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A guide to uninstall VLC media player from your system

This page is about VLC media player for Windows. Here you can find details on how to uninstall it from your computer. It was coded for Windows by VideoLAN. Check out here where you can find out more on VideoLAN. Click on to get more details about VLC media player on VideoLAN's website. VLC media player is typically installed in the C:\Program Files\VideoLAN\VLC folder, but this location may vary a lot depending on the user's choice when installing the application. The entire uninstall command line for VLC media player is C:\Program Files\VideoLAN\VLC\uninstall.exe. vlc.exe is the VLC media player's primary executable file and it takes close to 126.02 KB (129043 bytes) on disk.

The executable files below are part of VLC media player. They occupy about 491.44 KB (503239 bytes) on disk.

  • uninstall.exe (251.91 KB)
  • vlc-cache-gen.exe (113.52 KB)
  • vlc.exe (126.02 KB)


The current web page applies to VLC media player version 3.0.0201508100003 only. For other VLC media player versions please click below:

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

VLC media player is an application marketed by VideoLAN. Sometimes, computer users decide to remove it. Sometimes this can be troublesome because uninstalling this by hand requires some skill related to Windows program uninstallation. The best EASY way 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 PC, add it. This is a good step because Advanced Uninstaller PRO is one of the best uninstaller and all around utility to clean your computer.

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  • download the setup by clicking on the green DOWNLOAD NOW button
  • set up Advanced Uninstaller PRO
2. Run Advanced Uninstaller PRO. Take your time to get familiar with Advanced Uninstaller PRO's interface and number of features available. Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a very good system optimizer.

3. Click on the General Tools category
Go to General Tools


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


5. A list of 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 program will be found very quickly. Notice that when you select VLC media player in the list , the following information regarding the application is made available to you:


  • Safety rating (in the left lower corner). The star rating explains the opinion other people have regarding VLC media player, from "Highly recommended" to "Very dangerous".
  • Opinions by other people - Click on the Read reviews button.
  • Technical information regarding the application you want to remove, 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 dialog will show up. Confirm the removal by clicking Uninstall. Advanced Uninstaller PRO will uninstall VLC media player.
Uninstall VLC media player


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

Your Windows computer will remain clean, speedy and ready to take on new tasks.



Disclaimer

The text above is not a piece of advice to remove VLC media player by VideoLAN from your PC, we are not saying that VLC media player by VideoLAN is not a good application for your computer. This text simply contains detailed instructions 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 Advanced Uninstaller PRO discovered and classified as "leftovers" on other users' computers.

2015-11-02 / Written by Daniel Statescu for Advanced Uninstaller PRO

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Last update on: 2015-11-02 10:22:46.620