VMware Player

A guide to uninstall VMware Player from your PC

VMware Player is a Windows program. Read more about how to uninstall it from your PC. The Windows release was developed by VMware, Inc.. Open here where you can read more on VMware, Inc.. vmplayer.exe is the programs's main file and it takes approximately 1.52 MB (1595368 bytes) on disk.

The executables below are part of VMware Player. They occupy about 65.21 MB (68373464 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 (93.98 KB)
• vmware-kvm.exe (617.98 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 (663.48 KB)
• VMwareToolsUpgrader9x.exe (211.48 KB)
• VMwareToolsUpgraderNT.exe (211.48 KB)
• tpm2emu.exe (1,001.48 KB)
• vmware-vmx-debug.exe (23.89 MB)
• vmware-vmx.exe (19.54 MB)

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This page is about VMware Player version 14.1.1 alone. For other 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
• 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
• 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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When planning to uninstall VMware Player you should check if the following data is left behind on your PC.

The files below remain on your disk when you remove VMware Player:

• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\VMware\player.log

Registry that is not uninstalled:

• HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\VMware Player
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\Installer\Products\9B4E8602D6A53E14B805CCE2DC9403B9
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\{2068E4B9-5A6D-41E3-8B50-CC2ECD49309B}
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\VMware, Inc.\VMware Player
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Wow6432Node\VMware, Inc.\VMware Player

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

• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\Installer\Products\9B4E8602D6A53E14B805CCE2DC9403B9\ProductName
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Installer\Folders\C:\WINDOWS\Installer\{2068E4B9-5A6D-41E3-8B50-CC2ECD49309B}\

How to delete VMware Player from your computer using Advanced Uninstaller PRO

VMware Player is an application offered by VMware, Inc.. Some people decide to remove this application. This is efortful because performing this by hand takes some know-how related to Windows program uninstallation. One of the best EASY 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 on your Windows system, add it. This is good because Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a very efficient uninstaller and all around utility to optimize your Windows computer.

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

2. Start Advanced Uninstaller PRO. It's recommended to take your time to admire the program's interface and number of tools available. Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a powerful system optimizer.

3. Press the General Tools button


4. Activate the Uninstall Programs button


5. All the programs installed on your computer will appear

6. Navigate the list of programs until you find VMware Player or simply activate the Search field and type in "VMware Player". If it is installed on your PC the VMware Player program will be found very quickly. Notice that when you click VMware Player in the list of applications, the following information regarding the program is shown to you:

• Star rating (in the left lower corner). This tells you the opinion other people have regarding VMware Player, ranging from "Highly recommended" to "Very dangerous".
• Opinions by other people - Press the Read reviews button.
• Technical information regarding the app you wish to remove, by clicking on the Properties button.

7. Press the Uninstall button. A window asking you to confirm will show up. Confirm the uninstall by pressing Uninstall. Advanced Uninstaller PRO will automatically uninstall VMware Player.


8. After uninstalling VMware Player, Advanced Uninstaller PRO will ask you to run an additional cleanup. Press 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 with Advanced Uninstaller PRO, you can be sure that no Windows registry entries, files or folders are left behind on your disk.

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

Disclaimer

This page 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 application for your computer. This page only contains detailed info on how to remove VMware Player supposing 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.