VLC media player

A guide to uninstall VLC media player from your system

You can find on this page detailed information on how to remove VLC media player for Windows. The Windows release was created by VideoLAN. Further information on VideoLAN can be seen here. Click on http://www.videolan.org/ to get more information about VLC media player on VideoLAN's website. VLC media player is usually set up in the C:\Program Files\VideoLAN\VLC folder, depending on the user's choice. You can remove VLC media player by clicking on the Start menu of Windows and pasting the command line C:\Program Files\VideoLAN\VLC\uninstall.exe. Note that you might get a notification for admin rights. The program's main executable file occupies 124.02 KB (126995 bytes) on disk and is called vlc.exe.

VLC media player installs the following the executables on your PC, occupying about 487.76 KB (499469 bytes) on disk.

• vlc.exe (124.02 KB)
• vlc-cache-gen.exe (112.02 KB)
• uninstall.exe (251.73 KB)

The current page applies to VLC media player version 3.0.0201407160002 alone. You can find below info on other releases of VLC media player:

• 3.0.0201512130402
• 3.0.0201501200423
• 3.0.0201603220402
• 3.0.0201505180002
• 3.0.0201412230003
• 3.0.09
• 3.0.0201511110402
• 3.0.0201505200002
• 3.0.0201506270002
• 3.0.0201412011908
• 1.1.2
• 3.0.0201503171132
• 3.0.6
• 3.0.0201604300401
• 3.0.0201506020402
• 2.2.0201405100402
• 3.0.0201507170402
• 3.0.0201507280402
• 3.0.0201407050945
• 3.0.0201604020002
• 3.0.4
• 3.0.0201502082004
• 3.0.0201504040402
• 3.0.0201503040003
• 3.0.0201501110003
• 3.0.0201503171517
• 2.2.0201405180019
• 3.0.0201507110002
• 3.0.0201606050002
• 3.0.0201605080002
• 3.0.0201508100402
• 3.0.0201509190402
• 3.0.0201604030002
• 3.0.2
• 3.0.0201508080402
• 3.0.0201505040002
• 2.2.01201410270202
• 3.0.0201510300402
• 3.0.0201503260002
• 3.0.0201602200403
• 3.0.0201409230402
• 2.0.3
• 2.2.0201406120023
• 3.0.0201412130003
• 3.0.3
• 4.0.0.0
• 3.0.0201603300402
• 3.0.0201506050002
• 3.0.0201411060402
• 3.0.0201509210002
• 3.0.0201410100002
• 2.1.3
• 3.0.0201412121425
• 3.0.18.0
• 3.0.9
• 3.0.0201507030402
• 3.0.182
• 2.2.02
• 3.0.0201505060003
• 3.0.0201506300402
• 3.0.0201410070003
• 3.0.0201507080402
• 2.2.03
• 3.0.0201408200402
• 3.0.0201503250402
• 3.0.0201604010402
• 3.0.0201508140403
• 3.0.0201508190403
• 3.0.0201508170403
• 3.0.0201411090003
• 3.0.0201505130003
• 3.0.0201508140003
• 2.2.0201405200043
• 3.0.0201602180402
• 3.0.0201605110401
• 3.0.0201501080002
• 3.0.0201501010402
• 3.0.0201504130003
• 2.2.01
• 3.0.0201409061949
• 3.0.0201409070004
• 3.0.0201509200402
• 3.0.0201502241839
• 3.0.0201504091232
• 3.0.0201504050402
• 3.0.13
• 3.0.0201503090002
• 3.0.0201501240003
• 3.0.0201604270401
• 3.0.0201411100403
• 3.0.0201606020002
• 3.0.0201407220002
• 3.0.0201410210002
• 3.0.0201509250402
• 3.0.0201511190402
• 3.0.0201506191140
• 3.0.0201507050402
• 3.0.04
• 2.2.1265
• 3.0.0201504010914

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How to delete VLC media player from your PC using Advanced Uninstaller PRO

VLC media player is a program released by the software company VideoLAN. Frequently, people try to remove it. This is hard because uninstalling this by hand takes some knowledge regarding PCs. One of the best QUICK action to remove 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 PC, install it. This is good because Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a very potent uninstaller and all around utility to maximize the performance of your computer.

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• download the setup by pressing the green DOWNLOAD button
• install Advanced Uninstaller PRO

2. Start Advanced Uninstaller PRO. Take your time to get familiar with Advanced Uninstaller PRO's interface and number of features available. Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a powerful package of tools.

3. Click on the General Tools button


4. Click on the Uninstall Programs tool


5. A list of the applications installed on your computer will be made available to you

6. Scroll the list of applications until you locate VLC media player or simply click the Search field and type in "VLC media player". If it is installed on your PC the VLC media player program will be found very quickly. Notice that after you click VLC media player in the list of applications, the following information about the program is made available to you:

• Safety rating (in the lower left corner). This explains the opinion other people have about VLC media player, ranging from "Highly recommended" to "Very dangerous".
• Opinions by other people - Click on the Read reviews button.
• Details about the application you want to remove, by pressing the Properties button.

For example you can see that for VLC media player:

• The web site of the application 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 show up. Confirm the uninstall by pressing the Uninstall button. Advanced Uninstaller PRO will automatically uninstall VLC media player.


8. After removing VLC media player, Advanced Uninstaller PRO will ask you to run a cleanup. Click Next to start the cleanup. All the items of VLC media player which have been left behind will be detected and you will be able to delete them. By uninstalling VLC media player with Advanced Uninstaller PRO, you are assured that no registry entries, files or directories are left behind on your computer.

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

Disclaimer

The text above is not a recommendation 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 info on how to remove VLC media player in case you want to. The information above contains registry and disk entries that Advanced Uninstaller PRO stumbled upon and classified as "leftovers" on other users' PCs.