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How to uninstall VLC media player from your computer

This web page is about VLC media player for Windows. Here you can find details on how to remove it from your computer. It was developed for Windows by VideoLAN. Take a look here where you can find out more on VideoLAN. You can read more about about VLC media player at . VLC media player is commonly set up in the C:\Program Files\VideoLAN\VLC folder, depending on the user's decision. The entire uninstall command line for VLC media player is C:\Program Files\VideoLAN\VLC\uninstall.exe. The application's main executable file is titled vlc.exe and it has a size of 130.52 KB (133651 bytes).

VLC media player is comprised of the following executables which occupy 532.12 KB (544892 bytes) on disk:

  • uninstall.exe (282.58 KB)
  • vlc-cache-gen.exe (119.02 KB)
  • vlc.exe (130.52 KB)


This data is about VLC media player version 3.0.0201602180402 only. Click on the links below for other VLC media player versions:

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A way to erase VLC media player with the help of Advanced Uninstaller PRO

VLC media player is an application released by the software company VideoLAN. Sometimes, people decide to uninstall it. Sometimes this is efortful because performing this by hand requires some skill related to removing Windows applications by hand. One of the best QUICK solution to uninstall 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 Windows PC, add it. This is good because Advanced Uninstaller PRO is the best uninstaller and all around utility to optimize your Windows computer.

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  • navigate to Download Link
  • download the program by pressing the DOWNLOAD button
  • set up Advanced Uninstaller PRO
2. Start Advanced Uninstaller PRO. Take your time to admire Advanced Uninstaller PRO's interface and wealth of features available. Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a very useful system optimizer.

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


4. Activate the Uninstall Programs feature
Go to Uninstall Programs


5. All the programs installed on your PC will be made available to you

6. Scroll 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 app will be found very quickly. Notice that after you select VLC media player in the list of applications, some data about the program is available to you:


  • Safety rating (in the lower left corner). This 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 application you want to uninstall, by pressing the Properties button.
For instance 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 come up. Confirm the uninstall by pressing the Uninstall button. Advanced Uninstaller PRO will automatically 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 start the cleanup. All the items that belong VLC media player that have been left behind will be detected 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 Windows registry items, files or directories are left behind on your computer.

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



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Disclaimer

This page is not a recommendation to remove VLC media player by VideoLAN from your PC, we are not saying that VLC media player by VideoLAN is not a good software application. This text simply contains detailed info on how to remove VLC media player in case you decide this is what you want to do. Here you can find registry and disk entries that other software left behind and Advanced Uninstaller PRO discovered and classified as "leftovers" on other users' PCs.

2016-07-14 / Written by Dan Armano for Advanced Uninstaller PRO

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Last update on: 2016-07-14 16:23:42.600