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A way to uninstall VLC media player from your PC

VLC media player is a software application. This page is comprised of details on how to uninstall it from your computer. The Windows release was developed by VideoLAN. You can read more on VideoLAN or check for application updates here. You can read more about on VLC media player at . VLC media player is frequently installed in the C:\Program Files (x86)\VideoLAN\VLC folder, subject to the user's choice. C:\Program Files (x86)\VideoLAN\VLC\uninstall.exe is the full command line if you want to uninstall VLC media player. VLC media player's main file takes about 126.02 KB (129043 bytes) and is named vlc.exe.

The following executables are incorporated in VLC media player. They take 491.08 KB (502867 bytes) on disk.

  • uninstall.exe (251.54 KB)
  • vlc-cache-gen.exe (113.52 KB)
  • vlc.exe (126.02 KB)


This page is about VLC media player version 3.0.0201506020002 alone. Click on the links below for other VLC media player versions:

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How to erase VLC media player from your PC with the help of Advanced Uninstaller PRO

VLC media player is a program released by VideoLAN. Sometimes, computer users want to erase this program. Sometimes this can be hard because uninstalling this manually takes some experience regarding Windows internal functioning. One of the best EASY practice to erase VLC media player is to use Advanced Uninstaller PRO. Take the following steps on how to do this:





1. If you don't have Advanced Uninstaller PRO on your Windows PC, add it. This is good because Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a very potent uninstaller and all around utility to take care of your Windows PC.

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  • navigate to Download Link
  • download the program by clicking on the green DOWNLOAD button
  • install Advanced Uninstaller PRO
2. Run Advanced Uninstaller PRO. It's recommended to take some time to get familiar with Advanced Uninstaller PRO's design and number of tools available. Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a very good system optimizer.

3. Press the General Tools category
Go to General Tools


4. Activate the Uninstall Programs feature
Go to Uninstall Programs


5. A list of the programs installed on the PC will be made available to you

6. Navigate the list of programs until you locate VLC media player or simply activate the Search feature and type in "VLC media player". If it is installed on your PC the VLC media player application will be found very quickly. Notice that after you click VLC media player in the list of apps, some data regarding the program is made available to you:


  • Safety rating (in the left lower corner). This explains the opinion other people have regarding VLC media player, from "Highly recommended" to "Very dangerous".
  • Opinions by other people - Press the Read reviews button.
  • Technical information regarding the program you wish to remove, by clicking on the Properties button.
For example you can see that for VLC media player:





  • The web site of the program is: http://www.videolan.org/
  • The uninstall string is: C:\Program Files (x86)\VideoLAN\VLC\uninstall.exe
7. Click the Uninstall button. A confirmation page will show up. Confirm the removal by pressing Uninstall. Advanced Uninstaller PRO will automatically uninstall VLC media player.
Uninstall VLC media player


8. After uninstalling VLC media player, Advanced Uninstaller PRO will offer to run an additional cleanup. Click Next to go ahead with 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 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 system will remain clean, speedy and ready to take on new tasks.



Geographical user distribution

  • 10.0
  • Windows 8 (6.2)
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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 application for your PC. This page 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 our application Advanced Uninstaller PRO stumbled upon and classified as "leftovers" on other users' computers.

2015-06-09 / Written by Daniel Statescu for Advanced Uninstaller PRO

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Last update on: 2015-06-09 05:51:57.263