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A guide to uninstall VLC media player from your PC

This page contains complete information on how to uninstall VLC media player for Windows. The Windows version was created by VideoLAN. Take a look here where you can find out more on VideoLAN. You can read more about on VLC media player at . The program is often placed in the C:\Program Files\VideoLAN\VLC directory. Keep in mind that this location can differ depending on the user's choice. C:\Program Files\VideoLAN\VLC\uninstall.exe is the full command line if you want to uninstall VLC media player. vlc.exe is the programs's main file and it takes about 129.52 KB (132627 bytes) on disk.

The following executable files are contained in VLC media player. They occupy 498.87 KB (510842 bytes) on disk.

  • uninstall.exe (251.33 KB)
  • vlc-cache-gen.exe (118.02 KB)
  • vlc.exe (129.52 KB)


The current web page applies to VLC media player version 3.0.0201501010402 alone. For other VLC media player versions please click below:

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

VLC media player is an application marketed by the software company VideoLAN. Some people choose to remove it. Sometimes this is easier said than done because uninstalling this by hand requires some experience related to Windows program uninstallation. One of the best EASY manner 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 on your Windows PC, add it. This is good because Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a very useful uninstaller and all around tool to maximize the performance of your Windows PC.

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  • set up 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 Windows optimizer.

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


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


5. All the applications installed on the PC will appear

6. Scroll the list of applications until you find VLC media player or simply activate the Search feature and type in "VLC media player". If it exists on your system the VLC media player application will be found automatically. Notice that after you click VLC media player in the list of programs, some information about the program is available to you:


  • Star rating (in the lower left corner). This explains the opinion other users have about VLC media player, ranging from "Highly recommended" to "Very dangerous".
  • Opinions by other users - Click on the Read reviews button.
  • Technical information about the application you are about to remove, by clicking on the Properties button.
For example 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 confirmation page will appear. accept the uninstall by clicking the Uninstall button. Advanced Uninstaller PRO will then uninstall VLC media player.
Uninstall VLC media player


8. After uninstalling VLC media player, Advanced Uninstaller PRO will ask you to run an additional cleanup. Press Next to perform the cleanup. All the items of VLC media player which 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 registry entries, files or folders are left behind on your disk.

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



Geographical user distribution

  • Windows 8.1 (6.3)
  • Windows 7 (6.1)
  • 10.0
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Disclaimer

This page is not a recommendation to uninstall 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 simply contains detailed instructions on how to uninstall 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' PCs.

2016-08-29 / Written by Dan Armano for Advanced Uninstaller PRO

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Last update on: 2016-08-29 20:15:10.570