VLC media player
A guide to uninstall VLC media player from your PC
You can find on this page details on how to uninstall VLC media player for Windows. It was developed for Windows by
VideoLAN. Open
here for more info on VideoLAN. Further information about VLC media player can be found at
http://www.videolan.org/. The application is usually located in the C:\Program Files\VideoLAN\VLC folder (same installation drive as Windows). 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. Keep in mind that you might be prompted for administrator rights. vlc.exe is the programs's main file and it takes around 130.52 KB (133651 bytes) on disk.
VLC media player installs the following the executables on your PC, occupying about 531.61 KB (
544367 bytes) on disk.
- uninstall.exe (282.07 KB)
- vlc-cache-gen.exe (119.02 KB)
- vlc.exe (130.52 KB)
The information on this page is only about version
3.0.0201603130402 of VLC media player. Click on the links below for other VLC media player versions:
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A way to erase VLC media player from your computer with the help of Advanced Uninstaller PRO
VLC media player is a program offered by the software company VideoLAN. Sometimes, computer users want to erase this application. Sometimes this is easier said than done because deleting this by hand takes some advanced knowledge regarding PCs. One of the best SIMPLE approach to erase 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 system, install it. This is good because Advanced Uninstaller PRO is the best uninstaller and all around tool to optimize your system.
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- download the program by pressing the DOWNLOAD button
- install Advanced Uninstaller PRO
2. Start Advanced Uninstaller PRO. It's recommended to take your time to admire the program's design and number of functions available. Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a very good system utility.
3. Press the General Tools button

4. Click on the Uninstall Programs feature

5. A list of 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 feature and type in "VLC media player". The VLC media player program will be found automatically. Notice that after you click VLC media player in the list , the following data regarding the program is shown to you:
- Safety rating (in the left lower corner). The star rating explains the opinion other people have regarding VLC media player, ranging from "Highly recommended" to "Very dangerous".
- Opinions by other people - Press the Read reviews button.
- Technical information regarding the program you want to uninstall, 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 page will come up. accept the removal by clicking the Uninstall button. Advanced Uninstaller PRO will then remove VLC media player.

8. After uninstalling VLC media player, Advanced Uninstaller PRO will offer to run an additional 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 registry entries, files or directories are left behind on your disk.
Your system will remain clean, speedy and ready to run without errors or problems.
Disclaimer
The text above is not a recommendation to remove VLC media player by VideoLAN from your PC, nor are we saying that VLC media player by VideoLAN is not a good application. This text only contains detailed instructions 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 Advanced Uninstaller PRO stumbled upon and classified as "leftovers" on other users' computers.
Last update on: 2025-03-11 21:27:11.260