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How to uninstall VLC media player from your PC

VLC media player is a Windows application. Read below about how to uninstall it from your PC. The Windows release was created by VideoLAN. You can find out more on VideoLAN or check for application updates here. You can see more info about VLC media player at . The application is often placed in the C:\Program Files\VideoLAN\VLC directory (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. Note that you might get a notification for administrator rights. VLC media player's primary file takes around 129.52 KB (132627 bytes) and its name is vlc.exe.

The executable files below are part of VLC media player. They take about 498.90 KB (510873 bytes) on disk.

  • uninstall.exe (251.36 KB)
  • vlc-cache-gen.exe (118.02 KB)
  • vlc.exe (129.52 KB)


The current page applies to VLC media player version 3.0.0201411270402 alone. You can find below a few links to other VLC media player releases:

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

VLC media player is an application offered by VideoLAN. Frequently, people want to uninstall this application. This can be easier said than done because removing this by hand requires some advanced knowledge regarding removing Windows applications by hand. The best SIMPLE approach 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 on your Windows PC, add it. This is good because Advanced Uninstaller PRO is the best uninstaller and all around utility to clean your Windows PC.

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  • install Advanced Uninstaller PRO
2. Run Advanced Uninstaller PRO. Take your time to get familiar with Advanced Uninstaller PRO's interface and wealth of features available. Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a very good package of utilities.

3. Press the General Tools button
Go to General Tools


4. Press the Uninstall Programs tool
Go to Uninstall Programs


5. All the applications existing on the computer will be shown to you

6. Navigate the list of applications until you locate VLC media player or simply click the Search feature and type in "VLC media player". The VLC media player app will be found automatically. When you click VLC media player in the list of apps, some data regarding the application is available to you:


  • Star rating (in the lower left corner). This tells you the opinion other users have regarding VLC media player, ranging from "Highly recommended" to "Very dangerous".
  • Reviews by other users - Press the Read reviews button.
  • Details regarding the application you want to uninstall, by clicking on the Properties button.
For instance you can see that for VLC media player:





  • The publisher is: http://www.videolan.org/
  • The uninstall string is: C:\Program Files\VideoLAN\VLC\uninstall.exe
7. Press the Uninstall button. A window asking you to confirm will appear. accept the removal by pressing Uninstall. 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 a cleanup. Click Next to start the cleanup. All the items that belong VLC media player that have been left behind will be detected and you will be asked if you want to delete them. By uninstalling VLC media player using Advanced Uninstaller PRO, you are assured that no registry items, files or directories are left behind on your computer.

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



Disclaimer

This page is not a piece of advice to remove 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 only contains detailed info on how to remove 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' computers.

2015-04-17 / Written by Dan Armano for Advanced Uninstaller PRO

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Last update on: 2015-04-17 08:44:11.490