VLC media player

A way to uninstall VLC media player from your PC

This page contains complete information on how to remove VLC media player for Windows. It was developed for Windows by VideoLAN. You can find out more on VideoLAN or check for application updates here. Click on http://www.videolan.org/ to get more info about VLC media player on VideoLAN's website. Usually the VLC media player program is to be found in the C:\Program Files (x86)\VideoLAN\VLC folder, depending on the user's option during install. You can uninstall VLC media player by clicking on the Start menu of Windows and pasting the command line C:\Program Files (x86)\VideoLAN\VLC\uninstall.exe. Keep in mind that you might get a notification for admin rights. The program's main executable file has a size of 126.02 KB (129043 bytes) on disk and is titled vlc.exe.

VLC media player is comprised of the following executables which take 491.27 KB (503063 bytes) on disk:

• uninstall.exe (251.74 KB)
• vlc-cache-gen.exe (113.52 KB)
• vlc.exe (126.02 KB)

This web page is about VLC media player version 3.0.0201411090003 alone. Click on the links below for other VLC media player versions:

• 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
• 3.0.0201407160002
• 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
• 3.0.0201505130003
• 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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If you are manually uninstalling VLC media player we recommend you to check if the following data is left behind on your PC.

Folders found on disk after you uninstall VLC media player from your PC:

• C:\Program Files\VideoLAN\VLC
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\vlc

The files below remain on your disk by VLC media player's application uninstaller when you removed it:

• C:\Program Files\VideoLAN\VLC\AUTHORS.txt
• C:\Program Files\VideoLAN\VLC\axvlc.dll
• C:\Program Files\VideoLAN\VLC\COPYING.txt
• C:\Program Files\VideoLAN\VLC\Documentation.url

Registry keys:

• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.3ga
• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.669
• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.ADT
• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.aob

Open regedit.exe to delete the registry values below from the Windows Registry:

• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Applications\vlc.exe\shell\Open\command\
• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\AudioCD\shell\PlayWithVLC\command\
• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{9BE31822-FDAD-461B-AD51-BE1D1C159921}\InprocServer32\
• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{9BE31822-FDAD-461B-AD51-BE1D1C159921}\ToolboxBitmap32\

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

VLC media player is a program by VideoLAN. Some users try to remove this application. Sometimes this can be hard because performing this by hand requires some know-how regarding removing Windows applications by hand. One of the best QUICK procedure 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 Windows system, install it. This is a good step because Advanced Uninstaller PRO is the best uninstaller and all around utility to clean your Windows system.

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• navigate to Download Link
• download the setup by clicking on the DOWNLOAD NOW button
• install Advanced Uninstaller PRO

2. Start Advanced Uninstaller PRO. It's recommended to take some time to admire the program's design and wealth of features available. Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a very useful package of tools.

3. Press the General Tools category


4. Click on the Uninstall Programs tool


5. All the applications existing on the PC will be shown to you

6. Navigate the list of applications until you find VLC media player or simply click the Search feature and type in "VLC media player". If it is installed on your PC the VLC media player application will be found very quickly. Notice that after you select VLC media player in the list of applications, the following 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".
• Reviews by other people - Press the Read reviews button.
• Technical information regarding the program you are about to remove, 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 (x86)\VideoLAN\VLC\uninstall.exe

7. Press the Uninstall button. A window asking you to confirm will come up. Confirm the removal by pressing the Uninstall button. Advanced Uninstaller PRO will remove VLC media player.


8. After uninstalling VLC media player, Advanced Uninstaller PRO will ask you to run an additional cleanup. Press Next to start the cleanup. All the items that belong VLC media player which have been left behind will be found and you will be asked if you want to delete them. By removing VLC media player using Advanced Uninstaller PRO, you are assured that no Windows registry entries, files or directories are left behind on your PC.

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

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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 info on how to remove VLC media player supposing 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.