How to Download and Install VLC Media Player

This wikiHow teaches you how to install VLC media player on your computer and smartphone. VLC is available for Windows, Mac, iPhone and Android platforms.

Table of Contents

On Windows

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Open VLC website. Type https://www.videpan.org/vlc/index.html into your computer’s web browser.

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Click Download VLC (Download VLC). This orange button is on the right side of the page.

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Choose where to save if prompted. This will allow the VLC installation file to be downloaded to your computer.

The VLC file will automatically download, if you are not prompted to choose a download location, you can skip this step.

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Double-click the downloaded VLC installation file. The file will be in your browser’s default download folder.

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Click Yes when prompted. The installation window will open.

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Select language. When asked, click the language drop-down box and select the language you want to use on VLC Media Player, then click OK to continue.

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Click Next three times. You will be redirected to the settings page.

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Click the Install option at the bottom of the page. VLC Media Player will begin to install on your computer.

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Launch VLC Media Player. During the installation, you can have VLC automatically launch as soon as it’s done by checking the box “Run VLC media player” and then clicking Finish .

In the future when you want to use VLC, you can double-click the VLC application icon located on the desktop or choose from the Start menu.

On Mac

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Open the VLC website. Go to https://www.videpan.org/vlc/index.html using a web browser on your computer.

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Click Download VLC . This orange button is on the right side of the page.

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Choose where to save if prompted. This will allow the VLC installation file to be downloaded to your computer.

The VLC file will automatically download, if you are not prompted to choose a download location, you can skip this step.

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Open the downloaded DMG file. Go to the folder where the browser downloaded the file and then double-click the VLC DMG file. The installation window will appear.

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Click and drag the VLC application icon and drop it into the “Applications” folder. The “Applications” folder is on the right side of the window, and the VLC traffic hat icon is on the left. VLC will begin to install on your computer.

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Launch VLC. The first time you open VLC after installation, you need to do the following:

Double-click the VLC application icon located in the Applications folder.
Wait for the Mac to verify VLC.
Click Open when prompted.

On iPhone

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Open the App Store app

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of the iPhone. Tap the App Store app icon with a white “A” on a light blue background.

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Click Search . This option is located in the lower right corner of the screen.

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Tap the search bar. This is the gray text box at the top with the word “App Store” inside.

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Find VLC. Type vlc and then click the blue Search button at the bottom right of the keyboard.

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Look for the title “VLC for Mobile”. Scroll down until you find this heading next to VLC’s orange traffic hat icon.

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Tap GET to the right of the “VLC for Mobile” heading.

If you have downloaded VLC before, to the right of this title will be the button

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(Download).

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Enter your Touch ID fingerprint or Apple ID password when prompted. VLC will then begin to install to the iPhone.

You can open VLC immediately after downloading by clicking the OPEN button on the App Store.

On Android

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Open Google Play Store

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on Android devices. Tap the Google Play Store app with the multicolored triangle icon on a white background.

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Tap the search bar at the top of the screen. Your Android device’s virtual keyboard will appear.

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Open the VLC page. Type vlc and then click VLC for Android in the resulting drop-down menu.

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Click the INSTALL button on the right side of the page. VLC will start installing on Android.

If prompted, select ALLOW after tapping INSTALL to confirm the download.
You can open VLC directly on the Play Store app by clicking OPEN after VLC has finished installing.

How to Download and Install VLC Media Player

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On Windows

On Mac

On iPhone

On Android

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