VLC media player
A way to uninstall VLC media player from your system
This info is about VLC media player for Windows. Below you can find details on how to remove it from your computer. It is written by
VideoLAN. More information about VideoLAN can be read
here. More details about VLC media player can be found at
http://www.videolan.org/. Usually the VLC media player application is found 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. VLC media player's primary file takes around 124.52 KB (127507 bytes) and is named vlc.exe.
The following executables are contained in VLC media player. They occupy 498.87 KB (
510843 bytes) on disk.
- uninstall.exe (262.33 KB)
- vlc-cache-gen.exe (112.02 KB)
- vlc.exe (124.52 KB)
The current page applies to VLC media player version
2.2.0201406120023 only. You can find below info on other application versions of VLC media player:
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How to delete VLC media player from your computer using Advanced Uninstaller PRO
VLC media player is an application marketed by the software company VideoLAN. Sometimes, people want to erase this program. Sometimes this can be difficult because doing this by hand requires some knowledge related to Windows internal functioning. The best SIMPLE action to erase 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 system, install it. This is a good step because Advanced Uninstaller PRO is one of the best uninstaller and general utility to clean your computer.
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- download the setup by pressing the green DOWNLOAD NOW button
- install Advanced Uninstaller PRO
2. Start Advanced Uninstaller PRO. Take your time to get familiar with the program's design and number of features available. Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a powerful system optimizer.
3. Click on the General Tools button
4. Activate the Uninstall Programs feature
5. All the programs installed on your computer will appear
6. Scroll the list of programs until you find VLC media player or simply activate the Search field and type in "VLC media player". If it exists on your system the VLC media player program will be found automatically. After you select VLC media player in the list of programs, some information about the program is made available to you:
- Star rating (in the lower left corner). This tells you the opinion other people have about VLC media player, from "Highly recommended" to "Very dangerous".
- Reviews by other people - Click on the Read reviews button.
- Technical information about the app you want to remove, by pressing the Properties button.
For instance 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. Press the Uninstall button. A confirmation window will come up. accept the removal by pressing Uninstall. Advanced Uninstaller PRO will uninstall VLC media player.
8. After removing VLC media player, Advanced Uninstaller PRO will ask you to run a cleanup. Press Next to start the cleanup. All the items of VLC media player that have been left behind will be detected and you will be asked if you want to delete them. By removing VLC media player using Advanced Uninstaller PRO, you can be sure that no Windows registry items, files or folders are left behind on your PC.
Your Windows system will remain clean, speedy and able to serve you properly.
Disclaimer
The text above is not a piece of advice to uninstall VLC media player by VideoLAN from your PC, nor are we saying that VLC media player by VideoLAN is not a good application for your PC. This text 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' computers.
Last update on: 2015-03-22 08:50:49.750