information regarding the program 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: http://www.videolan.org/
  • The uninstall string is: C:\Program Files\VideoLAN\VLC\uninstall.exe
7. Press the Uninstall button. A confirmation page will come up. accept the removal by clicking Uninstall. Advanced Uninstaller PRO will automatically uninstall VLC media player.
Uninstall VLC media player


8. After uninstalling VLC media player, Advanced Uninstaller PRO will offer to run an additional cleanup. Click Next to proceed with the cleanup. All the items of VLC media player that have been left behind will be detected and you will be asked if you want to delete them. By removing VLC media player with Advanced Uninstaller PRO, you are assured that no registry items, files or directories are left behind on your system.

Your computer will remain clean, speedy and ready to take on new tasks.



Disclaimer

The text above is not a piece of advice to uninstall VLC media player by VideoLAN from your computer, nor are we saying that VLC media player by VideoLAN is not a good application. This page only contains detailed info on how to uninstall VLC media player in case you want to. The information above contains registry and disk entries that our application Advanced Uninstaller PRO discovered and classified as "leftovers" on other users' computers.

2017-11-26 / Written by Daniel Statescu for Advanced Uninstaller PRO

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Last update on: 2017-11-26 21:34:36.830