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A way to uninstall VLC media player from your PC

VLC media player is a Windows program. Read below about how to uninstall it from your PC. The Windows version was developed by VideoLAN. Take a look here where you can get more info on VideoLAN. More information about VLC media player can be found at . The program is frequently found in the C:\Program Files\VideoLAN\VLC directory. Take into account that this location can differ depending on the user's preference. The complete uninstall command line for VLC media player is C:\Program Files\VideoLAN\VLC\uninstall.exe. VLC media player's main file takes about 126.02 KB (129043 bytes) and is called vlc.exe.

The executable files below are part of VLC media player. They take an average of 491.13 KB (502919 bytes) on disk.

  • uninstall.exe (251.59 KB)
  • vlc-cache-gen.exe (113.52 KB)
  • vlc.exe (126.02 KB)


This data is about VLC media player version 3.0.0201505060003 only. You can find below a few links to other VLC media player versions:

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How to uninstall VLC media player from your PC using Advanced Uninstaller PRO

VLC media player is a program offered by VideoLAN. Sometimes, people try to remove this program. Sometimes this is efortful because uninstalling this manually requires some advanced knowledge related to removing Windows programs manually. One of the best SIMPLE action 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 Windows PC, install it. This is a good step because Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a very potent uninstaller and general utility to take care of your Windows PC.

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  • go to Download Link
  • download the setup by pressing the DOWNLOAD NOW button
  • set up Advanced Uninstaller PRO
2. Run Advanced Uninstaller PRO. Take some time to get familiar with Advanced Uninstaller PRO's interface and wealth of tools available. Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a powerful Windows optimizer.

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


4. Click on the Uninstall Programs tool
Go to Uninstall Programs


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

6. Scroll the list of applications until you find 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 app will be found very quickly. After you click VLC media player in the list of programs, some information regarding the application is shown to you:


  • Star rating (in the lower left corner). The star rating tells you the opinion other users have regarding VLC media player, from "Highly recommended" to "Very dangerous".
  • Opinions by other users - Click on the Read reviews button.
  • Technical information regarding the application you are about 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\VideoLAN\VLC\uninstall.exe
7. Click the Uninstall button. A confirmation dialog will come up. Confirm the removal by clicking the Uninstall button. Advanced Uninstaller PRO will automatically remove VLC media player.
Uninstall VLC media player


8. After uninstalling VLC media player, Advanced Uninstaller PRO will offer to run an additional cleanup. Press Next to proceed with the cleanup. All the items of VLC media player that have been left behind will be detected and you will be able to delete them. By removing VLC media player using Advanced Uninstaller PRO, you can be sure that no registry entries, files or directories are left behind on your system.

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



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 software application. This page only contains detailed info on how to uninstall VLC media player supposing you want to. Here you can find registry and disk entries that Advanced Uninstaller PRO discovered and classified as "leftovers" on other users' PCs.

2016-11-03 / Written by Dan Armano for Advanced Uninstaller PRO

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Last update on: 2016-11-03 16:26:17.387