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A guide to uninstall VLC media player from your PC

This page contains detailed information on how to uninstall VLC media player for Windows. The Windows release was created by VideoLAN. Additional info about VideoLAN can be found here. Please open if you want to read more on VLC media player on VideoLAN's page. VLC media player is normally set up in the C:\Program Files (x86)\VideoLAN\VLC directory, however this location can differ a lot depending on the user's option when installing the application. The full command line for uninstalling VLC media player is C:\Program Files (x86)\VideoLAN\VLC\uninstall.exe. Keep in mind that if you will type this command in Start / Run Note you may be prompted for administrator rights. The application's main executable file occupies 126.02 KB (129043 bytes) on disk and is labeled vlc.exe.

VLC media player installs the following the executables on your PC, taking about 521.92 KB (534448 bytes) on disk.

  • uninstall.exe (282.38 KB)
  • vlc-cache-gen.exe (113.52 KB)
  • vlc.exe (126.02 KB)


The current web page applies to VLC media player version 3.0.0201604020002 only. You can find below info on other versions of VLC media player:

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How to delete VLC media player with Advanced Uninstaller PRO

VLC media player is a program released by the software company VideoLAN. Frequently, users want to erase it. Sometimes this is hard because removing this manually requires some experience regarding PCs. The best QUICK way to erase 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 already installed on your Windows PC, add 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 computer.

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  • navigate to Download Link
  • download the setup by clicking on the green DOWNLOAD NOW button
  • install Advanced Uninstaller PRO
2. Start Advanced Uninstaller PRO. It's recommended to take some time to get familiar with the program's interface and wealth of features available. Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a powerful Windows optimizer.

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


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


5. All the programs existing on the PC will appear

6. Scroll the list of programs until you find VLC media player or simply activate the Search field and type in "VLC media player". If it is installed on your PC the VLC media player application will be found automatically. After you select VLC media player in the list , some information regarding the application is made available to you:


  • Safety rating (in the lower left corner). This tells you the opinion other people have regarding VLC media player, ranging from "Highly recommended" to "Very dangerous".
  • Reviews by other people - Click on the Read reviews button.
  • Technical information regarding the application you want to uninstall, by clicking on the Properties button.
For instance 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 (x86)\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 remove VLC media player.
Uninstall VLC media player


8. After removing VLC media player, Advanced Uninstaller PRO will offer to run a cleanup. Press Next to perform the cleanup. All the items that belong 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 with Advanced Uninstaller PRO, you can be sure that no Windows registry entries, files or folders are left behind on your PC.

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



Disclaimer

This page is not a piece of advice 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 for your PC. This page only contains detailed info on how to remove VLC media player supposing you decide this is what you want to do. Here you can find registry and disk entries that our application Advanced Uninstaller PRO discovered and classified as "leftovers" on other users' computers.

2016-07-31 / Written by Daniel Statescu for Advanced Uninstaller PRO

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Last update on: 2016-07-31 13:40:40.703