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A guide to uninstall VLC media player from your system

VLC media player is a software application. This page contains details on how to uninstall it from your computer. The Windows version was created by VideoLAN. Check out here where you can get more info on VideoLAN. More details about the software VLC media player can be seen at . The application is frequently found in the C:\Program Files\VideoLAN\VLC directory (same installation drive as Windows). You can remove 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 admin rights. vlc.exe is the VLC media player's main executable file and it occupies around 126.02 KB (129043 bytes) on disk.

VLC media player contains of the executables below. They occupy 491.15 KB (502941 bytes) on disk.




  • uninstall.exe (251.62 KB)
  • vlc-cache-gen.exe (113.52 KB)
  • vlc.exe (126.02 KB)


The information on this page is only about version 3.0.0201506050002 of VLC media player. You can find below a few links to other VLC media player versions:

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How to erase VLC media player from your computer with Advanced Uninstaller PRO

VLC media player is an application released by the software company VideoLAN. Sometimes, people choose to remove this application. Sometimes this is difficult because performing this by hand takes some skill regarding Windows internal functioning. One of the best EASY practice to remove 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 PC, install it. This is good because Advanced Uninstaller PRO is one of the best uninstaller and all around tool to clean your computer.

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  • download the setup by pressing the DOWNLOAD button
  • set up Advanced Uninstaller PRO
2. Start Advanced Uninstaller PRO. It's recommended to take your time to get familiar with the program's design and number of functions available. Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a very good package of utilities.

3. Press the General Tools category
Go to General Tools


4. Press the Uninstall Programs feature
Go to Uninstall Programs


5. A list of the applications installed on your PC will appear

6. Scroll the list of applications until you find VLC media player or simply activate the Search field and type in "VLC media player". The VLC media player application will be found automatically. Notice that after you click VLC media player in the list of applications, some information regarding the program is made available to you:


  • Star rating (in the left lower corner). The star rating explains the opinion other people have regarding VLC media player, ranging from "Highly recommended" to "Very dangerous".
  • Opinions by other people - Press the Read reviews button.
  • Details regarding the app you wish to remove, by pressing the Properties button.
For instance 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 appear. Confirm the uninstall by clicking Uninstall. Advanced Uninstaller PRO will automatically remove 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 detected and you will be asked if you want to delete them. By removing VLC media player using Advanced Uninstaller PRO, you are assured that no registry entries, files or folders are left behind on your PC.

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



Geographical user distribution

  • Windows XP (5.1)
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Disclaimer

This page is not a recommendation to remove VLC media player by VideoLAN from your PC, nor are we saying that VLC media player by VideoLAN is not a good application for your PC. This page only contains detailed instructions on how to remove VLC media player in case you decide this is what you want to do. Here you can find registry and disk entries that Advanced Uninstaller PRO stumbled upon and classified as "leftovers" on other users' PCs.

2015-06-19 / Written by Andreea Kartman for Advanced Uninstaller PRO

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Last update on: 2015-06-19 17:52:25.237