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A guide to uninstall VMware Player from your system

VMware Player is a Windows program. Read below about how to uninstall it from your computer. It is written by VMware, Inc.. Check out here for more details on VMware, Inc.. vmplayer.exe is the programs's main file and it takes about 1.50 MB (1573352 bytes) on disk.

The executable files below are part of VMware Player. They take an average of 66.59 MB (69821904 bytes) on disk.

  • 7za.exe (1.04 MB)
  • drvInst64.exe (444.48 KB)
  • mkisofs.exe (430.57 KB)
  • vixDiskMountServer.exe (435.98 KB)
  • vmnat.exe (391.48 KB)
  • VMnetDHCP.exe (357.98 KB)
  • vmplayer.exe (1.50 MB)
  • vmUpdateLauncher.exe (34.71 KB)
  • vmware-authd.exe (97.48 KB)
  • vmware-kvm.exe (655.48 KB)
  • vmware-remotemks.exe (5.09 MB)
  • vmware-shell-ext-thunker.exe (90.48 KB)
  • vmware-unity-helper.exe (197.98 KB)
  • vnetlib.exe (914.98 KB)
  • vnetlib64.exe (1.07 MB)
  • vnetsniffer.exe (264.48 KB)
  • vnetstats.exe (259.98 KB)
  • vprintproxy.exe (26.48 KB)
  • zip.exe (299.48 KB)
  • ovftool.exe (6.71 MB)
  • storePwd.exe (77.98 KB)
  • VMwareToolsUpgrader.exe (594.48 KB)
  • VMwareToolsUpgrader9x.exe (211.48 KB)
  • VMwareToolsUpgraderNT.exe (211.48 KB)
  • vmware-vmx-debug.exe (25.28 MB)
  • vmware-vmx.exe (20.03 MB)
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The information on this page is only about version 12.5.7 of VMware Player. For other VMware Player versions please click below:

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Some files and registry entries are frequently left behind when you uninstall VMware Player.

Frequently the following registry data will not be removed:
  • HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\VMware Player
  • HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\Installer\Products\C18D1D3EEEDE85E4A8252CCE43C75584
  • HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\{E3D1D81C-EDEE-4E58-8A52-C2EC347C5548}
  • HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\VMware, Inc.\VMware Player
  • HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Wow6432Node\VMware, Inc.\VMware Player

Registry values that are not removed from your computer:
  • HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\Installer\Products\C18D1D3EEEDE85E4A8252CCE43C75584\ProductName


A way to remove VMware Player from your PC with the help of Advanced Uninstaller PRO

VMware Player is a program by VMware, Inc.. Sometimes, people try to uninstall it. This can be efortful because doing this by hand requires some experience related to Windows internal functioning. The best QUICK solution to uninstall VMware 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 good because Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a very useful uninstaller and general tool to maximize the performance of your Windows system.

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  • download the setup by pressing the green DOWNLOAD NOW button
  • install Advanced Uninstaller PRO
2. Run Advanced Uninstaller PRO. Take your time to admire Advanced Uninstaller PRO's design and number of tools available. Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a very good package of utilities.

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


4. Activate the Uninstall Programs button
Go to Uninstall Programs


5. A list of the applications existing on your PC will be shown to you

6. Navigate the list of applications until you locate VMware Player or simply activate the Search field and type in "VMware Player". If it is installed on your PC the VMware Player application will be found automatically. When you select VMware Player in the list of programs, some information about the program is shown to you:


  • Star rating (in the lower left corner). This tells you the opinion other people have about VMware Player, from "Highly recommended" to "Very dangerous".
  • Reviews by other people - Click on the Read reviews button.
  • Technical information about the program you are about to uninstall, by pressing the Properties button.
7. Click the Uninstall button. A confirmation window will appear. accept the uninstall by clicking Uninstall. Advanced Uninstaller PRO will then remove VMware Player.
Uninstall VMware Player


8. After removing VMware Player, Advanced Uninstaller PRO will ask you to run an additional cleanup. Press Next to perform the cleanup. All the items that belong VMware Player which have been left behind will be found and you will be able to delete them. By uninstalling VMware Player with Advanced Uninstaller PRO, you can be sure that no Windows registry items, files or directories are left behind on your computer.

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



Geographical user distribution

  • 10.0
  • Windows 8.1 (6.3)
  • Windows 7 (6.1)
  • Windows 8 (6.2)
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Disclaimer

This page is not a recommendation to uninstall VMware Player by VMware, Inc. from your computer, nor are we saying that VMware Player by VMware, Inc. is not a good application for your PC. This page only contains detailed info on how to uninstall VMware Player in case you want to. The information above contains registry and disk entries that our application Advanced Uninstaller PRO discovered and classified as "leftovers" on other users' computers.

2017-06-23 / Written by Dan Armano for Advanced Uninstaller PRO

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Last update on: 2017-06-23 11:21:34.843