VLC Media Player is a lightweight, open-source and cross-platform multimedia player and streaming media server written by the VideoLAN Project. This software claims to be completely free, no spyware, no ads and no user tracking. It supports many audio and video compression methods and file formats, including DVD-Video, video CD and streaming protocols. With the intuitive interface, it can also stream media over computer networks and transcode multimedia files. All those features enforce VLC Media Player’s position at the top of the free media players. Many users get into trouble when uninstalling VLC Media Player from the computer, and the problems come like that: VLC Media Player does not appear in the program list of Add/ Remove Programs; unknown error pops up to interrupt the uninstall process; the associated files left in registry or hard drive cannot be completely removed… So what is the proper way to uninstall VLC Media Player? And how to remove all the leftovers without hassle? Read on this post to find the answers.

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