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A guide to uninstall VLC media player from your PC

VLC media player is a Windows program. Read more about how to remove it from your computer. It was created for Windows by VideoLAN. More information on VideoLAN can be seen here. Detailed information about VLC media player can be seen at . VLC media player is normally installed in the C:\Program Files\VideoLAN\VLC folder, but this location may differ a lot depending on the user's decision when installing the application. The entire uninstall command line for VLC media player is C:\Program Files\VideoLAN\VLC\uninstall.exe. vlc.exe is the VLC media player's primary executable file and it occupies around 130.52 KB (133651 bytes) on disk.

The executable files below are part of VLC media player. They occupy an average of 531.60 KB (544357 bytes) on disk.

  • uninstall.exe (282.06 KB)
  • vlc-cache-gen.exe (119.02 KB)
  • vlc.exe (130.52 KB)


The current web page applies to VLC media player version 3.0.0201603220402 only. Click on the links below for other VLC media player versions:

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A way to uninstall VLC media player with Advanced Uninstaller PRO

VLC media player is a program offered by VideoLAN. Sometimes, computer users try to remove this application. This can be efortful because uninstalling this by hand requires some knowledge regarding removing Windows applications by hand. The best EASY way to remove VLC media player is to use Advanced Uninstaller PRO. Here are some detailed instructions about 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 the best uninstaller and all around utility to maximize the performance of your Windows system.

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  • download the setup by pressing the DOWNLOAD button
  • install Advanced Uninstaller PRO
2. Start Advanced Uninstaller PRO. It's recommended to take some time to admire Advanced Uninstaller PRO's design and number of tools available. Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a very useful package of tools.

3. Click on the General Tools category
Go to General Tools


4. Press the Uninstall Programs button
Go to Uninstall Programs


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

6. Scroll the list of applications until you find VLC media player or simply activate the Search field and type in "VLC media player". If it exists on your system the VLC media player program will be found automatically. Notice that after you select VLC media player in the list of applications, the following data about the application is made available to you:


  • Star rating (in the lower left corner). The star rating explains the opinion other users have about VLC media player, from "Highly recommended" to "Very dangerous".
  • Opinions by other users - Click on the Read reviews button.
  • Details about the program you wish to remove, by pressing 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. accept the removal by clicking Uninstall. Advanced Uninstaller PRO will then uninstall VLC media player.
Uninstall VLC media player


8. After uninstalling VLC media player, Advanced Uninstaller PRO will offer to run a cleanup. Click Next to proceed with the cleanup. All the items that belong 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 using Advanced Uninstaller PRO, you can be sure that no Windows registry items, files or directories are left behind on your disk.

Your Windows system will remain clean, speedy and able to serve you properly.



Disclaimer

This page is not a piece of advice to uninstall VLC media player by VideoLAN from your PC, nor are we saying that VLC media player by VideoLAN is not a good application. This page simply contains detailed info on how to uninstall VLC media player in case you want to. The information above contains registry and disk entries that our application Advanced Uninstaller PRO stumbled upon and classified as "leftovers" on other users' PCs.

2016-08-29 / Written by Andreea Kartman for Advanced Uninstaller PRO

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Last update on: 2016-08-29 05:48:05.473