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How to uninstall VLC media player from your system

This web page contains detailed information on how to uninstall VLC media player for Windows. It was created for Windows by VideoLAN. More info about VideoLAN can be seen here. You can get more details about VLC media player at . The application is usually found in the C:\Program Files\VideoLAN\VLC folder (same installation drive as Windows). You can uninstall VLC media player by clicking on the Start menu of Windows and pasting the command line C:\Program Files\VideoLAN\VLC\uninstall.exe. Keep in mind that you might get a notification for admin rights. The application's main executable file is titled vlc.exe and its approximative size is 130.52 KB (133651 bytes).

The executable files below are installed along with VLC media player. They occupy about 531.59 KB (544345 bytes) on disk.

  • uninstall.exe (282.05 KB)
  • vlc-cache-gen.exe (119.02 KB)
  • vlc.exe (130.52 KB)


The information on this page is only about version 3.0.0201603170402 of VLC media player. You can find below info on other releases of VLC media player:

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

VLC media player is an application marketed by the software company VideoLAN. Sometimes, people choose to remove it. Sometimes this can be easier said than done because uninstalling this by hand takes some skill related to removing Windows programs manually. The best EASY action to remove 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 on your Windows system, install it. This is a good step because Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a very potent uninstaller and all around utility to take care of your Windows PC.

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  • go to Download Link
  • download the program by pressing the green DOWNLOAD NOW button
  • set up Advanced Uninstaller PRO
2. Start Advanced Uninstaller PRO. It's recommended to take your time to get familiar with the program's interface and number of tools available. Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a very useful program.

3. Press the General Tools category
Go to General Tools


4. Press the Uninstall Programs tool
Go to Uninstall Programs


5. A list of the programs installed on the PC will be made available to you

6. Scroll the list of programs until you find VLC media player or simply click the Search field and type in "VLC media player". The VLC media player app will be found very quickly. After you click VLC media player in the list of applications, the following information about the program is available to you:


  • Star rating (in the left lower corner). The star rating explains the opinion other people have about VLC media player, from "Highly recommended" to "Very dangerous".
  • Opinions by other people - Press the Read reviews button.
  • Technical information about the program you are about to remove, by pressing the Properties button.
For example 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. Click the Uninstall button. A confirmation window will appear. accept the removal by pressing the Uninstall button. Advanced Uninstaller PRO will remove 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 start the cleanup. All the items of VLC media player that have been left behind will be found and you will be asked if you want to delete them. By uninstalling VLC media player using Advanced Uninstaller PRO, you can be sure that no registry entries, files or folders are left behind on your PC.

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



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Disclaimer

The text above is not a recommendation to uninstall VLC media player by VideoLAN from your computer, nor are we saying that VLC media player by VideoLAN is not a good application. This text simply contains detailed info on how to uninstall VLC media player supposing you want to. Here you can find registry and disk entries that Advanced Uninstaller PRO discovered and classified as "leftovers" on other users' computers.

2016-08-13 / Written by Daniel Statescu for Advanced Uninstaller PRO

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Last update on: 2016-08-13 07:36:16.030