VLC media player

A way to uninstall VLC media player from your PC

VLC media player is a software application. This page is comprised of details on how to remove it from your computer. The Windows version was created by VideoLAN. More information about VideoLAN can be seen here. Click on http://www.videolan.org/ to get more facts about VLC media player on VideoLAN's website. VLC media player is commonly installed in the C:\Program Files\VideoLAN\VLC directory, however this location can differ a lot depending on the user's choice while installing the application. The full uninstall command line for VLC media player is C:\Program Files\VideoLAN\VLC\uninstall.exe. The program's main executable file is called vlc.exe and it has a size of 130.02 KB (133139 bytes).

VLC media player installs the following the executables on your PC, occupying about 536.74 KB (549619 bytes) on disk.

• uninstall.exe (288.20 KB)
• vlc-cache-gen.exe (118.52 KB)
• vlc.exe (130.02 KB)

The information on this page is only about version 2.2.5 of VLC media player. You can find below info on other releases of VLC media player:

• 3.0.0201512130402
• 3.0.0201501200423
• 3.0.0201603220402
• 3.0.0201505180002
• 3.0.0201412230003
• 3.0.09
• 3.0.0201511110402
• 3.0.0201505200002
• 3.0.0201506270002
• 3.0.0201412011908
• 1.1.2
• 3.0.0201503171132
• 3.0.6
• 3.0.0201604300401
• 3.0.0201506020402
• 2.2.0201405100402
• 3.0.0201507170402
• 3.0.0201507280402
• 3.0.0201407050945
• 3.0.0201604020002
• 3.0.4
• 3.0.0201502082004
• 3.0.0201504040402
• 3.0.0201503040003
• 3.0.0201501110003
• 3.0.0201503171517
• 2.2.0201405180019
• 3.0.0201507110002
• 3.0.0201606050002
• 3.0.0201605080002
• 3.0.0201508100402
• 3.0.0201509190402
• 3.0.0201604030002
• 3.0.0201407160002
• 3.0.2
• 3.0.0201508080402
• 3.0.0201505040002
• 2.2.01201410270202
• 3.0.0201510300402
• 3.0.0201503260002
• 3.0.0201602200403
• 3.0.0201409230402
• 2.0.3
• 2.2.0201406120023
• 3.0.0201412130003
• 3.0.3
• 4.0.0.0
• 3.0.0201603300402
• 3.0.0201506050002
• 3.0.0201411060402
• 3.0.0201509210002
• 3.0.0201410100002
• 2.1.3
• 3.0.0201412121425
• 3.0.18.0
• 3.0.9
• 3.0.0201507030402
• 3.0.182
• 2.2.02
• 3.0.0201505060003
• 3.0.0201506300402
• 3.0.0201410070003
• 3.0.0201507080402
• 2.2.03
• 3.0.0201408200402
• 3.0.0201503250402
• 3.0.0201604010402
• 3.0.0201508140403
• 3.0.0201508190403
• 3.0.0201508170403
• 3.0.0201411090003
• 3.0.0201505130003
• 3.0.0201508140003
• 2.2.0201405200043
• 3.0.0201602180402
• 3.0.0201605110401
• 3.0.0201501080002
• 3.0.0201501010402
• 3.0.0201504130003
• 2.2.01
• 3.0.0201409061949
• 3.0.0201409070004
• 3.0.0201509200402
• 3.0.0201502241839
• 3.0.0201504091232
• 3.0.0201504050402
• 3.0.13
• 3.0.0201503090002
• 3.0.0201501240003
• 3.0.0201604270401
• 3.0.0201411100403
• 3.0.0201606020002
• 3.0.0201407220002
• 3.0.0201410210002
• 3.0.0201509250402
• 3.0.0201511190402
• 3.0.0201506191140
• 3.0.0201507050402
• 3.0.04
• 2.2.1265

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Some files and registry entries are regularly left behind when you remove VLC media player.

Directories found on disk:

• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Temp\VLC Player

Check for and remove the following files from your disk when you uninstall VLC media player:

• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Temp\UDT-IGBAOGAHFAIGPAGBPHPA0\E16_Version\vlc-2.2.5-win32.exe
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Temp\UDT-IGBAOGAHFAIGPAGBPHPA0\E20_Version\vlc-2.2.5-win64.exe
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Temp\VLC Player\browseraddon.exe
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Temp\VLC Player\goodgame.exe
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Temp\VLC Player\s_o_c.ini
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Temp\VLC Player\startfenster-symbol.exe
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Temp\VLC Player\updater.exe
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Temp\VLC Player\vlc-2.2.4-win32.exe
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Temp\VLC Player\vlc-2.2.5-win32.exe
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Temp\VLC Player\vlc-2.2.5-win64.exe

Registry keys:

• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\MozillaPlugins\@videolan.org/vlc,version=2.2.4
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Wow6432Node\MozillaPlugins\@videolan.org/vlc,version=2.2.4
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Wow6432Node\MozillaPlugins\@videolan.org/vlc,version=2.2.5
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Wow6432Node\VideoLAN\VLC

Additional registry values that are not removed:

• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Local Settings\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Shell\MuiCache\C:\Program Files\VideoLAN\VLC\vlc.exe.ApplicationCompany
• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Local Settings\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Shell\MuiCache\C:\Program Files\VideoLAN\VLC\vlc.exe.FriendlyAppName

A way to uninstall VLC media player using Advanced Uninstaller PRO

VLC media player is a program by VideoLAN. Frequently, people choose to remove this program. This can be hard because uninstalling this by hand requires some know-how related to removing Windows applications by hand. The best EASY approach 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, install it. This is good because Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a very efficient uninstaller and general tool to take care of your Windows computer.

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• go to Download Link
• download the setup by clicking on the DOWNLOAD NOW button
• install Advanced Uninstaller PRO

2. Start Advanced Uninstaller PRO. Take your time to admire the program's interface and number of functions available. Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a very useful system optimizer.

3. Press the General Tools button


4. Press the Uninstall Programs feature


5. All the applications installed on your PC will be made available to you

6. Navigate the list of applications until you locate VLC media player or simply click the Search field and type in "VLC media player". The VLC media player program will be found very quickly. When you click VLC media player in the list of applications, some information about the program is made available to you:

• Safety rating (in the left lower corner). This explains the opinion other users have about VLC media player, from "Highly recommended" to "Very dangerous".
• Opinions by other users - Press the Read reviews button.
• Technical information about the program you are about to uninstall, by clicking on the Properties button.

For instance you can see that for VLC media player:

• The web site of the application 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 come up. accept the uninstall by pressing the Uninstall button. Advanced Uninstaller PRO will uninstall VLC media player.


8. After removing VLC media player, Advanced Uninstaller PRO will ask you to run a cleanup. Press Next to start 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 with Advanced Uninstaller PRO, you can be sure that no Windows registry items, files or folders are left behind on your system.

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

Disclaimer

This page is not a recommendation to remove VLC media player by VideoLAN from your computer, we are not 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 supposing 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' computers.