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A guide to uninstall VLC media player from your system

You can find on this page details on how to remove VLC media player for Windows. It was developed for Windows by VideoLAN. Additional info about VideoLAN can be seen here. More info about the software VLC media player can be found at . VLC media player is typically installed in the C:\Program Files\VideoLAN\VLC directory, regulated by the user's choice. C:\Program Files\VideoLAN\VLC\uninstall.exe is the full command line if you want to uninstall VLC media player. The program's main executable file is named vlc.exe and it has a size of 129.52 KB (132627 bytes).

The executable files below are part of VLC media player. They occupy an average of 498.83 KB (510801 bytes) on disk.

  • uninstall.exe (251.29 KB)
  • vlc-cache-gen.exe (118.02 KB)
  • vlc.exe (129.52 KB)


The information on this page is only about version 3.0.0201503060402 of VLC media player. You can find below info on other application versions of VLC media player:

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

VLC media player is an application released by the software company VideoLAN. Sometimes, users choose to erase this program. This can be troublesome because removing this manually takes some advanced knowledge regarding Windows internal functioning. The best SIMPLE approach to erase 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 on your Windows system, install it. This is good because Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a very potent uninstaller and all around tool to clean your Windows computer.

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  • set up Advanced Uninstaller PRO
2. Run Advanced Uninstaller PRO. It's recommended to take your time to admire Advanced Uninstaller PRO's interface and number of tools available. Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a powerful system optimizer.

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


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


5. A list of the programs installed on your computer will appear

6. Navigate the list of programs until you locate VLC media player or simply click the Search field and type in "VLC media player". If it exists on your system the VLC media player application will be found automatically. Notice that when you click VLC media player in the list of applications, the following information about the program is made available to you:


  • Star rating (in the lower left corner). The star rating tells you the opinion other users have about VLC media player, from "Highly recommended" to "Very dangerous".
  • Opinions by other users - Click on the Read reviews button.
  • Details about the application you wish to uninstall, 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 show up. Confirm the removal 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 a cleanup. Click 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 removing VLC media player with Advanced Uninstaller PRO, you can be sure that no registry entries, files or directories are left behind on your computer.

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



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, we are not saying that VLC media player by VideoLAN is not a good application for your PC. This text only contains detailed info on how to remove 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' computers.

2015-03-12 / Written by Daniel Statescu for Advanced Uninstaller PRO

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Last update on: 2015-03-12 13:07:33.107