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How to uninstall VideoLAN Player from your PC

You can find below details on how to remove VideoLAN Player for Windows. The Windows release was created by VideoLAN.org. Take a look here for more information on VideoLAN.org. The program is frequently placed in the C:\Program Files\VideoLAN folder (same installation drive as Windows). The full command line for uninstalling VideoLAN Player is MsiExec.exe /I{1E2F022E-5B0E-4D12-8955-C631B9C99A4B}. Keep in mind that if you will type this command in Start / Run Note you may get a notification for administrator rights. The application's main executable file has a size of 914.20 KB (936136 bytes) on disk and is called vlc.exe.

VideoLAN Player installs the following the executables on your PC, occupying about 1.24 MB (1304725 bytes) on disk.

  • uninstall.exe (228.25 KB)
  • vlc-cache-gen.exe (131.70 KB)
  • vlc.exe (914.20 KB)


The current page applies to VideoLAN Player version 2.2.6 alone. You can find below info on other application versions of VideoLAN Player:


If you are manually uninstalling VideoLAN Player we advise you to check if the following data is left behind on your PC.

Use regedit.exe to manually remove from the Windows Registry the data below:
  • HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\{1E2F022E-5B0E-4D12-8955-C631B9C99A4B}

Open regedit.exe in order to remove the following registry values:
  • HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Installer\Folders\C:\Windows\Installer\{1E2F022E-5B0E-4D12-8955-C631B9C99A4B}\


A way to remove VideoLAN Player with the help of Advanced Uninstaller PRO

VideoLAN Player is an application by VideoLAN.org. Frequently, users try to remove it. Sometimes this is troublesome because performing this manually takes some knowledge related to Windows program uninstallation. The best QUICK practice to remove VideoLAN Player is to use Advanced Uninstaller PRO. Take the following steps on how to do this:





1. If you don't have Advanced Uninstaller PRO on your Windows system, add it. This is good because Advanced Uninstaller PRO is the best uninstaller and all around tool to clean your Windows PC.

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  • set up Advanced Uninstaller PRO
2. Run Advanced Uninstaller PRO. Take some time to admire Advanced Uninstaller PRO's interface and number of features available. Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a powerful Windows tool.

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


4. Press the Uninstall Programs button
Go to Uninstall Programs


5. All the applications existing on the PC will be shown to you

6. Navigate the list of applications until you locate VideoLAN Player or simply click the Search feature and type in "VideoLAN Player". If it is installed on your PC the VideoLAN Player program will be found very quickly. Notice that after you select VideoLAN Player in the list of applications, the following data about the application is shown to you:


  • Star rating (in the left lower corner). This tells you the opinion other people have about VideoLAN Player, ranging from "Highly recommended" to "Very dangerous".
  • Opinions by other people - Click on the Read reviews button.
  • Details about the application you are about to uninstall, by clicking on the Properties button.
7. Click the Uninstall button. A window asking you to confirm will show up. Confirm the uninstall by clicking Uninstall. Advanced Uninstaller PRO will then uninstall VideoLAN Player.
Uninstall VideoLAN Player


8. After uninstalling VideoLAN Player, Advanced Uninstaller PRO will ask you to run a cleanup. Press Next to start the cleanup. All the items of VideoLAN Player that have been left behind will be detected and you will be asked if you want to delete them. By uninstalling VideoLAN Player using Advanced Uninstaller PRO, you can be sure that no Windows registry entries, files or folders are left behind on your computer.

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



Disclaimer

The text above is not a piece of advice to uninstall VideoLAN Player by VideoLAN.org from your computer, nor are we saying that VideoLAN Player by VideoLAN.org is not a good application. This text only contains detailed info on how to uninstall VideoLAN Player in case you decide this is what you want to do. Here you can find registry and disk entries that our application Advanced Uninstaller PRO stumbled upon and classified as "leftovers" on other users' PCs.

2018-06-08 / Written by Andreea Kartman for Advanced Uninstaller PRO

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Last update on: 2018-06-08 11:20:40.240