VMware Player

A way 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.. More information about VMware, Inc. can be found here. The program's main executable file has a size of 1.75 MB (1838016 bytes) on disk and is named vmplayer.exe.

The executable files below are part of VMware Player. They occupy about 157.38 MB (165021176 bytes) on disk.

• 7za.exe (1.10 MB)
• containerd-shim-crx-v2.exe (20.12 MB)
• containerd.exe (18.52 MB)
• drvInst64.exe (531.94 KB)
• mkisofs.exe (425.53 KB)
• vmnat.exe (410.44 KB)
• VMnetDHCP.exe (364.44 KB)
• vmplayer.exe (1.75 MB)
• vmrest.exe (6.18 MB)
• vmrun.exe (500.44 KB)
• vmUpdateLauncher.exe (50.94 KB)
• vmware-authd.exe (76.44 KB)
• vmware-kvm.exe (677.94 KB)
• vmware-remotemks.exe (3.98 MB)
• vmware-unity-helper.exe (190.94 KB)
• vnetlib.exe (1.02 MB)
• vnetlib64.exe (1.22 MB)
• vnetsniffer.exe (276.09 KB)
• vnetstats.exe (270.59 KB)
• zip.exe (294.44 KB)
• docker-machine-driver-vmware.exe (8.67 MB)
• vctl.exe (26.85 MB)
• ovftool.exe (5.64 MB)
• storePwd.exe (133.44 KB)
• VMwareToolsUpgrader.exe (773.44 KB)
• VMwareToolsUpgrader9x.exe (206.44 KB)
• VMwareToolsUpgraderNT.exe (207.09 KB)
• mksSandbox-debug.exe (5.17 MB)
• mksSandbox.exe (4.19 MB)
• tpm2emu.exe (985.94 KB)
• vmware-vmx-debug.exe (26.75 MB)
• vmware-vmx.exe (19.99 MB)

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The information on this page is only about version 17.5.0 of VMware Player. Click on the links below for other VMware Player versions:

• 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
• 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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If you are manually uninstalling VMware Player we suggest you to verify if the following data is left behind on your PC.

Files remaining:

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

Registry keys:

• HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\VMware Player
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\Installer\Products\185B6A993AF0B1E4DB487E69EF624ED1
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\{99A6B581-0FA3-4E1B-BD84-E796FE26E41D}
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\VMware, Inc.\VMware Player
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Wow6432Node\VMware, Inc.\VMware Player

Registry values that are not removed from your computer:

• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\Installer\Products\185B6A993AF0B1E4DB487E69EF624ED1\ProductName

A way to delete VMware Player using Advanced Uninstaller PRO

VMware Player is an application marketed by VMware, Inc.. Frequently, people choose to uninstall it. Sometimes this can be difficult because uninstalling this by hand takes some knowledge regarding Windows program uninstallation. One of the best SIMPLE practice 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 PC, install it. This is a good step because Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a very potent uninstaller and general utility to clean your Windows computer.

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

2. Start Advanced Uninstaller PRO. It's recommended to take some time to get familiar with the program's interface and number of functions available. Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a very useful package of tools.

3. Click on the General Tools category


4. Activate the Uninstall Programs button


5. A list of the programs installed on your PC will be shown to you

6. Scroll the list of programs until you find VMware Player or simply activate the Search field and type in "VMware Player". The VMware Player application will be found very quickly. When you click VMware Player in the list , some data regarding the program is available to you:

• Safety rating (in the left lower corner). This 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 app you are about to remove, by clicking on the Properties button.

7. Press the Uninstall button. A confirmation dialog will show up. accept the uninstall by pressing the Uninstall button. Advanced Uninstaller PRO will then uninstall VMware Player.


8. After uninstalling VMware Player, Advanced Uninstaller PRO will ask you to run an additional cleanup. Click Next to proceed with the cleanup. All the items of VMware Player that have been left behind will be detected and you will be able to delete them. By uninstalling VMware Player with Advanced Uninstaller PRO, you are assured that no registry entries, files or directories are left behind on your disk.

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

Disclaimer

The text above is not a piece of advice to uninstall 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 simply contains detailed instructions on how to uninstall VMware Player supposing you decide this is what you want to do. Here you can find registry and disk entries that our application Advanced Uninstaller PRO stumbled upon and classified as "leftovers" on other users' PCs.