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How to uninstall VLC media player from your PC

You can find on this page detailed information on how to uninstall VLC media player for Windows. It was coded for Windows by VideoLAN. Open here for more details on VideoLAN. Detailed information about VLC media player can be found at . VLC media player is frequently installed in the C:\Program Files (x86)\VideoLAN\VLC folder, depending on the user's choice. C:\Program Files (x86)\VideoLAN\VLC\uninstall.exe is the full command line if you want to remove VLC media player. The application's main executable file occupies 126.02 KB (129043 bytes) on disk and is labeled vlc.exe.

The following executable files are contained in VLC media player. They occupy 491.25 KB (503045 bytes) on disk.

  • uninstall.exe (251.72 KB)
  • vlc-cache-gen.exe (113.52 KB)
  • vlc.exe (126.02 KB)


The information on this page is only about version 3.0.0201409150004 of VLC media player. You can find below info on other releases of VLC media player:

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

VLC media player is an application by the software company VideoLAN. Some computer users try to remove this program. Sometimes this is easier said than done because deleting this by hand requires some skill regarding Windows internal functioning. The best QUICK approach to remove 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 system, add it. This is good because Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a very efficient uninstaller and general tool to optimize your Windows PC.

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  • download the program by clicking on the green DOWNLOAD NOW button
  • set up Advanced Uninstaller PRO
2. Run Advanced Uninstaller PRO. It's recommended to take some time to admire Advanced Uninstaller PRO's interface and wealth of tools 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 installed on your computer will appear

6. Navigate the list of programs until you find VLC media player or simply click the Search feature and type in "VLC media player". If it is installed on your PC the VLC media player program will be found very quickly. Notice that when you select VLC media player in the list , some information about the application is made available to you:


  • Safety rating (in the lower left corner). The star rating explains the opinion other people have about VLC media player, ranging from "Highly recommended" to "Very dangerous".
  • Reviews by other people - Click on the Read reviews button.
  • Details about the app you are about to uninstall, by clicking on the Properties button.
For instance you can see that for VLC media player:





  • The web site of the application is: http://www.videolan.org/
  • The uninstall string is: C:\Program Files (x86)\VideoLAN\VLC\uninstall.exe
7. Click the Uninstall button. A confirmation page will come up. accept the uninstall by pressing Uninstall. Advanced Uninstaller PRO will automatically uninstall 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 found 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 entries, files or directories are left behind on your system.

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



Geographical user distribution

  • Windows 8.1 (6.3)
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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 application for your computer. This page simply contains detailed info on how to remove VLC media player in case you want to. Here you can find registry and disk entries that Advanced Uninstaller PRO stumbled upon and classified as "leftovers" on other users' computers.

2015-01-21 / Written by Daniel Statescu for Advanced Uninstaller PRO

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Last update on: 2015-01-21 11:11:30.170