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How to uninstall VLC media player from your computer

This web page contains complete information on how to remove VLC media player for Windows. It is made by VideoLAN. Open here where you can get more info on VideoLAN. You can get more details about VLC media player at . The program is often found in the C:\Program Files\VideoLAN\VLC folder (same installation drive as Windows). The full uninstall command line for VLC media player is C:\Program Files\VideoLAN\VLC\uninstall.exe. The application's main executable file is called vlc.exe and its approximative size is 129.52 KB (132627 bytes).

VLC media player is comprised of the following executables which occupy 498.83 KB (510807 bytes) on disk:

  • uninstall.exe (251.30 KB)
  • vlc-cache-gen.exe (118.02 KB)
  • vlc.exe (129.52 KB)


The information on this page is only about version 3.0.0201503260402 of VLC media player. You can find here a few links to other VLC media player releases:

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A way to remove VLC media player from your PC with the help of Advanced Uninstaller PRO

VLC media player is an application released by VideoLAN. Sometimes, computer users decide to uninstall this application. Sometimes this is easier said than done because removing this by hand requires some advanced knowledge regarding removing Windows applications by hand. The best QUICK practice to uninstall VLC media player is to use Advanced Uninstaller PRO. Here is 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 a very efficient uninstaller and general tool to take care of your PC.

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  • go to Download Link
  • download the program by pressing the DOWNLOAD NOW button
  • install Advanced Uninstaller PRO
2. Run Advanced Uninstaller PRO. Take some time to get familiar with the program's interface and wealth of features available. Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a very useful Windows tool.

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 installed on your PC will be made available to you

6. Navigate 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. Notice that after you select VLC media player in the list , the following data about the application is available to you:


  • Star rating (in the lower left corner). This explains 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 program you wish to uninstall, by pressing the Properties button.
For instance you can see that for VLC media player:





  • The software company 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 show up. Confirm the uninstall by clicking the Uninstall button. Advanced Uninstaller PRO will then remove 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 asked if you want to delete them. By uninstalling VLC media player with Advanced Uninstaller PRO, you can be sure that no registry entries, files or folders are left behind on your PC.

Your computer will remain clean, speedy and ready to run without errors or problems.



Geographical user distribution

  • Windows 8.1 (6.3)
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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. This page only contains detailed info on how to remove VLC media player in case you want to. The information above contains registry and disk entries that Advanced Uninstaller PRO discovered and classified as "leftovers" on other users' computers.

2015-05-15 / Written by Dan Armano for Advanced Uninstaller PRO

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Last update on: 2015-05-15 12:33:37.593