When you first open a video in VLC the title is usually splashed up on the bottom of the screen and I don't like that. I found two ways to disable this.
First way:
Open VLC and go into the preferences. Tools -> Preferences or open VLC and press the key combo Ctrl + P.
Then click on the Subtitles/OSD icon on the top meu.
Uncheck: Enable On Screen Display (OSD) and Show media title on video start. Save and Restart.
I originally came across instructions that suggested to only uncheck Show media title on video start, which didn't work on my system. I wasn't aware at the time I was supposed to uncheck them both.
Second way:
This is why I found and tried this way which did work.
Look for this file "vlcrc" in this path: C:\Users\(your account)\AppData\Roaming\vlc
You might need to show hidden files: How To Unhide Hidden Files
It has no extension but you can open it up in notepad. Search for the lines
# Show media title on video (boolean)
#video-title-show=1
Change the second string by setting the value to 0. So it reads: #video-title-show=0
I originally suggested you had to remove the # but I don't think that is necessary.
Save it and open VLC. It works for me.