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How to uninstall VLC media player from your system

This page contains thorough information on how to remove VLC media player for Windows. It is made by VideoLAN. Further information on VideoLAN can be found here. More data about the software VLC media player can be found at . The application is often located in the C:\Program Files\VideoLAN\VLC folder (same installation drive as Windows). C:\Program Files\VideoLAN\VLC\uninstall.exe is the full command line if you want to remove VLC media player. The program's main executable file is named vlc.exe and it has a size of 126.02 KB (129043 bytes).

The executables below are part of VLC media player. They occupy about 491.05 KB (502839 bytes) on disk.

  • uninstall.exe (251.52 KB)
  • vlc-cache-gen.exe (113.52 KB)
  • vlc.exe (126.02 KB)


This page is about VLC media player version 3.0.0201505040002 alone. For more VLC media player versions please click below:

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How to remove VLC media player from your PC with Advanced Uninstaller PRO

VLC media player is an application released by VideoLAN. Frequently, people choose to uninstall it. This can be easier said than done because removing this by hand requires some experience regarding Windows internal functioning. One of the best SIMPLE approach 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 already installed on your Windows PC, install it. This is a good step because Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a very efficient uninstaller and general utility to clean your Windows PC.

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  • download the setup by clicking on the green DOWNLOAD button
  • install Advanced Uninstaller PRO
2. Start Advanced Uninstaller PRO. Take some time to admire Advanced Uninstaller PRO's design and wealth of functions available. Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a powerful system utility.

3. Press the General Tools button
Go to General Tools


4. Activate the Uninstall Programs button
Go to Uninstall Programs


5. All the applications existing on the computer will appear

6. Navigate the list of applications until you find VLC media player or simply click the Search field and type in "VLC media player". The VLC media player program will be found very quickly. Notice that after you click VLC media player in the list of apps, some data regarding the application is made available to you:


  • Star rating (in the left lower corner). This explains the opinion other people have regarding VLC media player, from "Highly recommended" to "Very dangerous".
  • Reviews by other people - Press the Read reviews button.
  • Details regarding the app you wish to uninstall, by clicking on 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 window will come up. Confirm the uninstall by clicking the Uninstall button. Advanced Uninstaller PRO will automatically uninstall VLC media player.
Uninstall VLC media player


8. After uninstalling VLC media player, Advanced Uninstaller PRO will offer to run a cleanup. Press Next to perform the cleanup. All the items that belong VLC media player that have been left behind will be found and you will be able to delete them. By removing VLC media 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 computer will remain clean, speedy and able to serve you properly.



Geographical user distribution

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

The text above is not a piece of advice to uninstall 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 PC. This text only contains detailed instructions on how to uninstall VLC media player in case you decide this is what you want to do. The information above contains registry and disk entries that our application Advanced Uninstaller PRO discovered and classified as "leftovers" on other users' computers.

2016-06-26 / Written by Dan Armano for Advanced Uninstaller PRO

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Last update on: 2016-06-26 12:55:27.303