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.

Usually the following registry data will not be cleaned:

• HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\VMware Player
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\Installer\Products\E25868A944BD0AA48B45CF0E1BABCD3D
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\{9A86852E-DB44-4AA0-B854-FCE0B1BADCD3}
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\VMware, Inc.\VMware Player
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Wow6432Node\VMware, Inc.\VMware Player

Open regedit.exe to delete the values below from the Windows Registry:

• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\Installer\Products\E25868A944BD0AA48B45CF0E1BABCD3D\ProductName
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Installer\Folders\C:\WINDOWS\Installer\{9A86852E-DB44-4AA0-B854-FCE0B1BADCD3}\

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

VMware Player is an application marketed by VMware, Inc.. Sometimes, people try to uninstall this application. This can be troublesome because uninstalling this by hand requires some experience related to Windows internal functioning. One of the best SIMPLE manner to uninstall 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 Windows PC, add it. This is good because Advanced Uninstaller PRO is the best uninstaller and all around utility to clean your Windows PC.

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• go to Download Link
• download the setup by clicking on the DOWNLOAD button
• set up Advanced Uninstaller PRO

2. Run Advanced Uninstaller PRO. Take some time to get familiar with Advanced Uninstaller PRO's interface and wealth of functions available. Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a very good system utility.

3. Click on the General Tools category


4. Activate the Uninstall Programs tool


5. All the applications existing on the computer will be made available to you

6. Scroll the list of applications until you locate VMware Player or simply activate the Search feature and type in "VMware Player". If it is installed on your PC the VMware Player app will be found automatically. Notice that after you click VMware Player in the list , some data regarding the program is available to you:

• Star rating (in the lower left corner). The star rating explains the opinion other users have regarding VMware Player, from "Highly recommended" to "Very dangerous".
• Opinions by other users - Click on the Read reviews button.
• Technical information regarding the program you wish to uninstall, by clicking on the Properties button.

7. Press the Uninstall button. A window asking you to confirm will appear. Confirm the uninstall by clicking Uninstall. Advanced Uninstaller PRO will uninstall VMware Player.


8. After removing VMware Player, Advanced Uninstaller PRO will ask you to run a cleanup. Click Next to perform the cleanup. All the items of VMware Player which have been left behind will be detected and you will be able to delete them. By removing VMware Player with Advanced Uninstaller PRO, you can be sure that no registry items, files or folders are left behind on your PC.

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

Disclaimer

This page is not a piece of advice to remove VMware Player by VMware, Inc. from your computer, we are not saying that VMware Player by VMware, Inc. is not a good application for your computer. This text simply contains detailed info on how to remove VMware Player in case you want to. Here you can find registry and disk entries that Advanced Uninstaller PRO discovered and classified as "leftovers" on other users' PCs.