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How to uninstall VMware Player from your computer

VMware Player is a computer program. This page contains details on how to uninstall it from your PC. It is made by VMware, Inc.. Check out here for more information on VMware, Inc.. The application's main executable file has a size of 1.50 MB (1573352 bytes) on disk and is named vmplayer.exe.

The executable files below are installed together with VMware Player. They occupy about 66.47 MB (69702608 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 (5.05 MB)
  • vmware-shell-ext-thunker.exe (90.48 KB)
  • vmware-unity-helper.exe (197.98 KB)
  • vnetlib.exe (915.48 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 (25.25 MB)
  • vmware-vmx.exe (19.99 MB)
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The current web page applies to VMware Player version 12.5.9 alone. For more VMware Player versions please click below:

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After the uninstall process, the application leaves leftovers on the computer. Some of these are shown below.

Folders left behind when you uninstall VMware Player:
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\VMware\vmware-download-08AC\cdstmp_player-windows_12.5.9_7535481

The files below were left behind on your disk when you remove VMware Player:
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\VMware\player.log
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\VMware\vmware-download-08AC\cdstmp_player-windows_12.5.9_7535481\VMware-player-12.5.9-7535481.exe

You will find in the Windows Registry that the following keys will not be uninstalled; remove them one by one using regedit.exe:
  • HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\VMware Player
  • HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\VMware, Inc.\VMware Player
  • HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\Installer\Products\198C23933655D1249B0CED6ABC539F4F
  • HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\VMware, Inc.\VMware Player
  • HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Wow6432Node\VMware, Inc.\VMware Player

Additional registry values that you should delete:
  • HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\Installer\Products\198C23933655D1249B0CED6ABC539F4F\ProductName


How to remove VMware Player with the help of Advanced Uninstaller PRO

VMware Player is an application offered by the software company VMware, Inc.. Frequently, people try to erase it. This is troublesome because deleting this manually requires some advanced knowledge regarding Windows program uninstallation. One of the best QUICK way to erase VMware Player is to use Advanced Uninstaller PRO. Take the following steps on how to do this:





1. If you don't have Advanced Uninstaller PRO on your system, add it. This is a good step because Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a very potent uninstaller and general tool to take care of your PC.

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  • go to Download Link
  • download the setup by clicking on the DOWNLOAD NOW button
  • install Advanced Uninstaller PRO
2. Start Advanced Uninstaller PRO. Take your time to get familiar with the program's interface and number of functions available. Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a powerful system optimizer.

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


4. Click on the Uninstall Programs tool
Go to Uninstall Programs


5. A list of the programs existing on the PC will be made available to you

6. Navigate the list of programs until you find VMware Player or simply activate the Search feature and type in "VMware Player". If it exists on your system the VMware Player program will be found very quickly. Notice that after you click VMware Player in the list , the following data regarding the application is available to you:


  • Star rating (in the lower left corner). This tells you the opinion other users have regarding VMware Player, ranging from "Highly recommended" to "Very dangerous".
  • Opinions by other users - Click on the Read reviews button.
  • Technical information regarding the program you want to uninstall, by clicking on the Properties button.
7. Click the Uninstall button. A confirmation dialog will come up. Confirm the removal by pressing the Uninstall button. Advanced Uninstaller PRO will then remove VMware Player.
Uninstall VMware Player


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

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



Disclaimer

The text above is not a recommendation to remove VMware Player by VMware, Inc. from your computer, nor are we saying that VMware Player by VMware, Inc. is not a good software application. This page only contains detailed instructions on how to remove VMware Player supposing 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.

2018-01-13 / Written by Andreea Kartman for Advanced Uninstaller PRO

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Last update on: 2018-01-12 23:27:38.180