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A way to uninstall VLC media player from your computer

VLC media player is a computer program. This page contains details on how to uninstall it from your computer. It is made by VideoLAN. Take a look here where you can read more on VideoLAN. Please open if you want to read more on VLC media player on VideoLAN's website. Usually the VLC media player application is placed in the C:\Program Files (x86)\VideoLAN\VLC folder, depending on the user's option during setup. C:\Program Files (x86)\VideoLAN\VLC\uninstall.exe is the full command line if you want to uninstall VLC media player. vlc.exe is the programs's main file and it takes around 126.02 KB (129043 bytes) on disk.

The executable files below are installed beside VLC media player. They occupy about 491.00 KB (502782 bytes) on disk.

  • uninstall.exe (251.96 KB)
  • vlc-cache-gen.exe (113.02 KB)
  • vlc.exe (126.02 KB)


The information on this page is only about version 3.0.0201506300002 of VLC media player. Click on the links below for other VLC media player versions:

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A way to uninstall VLC media player from your computer with the help of Advanced Uninstaller PRO

VLC media player is a program offered by the software company VideoLAN. Frequently, users want to uninstall this application. This can be efortful because performing this by hand takes some skill regarding PCs. One of the best SIMPLE action to uninstall 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 useful uninstaller and all around utility to take care of your Windows system.

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  • download the program by pressing the DOWNLOAD button
  • install Advanced Uninstaller PRO
2. Run Advanced Uninstaller PRO. Take some time to get familiar with the program's interface and number of tools available. Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a powerful package of tools.

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


4. Press the Uninstall Programs feature
Go to Uninstall Programs


5. A list of the applications installed on your PC will be shown to you

6. Scroll the list of applications until you locate VLC media player or simply click the Search feature and type in "VLC media player". The VLC media player application will be found automatically. Notice that when you select VLC media player in the list of applications, the following information regarding the application is shown to you:


  • Star 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 - Click on the Read reviews button.
  • Details regarding the app you are about to remove, by pressing the Properties button.
For instance you can see that for VLC media player:





  • The publisher is: http://www.videolan.org/
  • The uninstall string is: C:\Program Files (x86)\VideoLAN\VLC\uninstall.exe
7. Press the Uninstall button. A confirmation dialog will come up. Confirm the removal by clicking Uninstall. Advanced Uninstaller PRO will uninstall VLC media player.
Uninstall VLC media player


8. After removing VLC media player, Advanced Uninstaller PRO will ask you to run an additional cleanup. Press Next to start the cleanup. All the items that belong VLC media player that have been left behind will be detected and you will be able to delete them. By removing VLC media player with Advanced Uninstaller PRO, you can be sure that no Windows registry items, files or folders are left behind on your system.

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



Geographical user distribution

  • Windows 7 (6.1)
  • Windows 8.1 (6.3)
  • 10.0
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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 application. This page simply contains detailed instructions on how to remove VLC media player in case you want to. The information above contains registry and disk entries that other software left behind and Advanced Uninstaller PRO discovered and classified as "leftovers" on other users' PCs.

2017-12-12 / Written by Daniel Statescu for Advanced Uninstaller PRO

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Last update on: 2017-12-12 17:11:12.670