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A guide to uninstall VLC media player from your PC

This web page contains complete information on how to uninstall VLC media player for Windows. The Windows version was developed by VideoLAN. More information on VideoLAN can be found here. More info about the program VLC media player can be seen at . The application is frequently found in the C:\Program Files\VideoLAN\VLC directory. Take into account that this path can vary being determined by the user's choice. C:\Program Files\VideoLAN\VLC\uninstall.exe is the full command line if you want to remove VLC media player. vlc.exe is the programs's main file and it takes around 129.52 KB (132627 bytes) on disk.

The following executable files are contained in VLC media player. They take 498.93 KB (510901 bytes) on disk.

  • uninstall.exe (251.39 KB)
  • vlc-cache-gen.exe (118.02 KB)
  • vlc.exe (129.52 KB)


This info is about VLC media player version 3.0.0201411100403 alone. Click on the links below for other VLC media player versions:

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

VLC media player is a program released by the software company VideoLAN. Some people try to remove it. This can be efortful because doing this manually takes some know-how related to removing Windows programs manually. The best SIMPLE action 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, add it. This is a good step because Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a very potent uninstaller and general utility to optimize your system.

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  • go to Download Link
  • download the setup by pressing the green DOWNLOAD NOW button
  • set up Advanced Uninstaller PRO
2. Run Advanced Uninstaller PRO. Take some time to admire the program's interface and wealth of features available. Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a very good Windows optimizer.

3. Press the General Tools category
Go to General Tools


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


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

6. Scroll the list of applications until you find VLC media player or simply click the Search feature and type in "VLC media player". The VLC media player application will be found very quickly. Notice that when you select VLC media player in the list of apps, some information regarding the application is available to you:


  • Star rating (in the left lower corner). The star rating tells you the opinion other people have regarding VLC media player, from "Highly recommended" to "Very dangerous".
  • Reviews by other people - Press the Read reviews button.
  • Technical information regarding the app you want 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 pressing Uninstall. 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 perform the cleanup. All the items of VLC media player which have been left behind will be detected and you will be able to delete them. By uninstalling VLC media player with Advanced Uninstaller PRO, you can be sure that no registry entries, files or directories are left behind on your system.

Your PC will remain clean, speedy and able to run without errors or problems.



Geographical user distribution

  • Windows 7 (6.1)
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Disclaimer

This page is not a piece of advice to uninstall 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 computer. This text simply contains detailed instructions 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 Advanced Uninstaller PRO discovered and classified as "leftovers" on other users' PCs.

2015-02-08 / Written by Daniel Statescu for Advanced Uninstaller PRO

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Last update on: 2015-02-08 16:16:20.140