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A way to uninstall VLC media player from your PC

VLC media player is a Windows application. Read below about how to remove it from your PC. The Windows version was developed by VideoLAN. You can read more on VideoLAN or check for application updates here. You can see more info related to VLC media player at . Usually the VLC media player program is placed in the C:\Program Files\VideoLAN\VLC folder, depending on the user's option during install. The full uninstall command line for VLC media player is C:\Program Files\VideoLAN\VLC\uninstall.exe. vlc.exe is the VLC media player's main executable file and it takes circa 126.02 KB (129043 bytes) on disk.

The executable files below are part of VLC media player. They occupy about 521.91 KB (534438 bytes) on disk.

  • uninstall.exe (282.38 KB)
  • vlc-cache-gen.exe (113.52 KB)
  • vlc.exe (126.02 KB)


This page is about VLC media player version 3.0.0201602260002 only. For other VLC media player versions please click below:

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How to remove VLC media player from your PC with Advanced Uninstaller PRO

VLC media player is an application marketed by VideoLAN. Frequently, people want to remove this program. This can be hard because removing this by hand requires some know-how regarding Windows internal functioning. One of the best SIMPLE practice to remove 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 Windows system, add it. This is good because Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a very useful uninstaller and general tool to take care of your Windows computer.

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  • go to Download Link
  • download the setup by pressing the green DOWNLOAD button
  • set up Advanced Uninstaller PRO
2. Start Advanced Uninstaller PRO. Take some time to admire the program's interface and wealth of functions available. Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a powerful system optimizer.

3. Press the General Tools button
Go to General Tools


4. Activate the Uninstall Programs button
Go to Uninstall Programs


5. A list of the applications installed on the computer will be made available to you

6. Scroll the list of applications until you locate VLC media player or simply activate the Search field and type in "VLC media player". The VLC media player program will be found very quickly. Notice that after you select VLC media player in the list , some data regarding the program is available to you:


  • Safety rating (in the lower left corner). The star rating explains 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 application you want to remove, by pressing the Properties button.
For example 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. Click the Uninstall button. A window asking you to confirm will show up. accept the removal by pressing the Uninstall button. Advanced Uninstaller PRO will automatically remove VLC media player.
Uninstall VLC media player


8. After uninstalling VLC media player, Advanced Uninstaller PRO will ask you to run an additional cleanup. Click Next to go ahead with the cleanup. All the items that belong VLC media player which 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 registry entries, files or directories are left behind on your computer.

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



Disclaimer

This page is not a recommendation to uninstall VLC media player by VideoLAN from your computer, we are not saying that VLC media player by VideoLAN is not a good application for your computer. This text only contains detailed instructions on how to uninstall VLC media player in case you decide this is what you want to do. The information above contains registry and disk entries that our application Advanced Uninstaller PRO discovered and classified as "leftovers" on other users' PCs.

2016-07-16 / Written by Andreea Kartman for Advanced Uninstaller PRO

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Last update on: 2016-07-16 07:50:22.160