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== Windows [[File:Windows-logo.jpg|40x40px]] ==
You can uninstall VLC from ''Add/Remove Programs'' (''Programs and Features'' in Windows 7) located in the ''Control Panel''. Search for VLC media player and right click, then select "Uninstall/Change". Follow the prompts to finish the uninstallation.

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Alternatively, you can browse to VLC's installation directory (for a typical install, go to your ''C: Drive'' and look for Program Files (if 64-bit, Program Files (x86) )&rarr;VideoLAN&rarr;VLC and double-click on the ''uninstall'' link and follow the prompts to uninstall.

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== macOS [[File:Applelogo.jpg|40x40px]] ==
Drag the VLC application to your trash can. You can also remove the configuration file and the cache files in '''~/Library/Preferences/VLC/'''. There is an AppleScript on the disk-image which lets you do this automatically.

If that did not work, you can double-click on the ''Applications'' icon. This will bring up a list of all applications on your Mac. Scroll through the list of Applications, then press and hold the ''Ctrl'' button to bring up a table of options and actions. Click on "move to trash".

Finally, if the previous processes failed, you can try downloading a third-party uninstaller program to uninstall it, such as [http://www.macupdate.com/app/mac/25276/appcleaner AppCleaner].

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== Linux ==
=== Debian [[File:Debian.png|40x40px]] ===
Remove the packages that you installed:
 # '''apt-get remove --purge vlc libdvdcss2'''

==== Ubuntu [[File:Ubuntulogo.png|45x45px]] ====
Remove ''VLC Media Player'' by entering this command in the Terminal.
 $ ''' sudo apt-get remove vlc '''
Or you can also search ''VLC'' in the ''Ubuntu Software Center'' and click on ''Remove'' to uninstall it.  

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=== Red Hat and SuSE [[File:Redhat.jpg|40x40px]][[File:Suse-Logo.png|35x35px]] ===
Uninstall the RPM packages that you installed:
 # '''rpm -e vlc-version vlc-mad-version wxvlc-version libdvdcss2-version libdvdpsi1-version'''

== Compiled the sources by yourself ==
Go to the directory containing VLC sources and execute
 # '''make uninstall'''
You can then remove the VLC sources.

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