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A guide to uninstall VLC media player from your computer

This page contains detailed information on how to remove VLC media player for Windows. It was created for Windows by VideoLAN. Take a look here where you can get more info on VideoLAN. Please open if you want to read more on VLC media player on VideoLAN's website. VLC media player is frequently set up in the C:\Program Files\VideoLAN\VLC folder, subject to the user's choice. 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. Keep in mind that you might get a notification for admin rights. The application's main executable file is titled vlc.exe and it has a size of 130.02 KB (133139 bytes).

VLC media player installs the following the executables on your PC, occupying about 500.22 KB (512226 bytes) on disk.

  • uninstall.exe (251.68 KB)
  • vlc-cache-gen.exe (118.52 KB)
  • vlc.exe (130.02 KB)


The current page applies to VLC media player version 3.0.0201508170403 only. Click on the links below for other VLC media player versions:

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How to delete VLC media player from your computer with the help of Advanced Uninstaller PRO

VLC media player is an application marketed by VideoLAN. Some users decide to uninstall it. Sometimes this is difficult because doing this by hand requires some advanced knowledge related to removing Windows applications by hand. One of the best SIMPLE procedure 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 on your system, install it. This is good because Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a very potent uninstaller and all around tool to clean your computer.

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  • navigate to Download Link
  • download the setup by clicking on the green DOWNLOAD button
  • set up Advanced Uninstaller PRO
2. Run Advanced Uninstaller PRO. It's recommended to take some time to get familiar with the program's interface and wealth of features available. Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a very good system optimizer.

3. Press the General Tools category
Go to General Tools


4. Activate the Uninstall Programs feature
Go to Uninstall Programs


5. All the programs existing on the PC 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 app will be found automatically. Notice that when you select VLC media player in the list , some information regarding the application is made available to you:


  • Safety rating (in the lower left corner). This explains the opinion other users have regarding VLC media player, from "Highly recommended" to "Very dangerous".
  • Reviews by other users - Press the Read reviews button.
  • Technical information regarding the app you wish to uninstall, by clicking on 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 page will show up. Confirm the removal by pressing Uninstall. Advanced Uninstaller PRO will automatically uninstall VLC media player.
Uninstall VLC media player


8. After removing VLC media player, Advanced Uninstaller PRO will offer to run an additional cleanup. Press Next to start the cleanup. All the items that belong VLC media player which have been left behind will be detected and you will be asked if you want to delete them. By uninstalling VLC media player using Advanced Uninstaller PRO, you can be sure that no Windows registry items, files or directories are left behind on your PC.

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



Geographical user distribution

  • Windows 8 (6.2)
  • 10.0
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Disclaimer

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

2016-11-02 / Written by Andreea Kartman for Advanced Uninstaller PRO

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Last update on: 2016-11-02 15:48:33.653