VMware Player

A guide to uninstall VMware Player from your computer

You can find on this page detailed information on how to uninstall VMware Player for Windows. It was coded for Windows by VMware, Inc.. Check out here where you can read more on VMware, Inc.. vmplayer.exe is the VMware Player's main executable file and it occupies about 1.52 MB (1595368 bytes) on disk.

VMware Player installs the following the executables on your PC, occupying about 65.03 MB (68191704 bytes) on disk.

• 7za.exe (1.04 MB)
• drvInst64.exe (480.98 KB)
• mkisofs.exe (430.57 KB)
• vixDiskMountServer.exe (436.48 KB)
• vmnat.exe (392.98 KB)
• VMnetDHCP.exe (358.48 KB)
• vmplayer.exe (1.52 MB)
• vmUpdateLauncher.exe (44.98 KB)
• vmware-authd.exe (92.98 KB)
• vmware-kvm.exe (617.48 KB)
• vmware-remotemks.exe (4.72 MB)
• vmware-shell-ext-thunker.exe (86.98 KB)
• vmware-unity-helper.exe (196.48 KB)
• vnetlib.exe (925.98 KB)
• vnetlib64.exe (1.06 MB)
• vnetsniffer.exe (265.98 KB)
• vnetstats.exe (261.48 KB)
• vprintproxy.exe (25.98 KB)
• zip.exe (299.48 KB)
• ovftool.exe (6.52 MB)
• storePwd.exe (77.98 KB)
• VMwareToolsUpgrader.exe (594.48 KB)
• VMwareToolsUpgrader9x.exe (211.48 KB)
• VMwareToolsUpgraderNT.exe (211.48 KB)
• tpm2emu.exe (974.48 KB)
• vmware-vmx-debug.exe (23.85 MB)
• vmware-vmx.exe (19.51 MB)

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This page is about VMware Player version 14.0.0 only. You can find here a few links to other VMware Player versions:

• 3.0.0.9911
• 15.5.0
• 6.0.1
• 6.0.2
• 2.0.0.45731
• 14.1.8
• 12.5.2
• 3.1.4.16648
• 2.5.2.7026
• 15.0.3
• 16.2.5
• 2.0.4.2658
• 12.5.9
• 16.2.2
• 4.0.2.28060
• 12.5.0
• 2.5.1.5078
• 14.1.2
• 17.5.0
• 2.5.0.4558
• 6.0.3
• 12.5.5
• 14.1.6
• 12.5.6
• 12.5.1
• 16.1.0
• 17.5.1
• 6.0.4
• 14.1.3
• 16.0.0
• 12.1.1
• 15.1.0
• 12.1.0
• 2.5.3.8888
• 16.1.1
• 4.0.6.35970
• 5.0.1
• 15.5.5
• 14.1.1
• 12.5.3
• 15.5.2
• 4.0.0.18997
• 15.5.1
• 5.0.2
• 15.0.1
• 14.1.4
• 12.0.1
• 3.1.2.14247
• 14.1.5
• 16.2.1
• 16.1.2
• 12.5.8
• 16.2.4
• 14.1.0
• 4.0.4.30409
• 17.0.2
• 2.5.4.11892
• 4.0.5.33341
• 2.0.3.1613
• 3.1.3.14951
• 15.5.6
• 6.0.0
• 12.5.4
• 4.0.3.29699
• 14.1.7
• 17.0.0
• 3.1.6.30422
• 3.1.5.19539
• 15.0.4
• 15.0.2
• 15.5.7
• 6.0.5
• 2.0.2.59824
• 16.2.3
• 12.0.0
• 17.0.1
• 12.5.7
• 2.5.5.15075
• 16.2.0
• 6.0.7
• 15.0.0
• 2.0.5.3938

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VMware Player has the habit of leaving behind some leftovers.

Registry that is not removed:

• HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\VMware Player
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\Installer\Products\F2BF6E0B0DAAC2C4982EFFF8397F6F35
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\{B0E6FB2F-AAD0-4C2C-89E2-FF8F93F7F653}
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\VMware, Inc.\VMware Player
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Wow6432Node\VMware, Inc.\VMware Player

Use regedit.exe to remove the following additional values from the Windows Registry:

• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\Installer\Products\F2BF6E0B0DAAC2C4982EFFF8397F6F35\ProductName
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Installer\Folders\C:\WINDOWS\Installer\{B0E6FB2F-AAD0-4C2C-89E2-FF8F93F7F653}\

A way to erase VMware Player from your PC using Advanced Uninstaller PRO

VMware Player is a program by the software company VMware, Inc.. Frequently, computer users want to remove this application. This is difficult because removing this by hand takes some advanced knowledge regarding removing Windows programs manually. The best SIMPLE manner to remove VMware Player is to use Advanced Uninstaller PRO. Here is how to do this:





1. If you don't have Advanced Uninstaller PRO already installed on your PC, add it. This is good because Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a very useful uninstaller and general utility to optimize your system.

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• go to Download Link
• download the setup by clicking on the green DOWNLOAD NOW button
• install Advanced Uninstaller PRO

2. Run Advanced Uninstaller PRO. Take your time to get familiar with the program's design and number of tools available. Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a powerful package of tools.

3. Click on the General Tools button


4. Click on the Uninstall Programs tool


5. All the applications existing on your PC will be shown to you

6. Navigate the list of applications until you locate VMware Player or simply click the Search field and type in "VMware Player". If it exists on your system the VMware Player application will be found automatically. When you select VMware Player in the list of programs, the following information regarding the application is made available to you:

• Safety rating (in the left lower corner). The star rating tells you the opinion other people have regarding VMware Player, ranging from "Highly recommended" to "Very dangerous".
• Reviews by other people - Click on the Read reviews button.
• Details regarding the program you are about to uninstall, by clicking on the Properties button.

7. Press the Uninstall button. A confirmation page will come up. Confirm the removal by pressing the Uninstall button. Advanced Uninstaller PRO will uninstall VMware Player.


8. After removing VMware Player, Advanced Uninstaller PRO will offer to run a cleanup. Press Next to perform 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 are assured that no Windows registry entries, files or directories are left behind on your PC.

Your Windows PC will remain clean, speedy and able to run without errors or problems.

Disclaimer

The text above is not a recommendation to uninstall VMware Player by VMware, Inc. from your PC, nor are we saying that VMware Player by VMware, Inc. is not a good application. This page only contains detailed info on how to uninstall VMware Player in case you decide this is what you want to do. The information above contains registry and disk entries that other software left behind and Advanced Uninstaller PRO stumbled upon and classified as "leftovers" on other users' computers.