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How to uninstall VLC media player from your computer

VLC media player is a computer program. This page contains details on how to uninstall it from your PC. It was coded for Windows by VideoLAN. You can find out more on VideoLAN or check for application updates here. Please open if you want to read more on VLC media player on VideoLAN's website. VLC media player is normally installed in the C:\Program Files\VideoLAN\VLC folder, subject to the user's choice. The full command line for removing VLC media player is C:\Program Files\VideoLAN\VLC\uninstall.exe. Note that if you will type this command in Start / Run Note you may get a notification for admin rights. The program's main executable file is labeled vlc.exe and it has a size of 126.02 KB (129043 bytes).

VLC media player contains of the executables below. They take 491.14 KB (502926 bytes) on disk.




  • uninstall.exe (251.60 KB)
  • vlc-cache-gen.exe (113.52 KB)
  • vlc.exe (126.02 KB)


The information on this page is only about version 3.0.0201503260002 of VLC media player. You can find below info on other releases of VLC media player:

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

VLC media player is an application released by the software company VideoLAN. Some people decide to erase this program. This can be difficult because deleting this by hand takes some know-how regarding Windows program uninstallation. One of the best QUICK practice to erase VLC media player is to use Advanced Uninstaller PRO. Here is how to do this:





1. If you don't have Advanced Uninstaller PRO already installed on your Windows PC, add it. This is good because Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a very efficient uninstaller and general utility to take care of your Windows PC.

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  • go to Download Link
  • download the program by clicking on the DOWNLOAD button
  • install Advanced Uninstaller PRO
2. Start Advanced Uninstaller PRO. Take your time to get familiar with Advanced Uninstaller PRO's interface and wealth of features available. Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a very useful PC management program.

3. Press the General Tools button
Go to General Tools


4. Activate the Uninstall Programs tool
Go to Uninstall Programs


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

6. Navigate the list of applications until you locate VLC media player or simply activate the Search feature and type in "VLC media player". The VLC media player program will be found automatically. When you click VLC media player in the list of applications, some information about the program is shown to you:


  • Star rating (in the left lower corner). The star rating tells you the opinion other users have about VLC media player, from "Highly recommended" to "Very dangerous".
  • Reviews by other users - Press the Read reviews button.
  • Details about the application you want to remove, by clicking on the Properties button.
For instance 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 window will appear. Confirm the uninstall by clicking the Uninstall button. Advanced Uninstaller PRO will then uninstall VLC media player.
Uninstall VLC media player


8. After removing VLC media player, Advanced Uninstaller PRO will ask you to run a cleanup. Press Next to perform the cleanup. All the items that belong VLC media player which 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 system.

Your Windows PC will remain clean, speedy and able to run without errors or problems.



Disclaimer

The text above is not a recommendation to remove VLC media player by VideoLAN from your computer, nor are we saying that VLC media player by VideoLAN is not a good software application. This page simply contains detailed instructions on how to remove VLC media player in case you want to. The information above contains registry and disk entries that other software left behind and Advanced Uninstaller PRO discovered and classified as "leftovers" on other users' PCs.

2015-03-30 / Written by Andreea Kartman for Advanced Uninstaller PRO

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Last update on: 2015-03-29 23:34:32.133