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A way to uninstall VLC media player from your computer

This info is about VLC media player for Windows. Below you can find details on how to remove it from your computer. It is developed by VideoLAN. Further information on VideoLAN can be found here. You can read more about on VLC media player at . VLC media player is frequently installed in the C:\Program Files (x86)\VideoLAN\VLC directory, however this location may vary a lot depending on the user's choice when installing the program. The full uninstall command line for VLC media player is C:\Program Files (x86)\VideoLAN\VLC\uninstall.exe. The program's main executable file is called vlc.exe and its approximative size is 126.02 KB (129043 bytes).

VLC media player is composed of the following executables which take 491.18 KB (502968 bytes) on disk:

  • uninstall.exe (251.64 KB)
  • vlc-cache-gen.exe (113.52 KB)
  • vlc.exe (126.02 KB)


The current web page applies to VLC media player version 3.0.0201505180002 alone. You can find below info on other versions of VLC media player:

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A way to uninstall VLC media player from your PC using Advanced Uninstaller PRO

VLC media player is an application marketed by the software company VideoLAN. Frequently, people want to uninstall this program. This is easier said than done because uninstalling this manually takes some experience regarding PCs. The best EASY way 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 the best uninstaller and all around utility to take care of your system.

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  • download the setup by pressing the green DOWNLOAD NOW button
  • set up Advanced Uninstaller PRO
2. Start Advanced Uninstaller PRO. Take some time to admire the program's interface and number of functions available. Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a powerful program.

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


4. Press the Uninstall Programs tool
Go to Uninstall Programs


5. A list of the applications installed on your PC will be made available 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". If it exists on your system the VLC media player program will be found automatically. When you select VLC media player in the list of apps, some data regarding the program is available to you:


  • Star rating (in the lower left corner). The star rating tells you the opinion other people have regarding VLC media player, from "Highly recommended" to "Very dangerous".
  • Opinions by other people - Click on the Read reviews button.
  • Details regarding the program you wish to remove, by pressing the Properties button.
For example you can see that for VLC media player:





  • The web site of the program is: http://www.videolan.org/
  • The uninstall string is: C:\Program Files (x86)\VideoLAN\VLC\uninstall.exe
7. Click the Uninstall button. A confirmation dialog will show up. accept the removal by pressing the Uninstall button. Advanced Uninstaller PRO will uninstall VLC media player.
Uninstall VLC media player


8. After removing VLC media player, Advanced Uninstaller PRO will offer to run a cleanup. Press Next to proceed with the cleanup. All the items of VLC media player that have been left behind will be found and you will be asked if you want to delete them. By removing VLC media player with Advanced Uninstaller PRO, you can be sure that no Windows registry items, files or directories are left behind on your computer.

Your Windows computer will remain clean, speedy and able to take on new tasks.



Geographical user distribution

  • Windows 7 (6.1)
  • 10.0
  • Windows 8.1 (6.3)
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Disclaimer

The text above is not a piece of advice to remove VLC media player by VideoLAN from your computer, we are not saying that VLC media player by VideoLAN is not a good application for your computer. This text simply contains detailed info on how to remove VLC media player in case you decide this is what you want to do. Here you can find registry and disk entries that other software left behind and Advanced Uninstaller PRO stumbled upon and classified as "leftovers" on other users' computers.

2016-11-20 / Written by Andreea Kartman for Advanced Uninstaller PRO

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Last update on: 2016-11-20 06:28:33.590