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How to uninstall VLC media player from your computer

This web page is about VLC media player for Windows. Here you can find details on how to remove it from your PC. The Windows version was developed by VideoLAN. You can find out more on VideoLAN or check for application updates here. Please open if you want to read more on VLC media player on VideoLAN's web page. The application is often located in the C:\Program Files (x86)\VideoLAN\VLC folder (same installation drive as Windows). The full command line for removing VLC media player is MsiExec.exe /X{250D2CEC-4F29-429B-8492-4DC45590D384}. Keep in mind that if you will type this command in Start / Run Note you may be prompted for admin rights. vlc.exe is the VLC media player's main executable file and it occupies approximately 106.00 KB (108544 bytes) on disk.

VLC media player contains of the executables below. They take 417.89 KB (427921 bytes) on disk.




  • uninstall.exe (207.39 KB)
  • vlc-cache-gen.exe (104.50 KB)
  • vlc.exe (106.00 KB)


This web page is about VLC media player version 2.0.3 only. Click on the links below for other VLC media player versions:

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

VLC media player is an application by VideoLAN. Frequently, people decide to uninstall this application. This can be efortful because uninstalling this by hand requires some experience regarding removing Windows programs manually. The best SIMPLE action 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 already installed on your system, install it. This is good because Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a very useful uninstaller and general tool to optimize your computer.

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  • download the setup by pressing the green DOWNLOAD button
  • install Advanced Uninstaller PRO
2. Start Advanced Uninstaller PRO. It's recommended to take some time to get familiar with the program's interface and number of tools available. Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a very useful program.

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


4. Press the Uninstall Programs button
Go to Uninstall Programs


5. All the programs installed on the computer will be shown to you

6. Navigate the list of programs until you locate VLC media player or simply activate the Search field and type in "VLC media player". If it is installed on your PC the VLC media player application will be found automatically. After you click VLC media player in the list of applications, the following information regarding the program is shown to you:


  • Safety rating (in the lower left corner). This explains the opinion other people have regarding VLC media player, from "Highly recommended" to "Very dangerous".
  • Opinions by other people - Click on the Read reviews button.
  • Details regarding the app you are about to uninstall, by pressing the Properties button.
For example you can see that for VLC media player:





  • The publisher is: http://www.videolan.org/
  • The uninstall string is: MsiExec.exe /X{250D2CEC-4F29-429B-8492-4DC45590D384}
7. Press the Uninstall button. A confirmation dialog will come up. Confirm the uninstall by pressing the Uninstall button. Advanced Uninstaller PRO will then uninstall VLC media player.
Uninstall VLC media player


8. After uninstalling VLC media player, Advanced Uninstaller PRO will offer to run a cleanup. Press Next to perform the cleanup. All the items of VLC media player that have been left behind will be detected and you will be asked if you want to delete them. By removing VLC media player using Advanced Uninstaller PRO, you are assured that no Windows registry entries, files or directories are left behind on your computer.

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



Disclaimer

The text above 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 simply contains detailed info on how to uninstall 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.

2020-01-30 / Written by Daniel Statescu for Advanced Uninstaller PRO

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Last update on: 2020-01-30 04:18:22.280