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How to uninstall VLC media player from your computer

This page contains detailed information on how to remove VLC media player for Windows. It is developed by VideoLAN. Go over here where you can read more on VideoLAN. Further information about 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 may vary a lot depending on the user's choice while installing the program. C:\Program Files\VideoLAN\VLC\uninstall.exe is the full command line if you want to uninstall VLC media player. vlc.exe is the VLC media player's main executable file and it occupies about 120.02 KB (122899 bytes) on disk.

The executable files below are installed alongside VLC media player. They take about 475.46 KB (486870 bytes) on disk.

  • uninstall.exe (235.42 KB)
  • vlc-cache-gen.exe (120.02 KB)
  • vlc.exe (120.02 KB)


This web page is about VLC media player version 3.0.182 only. Click on the links below for other VLC media player versions:

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

VLC media player is a program marketed by VideoLAN. Frequently, people want to remove this application. Sometimes this is troublesome because performing this by hand takes some experience related to removing Windows applications by hand. The best EASY approach 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 already installed on your PC, add it. This is good because Advanced Uninstaller PRO is one of the best uninstaller and all around utility to optimize your system.

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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 some time to get familiar with Advanced Uninstaller PRO's interface and wealth of features available. Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a powerful Windows tool.

3. Press the General Tools category
Go to General Tools


4. Activate the Uninstall Programs tool
Go to Uninstall Programs


5. A list of the applications existing on your computer will be shown to you

6. Navigate the list of applications until you locate 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 , some data about the application is made available to you:


  • Safety rating (in the left lower corner). This explains the opinion other users have about VLC media player, ranging from "Highly recommended" to "Very dangerous".
  • Opinions by other users - 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 software company is: https://www.videolan.org/
  • The uninstall string is: C:\Program Files\VideoLAN\VLC\uninstall.exe
7. Click the Uninstall button. A confirmation dialog will show up. Confirm the uninstall by pressing Uninstall. Advanced Uninstaller PRO will uninstall 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 detected and you will be asked if you want to delete them. By uninstalling VLC media player using Advanced Uninstaller PRO, you can be sure that no registry entries, files or directories are left behind on your disk.

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



Disclaimer

This page is not a piece of advice 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 page simply contains detailed info on how to remove VLC media player supposing you decide this is what you want to do. Here you can find registry and disk entries that Advanced Uninstaller PRO discovered and classified as "leftovers" on other users' computers.

2022-10-11 / Written by Dan Armano for Advanced Uninstaller PRO

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Last update on: 2022-10-11 10:33:44.523