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A way to uninstall VLC media player from your computer

VLC media player is a Windows program. Read more about how to remove it from your PC. It is made by VideoLAN. You can read more on VideoLAN or check for application updates here. Click on to get more info about VLC media player on VideoLAN's website. Usually the VLC media player application is placed in the C:\Program Files\VideoLAN\VLC folder, depending on the user's option during install. VLC media player's complete uninstall command line is C:\Program Files\VideoLAN\VLC\uninstall.exe. The program's main executable file is labeled vlc.exe and occupies 129.52 KB (132627 bytes).

The following executables are contained in VLC media player. They occupy 498.82 KB (510791 bytes) on disk.

  • uninstall.exe (251.28 KB)
  • vlc-cache-gen.exe (118.02 KB)
  • vlc.exe (129.52 KB)


The current page applies to VLC media player version 3.0.0201504050402 alone. You can find below a few links to other VLC media player releases:

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A way to remove VLC media player from your PC with the help of Advanced Uninstaller PRO

VLC media player is a program marketed by the software company VideoLAN. Sometimes, computer users try to uninstall this application. Sometimes this can be hard because doing this manually requires some advanced knowledge related to Windows program uninstallation. One of the best EASY practice to uninstall VLC media 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 PC, install it. This is good because Advanced Uninstaller PRO is an efficient uninstaller and all around utility to clean your PC.

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

3. Press the General Tools button
Go to General Tools


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


5. All the applications installed on the computer will be shown to you

6. Scroll the list of applications until you find VLC media player or simply click the Search field and type in "VLC media player". If it exists on your system the VLC media player program will be found automatically. Notice that after you select VLC media player in the list of programs, the following data regarding the program is shown to you:


  • Safety rating (in the left lower corner). This explains the opinion other users have regarding VLC media player, ranging from "Highly recommended" to "Very dangerous".
  • Reviews by other users - Press the Read reviews button.
  • Technical information regarding the application you are about to uninstall, by pressing the Properties button.
For example you can see that for VLC media player:





  • The software company 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. accept the uninstall by clicking the Uninstall button. Advanced Uninstaller PRO will uninstall 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 that belong VLC media player that have been left behind will be found and you will be asked if you want to delete them. By uninstalling 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 able to run without errors or problems.



Disclaimer

This page is not a recommendation to uninstall 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 only contains detailed info on how to uninstall 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 stumbled upon and classified as "leftovers" on other users' PCs.

2015-04-21 / Written by Daniel Statescu for Advanced Uninstaller PRO

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Last update on: 2015-04-20 21:03:34.260