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How to uninstall VLC media player from your computer

This page is about VLC media player for Windows. Below you can find details on how to remove it from your PC. The Windows version was created by VideoLAN. Further information on VideoLAN can be found here. Please follow if you want to read more on VLC media player on VideoLAN's website. VLC media player is usually set up in the C:\Program Files (x86)\VideoLAN\VLC directory, subject to the user's option. VLC media player's entire uninstall command line is C:\Program Files (x86)\VideoLAN\VLC\uninstall.exe. The program's main executable file has a size of 126.02 KB (129043 bytes) on disk and is labeled vlc.exe.

The executable files below are part of VLC media player. They occupy about 491.20 KB (502987 bytes) on disk.

  • uninstall.exe (251.66 KB)
  • vlc-cache-gen.exe (113.52 KB)
  • vlc.exe (126.02 KB)


This page is about VLC media player version 3.0.0201409061949 alone. For other VLC media player versions please click below:

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A way to erase VLC media player from your PC with Advanced Uninstaller PRO

VLC media player is an application released by VideoLAN. Frequently, users want to uninstall this program. This is troublesome because uninstalling this manually requires some knowledge regarding removing Windows programs manually. One of the best EASY action 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 Windows PC, install it. This is good because Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a very useful uninstaller and all around tool to optimize your Windows computer.

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  • navigate to Download Link
  • download the setup by clicking on the DOWNLOAD button
  • set up Advanced Uninstaller PRO
2. Start Advanced Uninstaller PRO. Take some time to admire the program's interface and number of features available. Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a very useful PC management program.

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


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


5. A list of the programs installed on your computer will appear

6. Scroll the list of programs until you find VLC media player or simply click the Search field and type in "VLC media player". The VLC media player program will be found automatically. After you select VLC media player in the list of programs, some data about the application is available to you:


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





  • The software company is: http://www.videolan.org/
  • The uninstall string is: C:\Program Files (x86)\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 a cleanup. Click Next to go ahead with the cleanup. All the items that belong VLC media player that have been left behind will be found and you will be able 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 system.

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



Disclaimer

The text above 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 supposing you decide this is what you want to do. Here you can find registry and disk entries that our application Advanced Uninstaller PRO discovered and classified as "leftovers" on other users' computers.

2017-04-05 / Written by Dan Armano for Advanced Uninstaller PRO

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Last update on: 2017-04-05 07:51:37.803