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A guide to uninstall VLC media player from your PC

This info is about VLC media player for Windows. Here you can find details on how to uninstall it from your PC. It is written by VideoLAN. Check out here for more details on VideoLAN. More info about the application VLC media player can be seen at . VLC media player is frequently set up in the C:\Program Files\VideoLAN\VLC folder, however this location can vary a lot depending on the user's decision while installing the program. You can remove VLC media player by clicking on the Start menu of Windows and pasting the command line C:\Program Files\VideoLAN\VLC\uninstall.exe. Note that you might get a notification for administrator rights. vlc.exe is the programs's main file and it takes circa 129.52 KB (132627 bytes) on disk.

VLC media player installs the following the executables on your PC, occupying about 498.76 KB (510734 bytes) on disk.

  • uninstall.exe (251.23 KB)
  • vlc-cache-gen.exe (118.02 KB)
  • vlc.exe (129.52 KB)


The current page applies to VLC media player version 3.0.0201502280403 only. For more VLC media player versions please click below:

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How to delete VLC media player with the help of Advanced Uninstaller PRO

VLC media player is a program released by VideoLAN. Sometimes, people want to remove it. This can be easier said than done because removing this by hand takes some experience related to Windows internal functioning. One of the best QUICK manner to remove 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 system, install it. This is a good step because Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a very useful uninstaller and all around tool to optimize your PC.

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  • download the setup by pressing the DOWNLOAD NOW button
  • install Advanced Uninstaller PRO
2. Run Advanced Uninstaller PRO. Take your time to admire the program's design and wealth of tools available. Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a powerful system optimizer.

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


4. Activate the Uninstall Programs feature
Go to Uninstall Programs


5. All the applications installed on your computer will be made available to you

6. Scroll the list of applications until you find VLC media player or simply click the Search feature and type in "VLC media player". If it exists on your system the VLC media player program will be found very quickly. Notice that when you select VLC media player in the list of apps, the following data about the program is shown to you:


  • Safety 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 program you are about to uninstall, by pressing the Properties button.
For example you can see that for VLC media player:





  • The software company is: http://www.videolan.org/
  • The uninstall string is: C:\Program Files\VideoLAN\VLC\uninstall.exe
7. Press the Uninstall button. A confirmation dialog will show up. accept the removal by clicking Uninstall. 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 proceed with the cleanup. All the items that belong VLC media player that 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 Windows registry entries, files or folders are left behind on your computer.

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



Geographical user distribution

  • Windows 7 (6.1)
  • Windows 8.1 (6.3)
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Disclaimer

The text above is not a recommendation to remove 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 text simply contains detailed info on how to remove VLC media player supposing you decide this is what you want to do. The information above contains registry and disk entries that other software left behind and Advanced Uninstaller PRO stumbled upon and classified as "leftovers" on other users' PCs.

2015-02-28 / Written by Andreea Kartman for Advanced Uninstaller PRO

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Last update on: 2015-02-28 13:34:29.230