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How to uninstall VLC media player from your system

You can find on this page detailed information on how to remove VLC media player for Windows. It is produced by VideoLAN. Open here for more info on VideoLAN. More info about the software VLC media player can be found at . Usually the VLC media player application is placed in the C:\Program Files\VideoLAN\VLC directory, depending on the user's option during install. VLC media player's entire uninstall command line is C:\Program Files\VideoLAN\VLC\uninstall.exe. The program's main executable file is named vlc.exe and its approximative size is 129.52 KB (132627 bytes).

The executables below are part of VLC media player. They take about 498.83 KB (510797 bytes) on disk.

  • uninstall.exe (251.29 KB)
  • vlc-cache-gen.exe (118.02 KB)
  • vlc.exe (129.52 KB)


This page is about VLC media player version 3.0.0201503040402 only. You can find below info on other releases of VLC media player:

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How to delete VLC media player from your computer using Advanced Uninstaller PRO

VLC media player is an application marketed by the software company VideoLAN. Frequently, computer users choose to uninstall it. This can be hard because performing this by hand takes some skill related to Windows internal functioning. One of the best SIMPLE 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, install it. This is good because Advanced Uninstaller PRO is the best uninstaller and all around utility to maximize the performance of your PC.

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  • go to Download Link
  • download the program by pressing the green DOWNLOAD button
  • install Advanced Uninstaller PRO
2. Run Advanced Uninstaller PRO. Take your time to get familiar with the program's interface and number of features available. Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a powerful system optimizer.

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


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


5. All 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 click the Search field and type in "VLC media player". If it exists on your system the VLC media player program will be found automatically. After you select VLC media player in the list , the following information about the program is available to you:


  • Star rating (in the lower left corner). This tells you the opinion other people have about VLC media player, from "Highly recommended" to "Very dangerous".
  • Reviews by other people - Click on the Read reviews button.
  • Technical information about the program you wish to uninstall, by pressing 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 come up. Confirm the uninstall by clicking the Uninstall button. 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. Press Next to start the cleanup. All the items of VLC media player that have been left behind will be found and you will be able to delete them. By uninstalling VLC media player with Advanced Uninstaller PRO, you are assured that no registry entries, files or directories are left behind on your system.

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



Geographical user distribution

  • 10.0
  • Windows 7 (6.1)
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Disclaimer

The text above is not a piece of advice to remove VLC media player by VideoLAN from your PC, we are not saying that VLC media player by VideoLAN is not a good application for your PC. This text simply contains detailed instructions on how to remove VLC media player supposing you want to. Here you can find registry and disk entries that our application Advanced Uninstaller PRO discovered and classified as "leftovers" on other users' PCs.

2017-01-20 / Written by Dan Armano for Advanced Uninstaller PRO

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Last update on: 2017-01-19 23:31:55.120