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A way to uninstall VLC media player from your computer

VLC media player is a Windows program. Read below about how to remove it from your computer. The Windows release was developed by VideoLAN. Check out here where you can read more on VideoLAN. More information about the app VLC media player can be seen at . VLC media player is usually installed in the C:\Program Files\VideoLAN\VLC directory, but this location can vary a lot depending on the user's choice while installing the application. The full command line for removing VLC media player is C:\Program Files\VideoLAN\VLC\uninstall.exe. Note that if you will type this command in Start / Run Note you might be prompted for admin rights. The program's main executable file has a size of 129.52 KB (132627 bytes) on disk and is titled vlc.exe.

The executables below are part of VLC media player. They occupy an average of 498.76 KB (510728 bytes) on disk.

  • uninstall.exe (251.22 KB)
  • vlc-cache-gen.exe (118.02 KB)
  • vlc.exe (129.52 KB)


The information on this page is only about version 3.0.0201503230402 of VLC media player. Click on the links below for other VLC media player versions:

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How to delete VLC media player with Advanced Uninstaller PRO

VLC media player is a program offered by the software company VideoLAN. Sometimes, people choose to uninstall this program. Sometimes this is troublesome because uninstalling this manually takes some know-how related to PCs. The best SIMPLE 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 on your system, install it. This is good because Advanced Uninstaller PRO is an efficient uninstaller and general tool to maximize the performance of your PC.

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  • download the setup by pressing the green DOWNLOAD button
  • set up Advanced Uninstaller PRO
2. Run Advanced Uninstaller PRO. It's recommended to take some time to admire the program's interface and number of features available. Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a powerful Windows tool.

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


4. Activate the Uninstall Programs tool
Go to Uninstall Programs


5. A list of the applications installed 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". If it exists on your system the VLC media player app will be found automatically. When you select VLC media player in the list of applications, some data about the program is made available to you:


  • Safety rating (in the lower left corner). This explains the opinion other users have about VLC media player, from "Highly recommended" to "Very dangerous".
  • Opinions by other users - Click on the Read reviews button.
  • Details about the application you wish 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 window will show up. accept 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. Click Next to go ahead with the cleanup. All the items of VLC media player that have been left behind will be detected and you will be able to delete them. By removing VLC media player with Advanced Uninstaller PRO, you are assured that no Windows registry items, files or folders are left behind on your PC.

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



Disclaimer

This page is not a recommendation to remove VLC media player by VideoLAN from your computer, nor are we saying that VLC media player by VideoLAN is not a good software application. This page only contains detailed instructions on how to remove VLC media player in case you decide this is what you want to do. The information above contains registry and disk entries that other software left behind and Advanced Uninstaller PRO stumbled upon and classified as "leftovers" on other users' PCs.

2021-06-23 / Written by Daniel Statescu for Advanced Uninstaller PRO

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Last update on: 2021-06-23 10:47:37.237