VMware Player

How to uninstall VMware Player from your system

You can find below detailed information on how to uninstall VMware Player for Windows. It was created for Windows by VMware, Inc.. Open here for more information on VMware, Inc.. vmplayer.exe is the VMware Player's main executable file and it takes circa 1.72 MB (1799032 bytes) on disk.

The following executable files are incorporated in VMware Player. They take 157.98 MB (165652880 bytes) on disk.

• 7za.exe (1.21 MB)
• containerd-shim-crx-v2.exe (20.12 MB)
• containerd.exe (18.52 MB)
• drvInst64.exe (531.86 KB)
• mkisofs.exe (425.45 KB)
• vmnat.exe (410.37 KB)
• VMnetDHCP.exe (364.37 KB)
• vmplayer.exe (1.72 MB)
• vmrest.exe (6.18 MB)
• vmrun.exe (498.87 KB)
• vmUpdateLauncher.exe (53.36 KB)
• vmware-authd.exe (75.36 KB)
• vmware-kvm.exe (697.36 KB)
• vmware-remotemks.exe (4.00 MB)
• vnetlib.exe (1.02 MB)
• vnetlib64.exe (1.22 MB)
• vnetsniffer.exe (275.36 KB)
• vnetstats.exe (269.86 KB)
• zip.exe (294.37 KB)
• docker-machine-driver-vmware.exe (8.67 MB)
• vctl.exe (26.85 MB)
• ovftool.exe (5.68 MB)
• storePwd.exe (137.36 KB)
• VMwareToolsUpgrader.exe (751.87 KB)
• VMwareToolsUpgrader9x.exe (206.36 KB)
• VMwareToolsUpgraderNT.exe (206.37 KB)
• mksSandbox-debug.exe (5.29 MB)
• mksSandbox.exe (4.20 MB)
• tpm2emu.exe (986.37 KB)
• vmware-vmx-debug.exe (27.04 MB)
• vmware-vmx.exe (20.23 MB)

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This web page is about VMware Player version 17.6.3 alone. For more VMware Player versions please click below:

• 3.0.0.9911
• 15.5.0
• 6.0.1
• 6.0.2
• 2.0.0.45731
• 14.1.8
• 14.0.0
• 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
• 17.6.2
• 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
• 17.6.0
• 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
• 17.5.2
• 17.6.1
• 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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Following the uninstall process, the application leaves leftovers on the computer. Some of these are listed below.

Folders remaining:

• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\VMware\vmware-download-48E0\cdstmp_player-windows_17.6.3_24583834

Generally, the following files remain on disk:

• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\VMware\player.log
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\VMware\vmware-download-48E0\cdstmp_player-windows_17.6.3_24583834\VMware-player-17.6.3-24583834.exe

Use regedit.exe to manually remove from the Windows Registry the data below:

• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\{9A86852E-DB44-4AA0-B854-FCE0B1BADCD3}

Open regedit.exe in order to delete the following values:

• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Installer\Folders\C:\Windows\Installer\{9A86852E-DB44-4AA0-B854-FCE0B1BADCD3}\
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Installer\TempPackages\C:\Windows\Installer\{9A86852E-DB44-4AA0-B854-FCE0B1BADCD3}\_generic.ico

How to delete VMware Player from your PC with the help of Advanced Uninstaller PRO

VMware Player is an application released by VMware, Inc.. Sometimes, users want to uninstall it. This is efortful because deleting this manually requires some knowledge related to PCs. One of the best SIMPLE way to uninstall 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 already installed on your Windows system, add it. This is a good step because Advanced Uninstaller PRO is the best uninstaller and all around tool to clean your Windows computer.

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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 Advanced Uninstaller PRO's interface and wealth of tools available. Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a very good Windows tool.

3. Press the General Tools button


4. Press the Uninstall Programs tool


5. All the applications installed on your PC will appear

6. Scroll the list of applications until you locate 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. After you select VMware Player in the list of apps, some data about the program is shown to you:

• Star rating (in the left lower corner). This explains the opinion other users have about VMware Player, ranging from "Highly recommended" to "Very dangerous".
• Opinions by other users - Press the Read reviews button.
• Details about the program you are about to remove, by clicking on the Properties button.

7. Click the Uninstall button. A confirmation window will appear. Confirm the removal by clicking the Uninstall button. Advanced Uninstaller PRO will then uninstall VMware Player.


8. After removing VMware Player, Advanced Uninstaller PRO will offer to run a cleanup. Click Next to start the cleanup. All the items that belong VMware Player which have been left behind will be detected and you will be able to delete them. By uninstalling VMware Player using Advanced Uninstaller PRO, you are assured that no registry items, files or folders are left behind on your disk.

Your computer will remain clean, speedy and able to take on new tasks.

Disclaimer

The text above is not a recommendation to remove VMware Player by VMware, Inc. from your PC, we are not saying that VMware Player by VMware, Inc. is not a good software application. This text only contains detailed info on how to remove VMware Player in case you decide this is what you want to do. The information above contains registry and disk entries that Advanced Uninstaller PRO discovered and classified as "leftovers" on other users' PCs.