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A way to uninstall VLC media player from your PC

This web page is about VLC media player for Windows. Here you can find details on how to remove it from your PC. It was created for Windows by VideoLAN. Go over here for more information on VideoLAN. Click on to get more data about VLC media player on VideoLAN's website. Usually the VLC media player program is placed in the C:\Program Files\VideoLAN\VLC folder, depending on the user's option during install. The full uninstall command line for VLC media player is C:\Program Files\VideoLAN\VLC\uninstall.exe. The application's main executable file has a size of 130.02 KB (133139 bytes) on disk and is titled vlc.exe.

The executable files below are installed along with VLC media player. They take about 499.38 KB (511363 bytes) on disk.

  • uninstall.exe (251.34 KB)
  • vlc-cache-gen.exe (118.02 KB)
  • vlc.exe (130.02 KB)


This data is about VLC media player version 3.0.0201409140402 alone. You can find below info on other application versions of VLC media player:

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How to uninstall VLC media player from your computer with Advanced Uninstaller PRO

VLC media player is a program by VideoLAN. Sometimes, users try to uninstall this application. Sometimes this can be troublesome because deleting this by hand requires some experience related to removing Windows programs manually. The best QUICK manner to uninstall VLC media player is to use Advanced Uninstaller PRO. Here are some detailed instructions about 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 tool to take care of your Windows system.

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  • go to Download Link
  • download the setup by clicking on the DOWNLOAD NOW button
  • set up Advanced Uninstaller PRO
2. Start Advanced Uninstaller PRO. It's recommended to take some time to admire Advanced Uninstaller PRO's design and wealth of functions available. Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a powerful PC management program.

3. Press the General Tools button
Go to General Tools


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


5. A list of the applications installed on the computer will be made available to you

6. Navigate the list of applications until you locate 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 automatically. When you click VLC media player in the list of apps, the following data regarding the program is shown to you:


  • Safety rating (in the lower left corner). This explains the opinion other users have regarding VLC media player, from "Highly recommended" to "Very dangerous".
  • Reviews by other users - Press the Read reviews button.
  • Technical information regarding the app you want to uninstall, by clicking on the Properties button.
For example 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. Press the Uninstall button. A window asking you to confirm will come up. Confirm the removal by pressing the Uninstall button. Advanced Uninstaller PRO will then uninstall VLC media player.
Uninstall VLC media player


8. After uninstalling VLC media player, Advanced Uninstaller PRO will offer to run a cleanup. Click Next to proceed with the cleanup. All the items of VLC media player which have been left behind will be detected and you will be able to delete them. By uninstalling VLC media player using Advanced Uninstaller PRO, you are assured that no registry items, files or folders are left behind on your PC.

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



Geographical user distribution

  • Windows 8.1 (6.3)
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Disclaimer

The text above is not a piece of advice to uninstall VLC media player by VideoLAN from your computer, nor are we saying that VLC media player by VideoLAN is not a good software application. This page simply contains detailed info on how to uninstall 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' computers.

2015-03-25 / Written by Andreea Kartman for Advanced Uninstaller PRO

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Last update on: 2015-03-25 21:53:08.427