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A guide to uninstall VLC media player from your PC

VLC media player is a computer program. This page contains details on how to uninstall it from your computer. It was developed for Windows by VideoLAN. Open here for more info on VideoLAN. More information about the application VLC media player can be seen at . VLC media player is usually set up in the C:\Program Files\VideoLAN\VLC folder, depending on the user's choice. VLC media player's full uninstall command line is C:\Program Files\VideoLAN\VLC\uninstall.exe. VLC media player's main file takes around 130.52 KB (133651 bytes) and is named vlc.exe.

The following executables are incorporated in VLC media player. They occupy 531.59 KB (544348 bytes) on disk.

  • uninstall.exe (282.05 KB)
  • vlc-cache-gen.exe (119.02 KB)
  • vlc.exe (130.52 KB)


The information on this page is only about version 3.0.0201605060401 of VLC media player. Click on the links below for other VLC media player versions:

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A way to remove VLC media player from your PC with Advanced Uninstaller PRO

VLC media player is an application by VideoLAN. Frequently, people decide to remove this application. Sometimes this is difficult because deleting this by hand requires some skill related to Windows program uninstallation. One of the best EASY procedure 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 a good step because Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a very useful uninstaller and all around tool to clean your PC.

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  • download the setup by clicking on the green DOWNLOAD button
  • set up Advanced Uninstaller PRO
2. Start 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 useful program.

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


4. Press the Uninstall Programs button
Go to Uninstall Programs


5. A list of the applications installed on your computer will be made available to you

6. Navigate the list of applications until you locate VLC media player or simply click 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. When you click VLC media player in the list , the following data regarding the application is shown to you:


  • Star rating (in the lower left corner). This explains the opinion other users have regarding VLC media player, ranging from "Highly recommended" to "Very dangerous".
  • Opinions by other users - 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 application is: http://www.videolan.org/
  • The uninstall string is: C:\Program Files\VideoLAN\VLC\uninstall.exe
7. Click the Uninstall button. A window asking you to confirm will show up. accept the uninstall by clicking the Uninstall button. Advanced Uninstaller PRO will remove VLC media player.
Uninstall VLC media player


8. After uninstalling VLC media player, Advanced Uninstaller PRO will ask you to run a cleanup. Click Next to start the cleanup. All the items of VLC media player which have been left behind will be detected and you will be asked if you want to delete them. By uninstalling VLC media player using Advanced Uninstaller PRO, you are assured that no registry entries, files or folders are left behind on your system.

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



Disclaimer

This page is not a piece of advice to uninstall VLC media player by VideoLAN from your computer, nor are we saying that VLC media player by VideoLAN is not a good software application. This text only contains detailed info on how to uninstall VLC media player supposing you want to. The information above contains registry and disk entries that Advanced Uninstaller PRO stumbled upon and classified as "leftovers" on other users' PCs.

2017-04-06 / Written by Andreea Kartman for Advanced Uninstaller PRO

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Last update on: 2017-04-06 09:03:55.020