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A guide to uninstall VLC media player from your computer

VLC media player is a Windows application. Read more about how to remove it from your computer. It is made by VideoLAN. You can read more on VideoLAN or check for application updates here. More data about the software VLC media player can be found at . VLC media player is typically set up in the C:\Program Files (x86)\VideoLAN\VLC directory, depending on the user's decision. C:\Program Files (x86)\VideoLAN\VLC\uninstall.exe is the full command line if you want to uninstall VLC media player. The program's main executable file has a size of 126.02 KB (129043 bytes) on disk and is named vlc.exe.

VLC media player is comprised of the following executables which take 491.29 KB (503079 bytes) on disk:

  • uninstall.exe (251.75 KB)
  • vlc-cache-gen.exe (113.52 KB)
  • vlc.exe (126.02 KB)


The information on this page is only about version 3.0.0201412150002 of VLC media player. You can find below info on other releases of VLC media player:

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How to delete VLC media player from your PC with Advanced Uninstaller PRO

VLC media player is an application by VideoLAN. Some computer users try to erase it. Sometimes this can be hard because uninstalling this by hand requires some experience related to PCs. One of the best SIMPLE way 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, install it. This is good because Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a very useful uninstaller and general tool to maximize the performance of your system.

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  • go to Download Link
  • download the program by pressing the green DOWNLOAD button
  • set up Advanced Uninstaller PRO
2. Run Advanced Uninstaller PRO. Take some time to get familiar with the program's design and wealth of tools available. Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a very useful PC management program.

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


4. Activate the Uninstall Programs tool
Go to Uninstall Programs


5. All the programs existing on your PC will be shown to you

6. Navigate the list of programs until you find VLC media player or simply activate the Search feature and type in "VLC media player". If it exists on your system the VLC media player app will be found very quickly. Notice that after you select VLC media player in the list of applications, the following information regarding the application is available to you:


  • Star rating (in the lower left corner). The star rating explains the opinion other people have regarding VLC media player, from "Highly recommended" to "Very dangerous".
  • Reviews by other people - Click on the Read reviews button.
  • Technical information regarding the program you wish to uninstall, by pressing 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. Press the Uninstall button. A confirmation dialog will show up. Confirm the removal by pressing 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 an additional cleanup. Press Next to go ahead with the cleanup. All the items of 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 folders are left behind on your PC.

Your Windows PC will remain clean, speedy and ready to serve you properly.



Geographical user distribution

  • Windows 7 (6.1)
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Disclaimer

This page is not a recommendation to uninstall VLC media player by VideoLAN from your computer, we are not saying that VLC media player by VideoLAN is not a good application for your PC. This page simply contains detailed info on how to uninstall VLC media player supposing you want to. Here you can find registry and disk entries that our application Advanced Uninstaller PRO discovered and classified as "leftovers" on other users' computers.

2015-03-01 / Written by Andreea Kartman for Advanced Uninstaller PRO

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Last update on: 2015-03-01 15:55:37.810