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How to uninstall VLC media player from your system

VLC media player is a Windows application. Read more about how to remove it from your PC. The Windows version was created by VideoLAN. Check out here where you can get more info on VideoLAN. Please open if you want to read more on VLC media player on VideoLAN's web page. Usually the VLC media player application is installed in the C:\Program Files\VideoLAN\VLC directory, depending on the user's option during install. The full command line for removing VLC media player is C:\Program Files\VideoLAN\VLC\uninstall.exe. Note that if you will type this command in Start / Run Note you might receive a notification for administrator rights. The program's main executable file occupies 130.02 KB (133139 bytes) on disk and is labeled vlc.exe.

VLC media player is comprised of the following executables which take 500.08 KB (512080 bytes) on disk:

  • uninstall.exe (251.54 KB)
  • vlc-cache-gen.exe (118.52 KB)
  • vlc.exe (130.02 KB)


The information on this page is only about version 3.0.0201508190403 of VLC media player. Click on the links below for other VLC media player versions:

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How to delete VLC media player from your PC with Advanced Uninstaller PRO

VLC media player is a program offered by VideoLAN. Frequently, users try to erase this application. Sometimes this can be troublesome because doing this by hand requires some skill related to removing Windows programs manually. The best QUICK practice 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 already installed on your PC, add it. This is good because Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a very potent uninstaller and general tool to maximize the performance of your computer.

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  • download the setup by pressing the DOWNLOAD button
  • install Advanced Uninstaller PRO
2. Run Advanced Uninstaller PRO. Take some time to admire Advanced Uninstaller PRO's interface and number of tools available. Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a powerful package of tools.

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


4. Activate the Uninstall Programs feature
Go to Uninstall Programs


5. A list of the programs existing on your PC will be made available to you

6. Scroll the list of programs until you find VLC media player or simply activate the Search feature and type in "VLC media player". If it is installed on your PC the VLC media player program will be found automatically. Notice that after you click VLC media player in the list of programs, the following data about the application is available to you:


  • Star rating (in the left lower corner). This tells you the opinion other users have about VLC media player, ranging from "Highly recommended" to "Very dangerous".
  • Reviews by other users - Click on the Read reviews button.
  • Details about the app you want to uninstall, by pressing the Properties button.
For instance you can see that for VLC media player:





  • The web site of the application is: http://www.videolan.org/
  • The uninstall string is: C:\Program Files\VideoLAN\VLC\uninstall.exe
7. Click the Uninstall button. A confirmation window will appear. accept the removal by clicking Uninstall. Advanced Uninstaller PRO will remove 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 that belong VLC media player which have been left behind will be detected and you will be able to delete them. By removing VLC media player using Advanced Uninstaller PRO, you can be sure that no Windows registry items, files or folders are left behind on your PC.

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



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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 for your computer. 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.

2016-06-02 / Written by Andreea Kartman for Advanced Uninstaller PRO

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Last update on: 2016-06-02 18:21:09.487