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How to uninstall VLC media player from your PC

VLC media player is a Windows application. Read more about how to uninstall it from your PC. The Windows release was developed by VideoLAN. Further information on VideoLAN can be found here. You can get more details related to VLC media player at . Usually the VLC media player application is installed in the C:\Program Files\VideoLAN\VLC folder, depending on the user's option during install. VLC media player's complete uninstall command line is C:\Program Files\VideoLAN\VLC\uninstall.exe. vlc.exe is the VLC media player's primary executable file and it occupies around 130.02 KB (133139 bytes) on disk.

VLC media player installs the following the executables on your PC, taking about 499.67 KB (511665 bytes) on disk.

  • uninstall.exe (251.64 KB)
  • vlc-cache-gen.exe (118.02 KB)
  • vlc.exe (130.02 KB)


The information on this page is only about version 3.0.0201507030402 of VLC media player. You can find below info on other releases of VLC media player:

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How to erase VLC media player with Advanced Uninstaller PRO

VLC media player is a program offered by the software company VideoLAN. Frequently, users choose to erase it. This can be troublesome because deleting this by hand takes some skill regarding PCs. The best SIMPLE manner to erase 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 PC, add it. This is good because Advanced Uninstaller PRO is the best uninstaller and all around tool to optimize your computer.

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  • go to Download Link
  • download the setup by pressing the green DOWNLOAD NOW button
  • set up Advanced Uninstaller PRO
2. Run Advanced Uninstaller PRO. Take your time to get familiar with the program's design and wealth of tools available. Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a very good Windows optimizer.

3. Press the General Tools button
Go to General Tools


4. Activate the Uninstall Programs tool
Go to Uninstall Programs


5. All the applications existing on the computer will appear

6. Scroll the list of applications 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 program will be found very quickly. After you click VLC media player in the list of apps, some information about the program is available to you:


  • Star rating (in the left lower corner). The star rating tells you the opinion other people have about VLC media player, ranging from "Highly recommended" to "Very dangerous".
  • Opinions by other people - Press the Read reviews button.
  • Technical information about the program you want to uninstall, by pressing the Properties button.
For example 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. Press the Uninstall button. A confirmation window will show up. Confirm the removal by clicking the Uninstall button. Advanced Uninstaller PRO will then remove VLC media player.
Uninstall VLC media player


8. After removing VLC media player, Advanced Uninstaller PRO will ask you to run an additional cleanup. Click Next to perform the cleanup. All the items of VLC media player which have been left behind will be detected 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 disk.

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



Geographical user distribution

  • 10.0
  • Windows 8.1 (6.3)
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Disclaimer

This page is not a recommendation 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. This text 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 other software left behind and Advanced Uninstaller PRO stumbled upon and classified as "leftovers" on other users' PCs.

2015-07-03 / Written by Andreea Kartman for Advanced Uninstaller PRO

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Last update on: 2015-07-03 11:16:48.263