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A guide to uninstall VLC media player from your PC

This info is about VLC media player for Windows. Here you can find details on how to uninstall it from your computer. The Windows version was developed by VideoLAN. Check out here where you can find out more on VideoLAN. More data about the application VLC media player can be seen at . VLC media player is normally set up in the C:\Program Files\VideoLAN\VLC folder, regulated by the user's choice. The full command line for uninstalling VLC media player is C:\Program Files\VideoLAN\VLC\uninstall.exe. Note that if you will type this command in Start / Run Note you may receive a notification for administrator rights. VLC media player's main file takes about 130.52 KB (133651 bytes) and its name is vlc.exe.

The following executables are installed beside VLC media player. They take about 531.59 KB (544353 bytes) on disk.

  • uninstall.exe (282.06 KB)
  • vlc-cache-gen.exe (119.02 KB)
  • vlc.exe (130.52 KB)


The information on this page is only about version 3.0.0201604270401 of VLC media player. You can find here a few links to other VLC media player versions:

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A way to delete VLC media player from your PC using Advanced Uninstaller PRO

VLC media player is a program offered by VideoLAN. Frequently, computer users choose to remove this program. Sometimes this is hard because removing this by hand requires some skill regarding Windows program uninstallation. One of the best QUICK manner to remove 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 already installed on your system, install it. This is good because Advanced Uninstaller PRO is one of the best uninstaller and general utility to optimize your system.

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  • download the setup by clicking on the green DOWNLOAD button
  • install Advanced Uninstaller PRO
2. Run Advanced Uninstaller PRO. It's recommended to take some time to get familiar with Advanced Uninstaller PRO's design and wealth of tools available. Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a very good Windows tool.

3. Press the General Tools category
Go to General Tools


4. Click on the Uninstall Programs feature
Go to Uninstall Programs


5. All the programs installed on the computer will appear

6. Scroll the list of programs until you find VLC media player or simply click the Search field and type in "VLC media player". If it exists on your system the VLC media player application will be found very quickly. Notice that after you select VLC media player in the list , some information regarding the application is shown to you:


  • Safety rating (in the lower left corner). The star rating tells you the opinion other users have regarding VLC media player, from "Highly recommended" to "Very dangerous".
  • Reviews by other users - Press the Read reviews button.
  • Technical information regarding the application you wish to uninstall, by clicking on 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. Press the Uninstall button. A confirmation window will appear. accept the uninstall 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. Press Next to proceed with the cleanup. All the items that belong VLC media player which have been left behind will be detected and you will be able to delete them. By uninstalling VLC media player using Advanced Uninstaller PRO, you are assured that no registry items, files or folders are left behind on your computer.

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



Disclaimer

This page is not a recommendation to remove VLC media player by VideoLAN from your PC, nor are we saying that VLC media player by VideoLAN is not a good application for your PC. This page only contains detailed info 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 Advanced Uninstaller PRO stumbled upon and classified as "leftovers" on other users' computers.

2016-06-25 / Written by Andreea Kartman for Advanced Uninstaller PRO

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Last update on: 2016-06-25 16:30:11.270