VMware Player

How to uninstall VMware Player from your PC

This web page contains detailed information on how to uninstall VMware Player for Windows. The Windows version was created by VMware, Inc.. Open here for more info on VMware, Inc.. VMware Player's primary file takes around 1.75 MB (1832720 bytes) and its name is vmplayer.exe.

VMware Player contains of the executables below. They take 156.67 MB (164278976 bytes) on disk.

• 7za.exe (1.10 MB)
• containerd-shim-crx-v2.exe (20.12 MB)
• containerd.exe (18.52 MB)
• drvInst64.exe (532.12 KB)
• mkisofs.exe (425.86 KB)
• vmnat.exe (407.62 KB)
• VMnetDHCP.exe (364.77 KB)
• vmplayer.exe (1.75 MB)
• vmrest.exe (6.17 MB)
• vmrun.exe (495.12 KB)
• vmUpdateLauncher.exe (61.23 KB)
• vmware-authd.exe (76.77 KB)
• vmware-kvm.exe (677.62 KB)
• vmware-remotemks.exe (3.95 MB)
• vmware-unity-helper.exe (190.62 KB)
• vnetlib.exe (1.01 MB)
• vnetlib64.exe (1.22 MB)
• vnetsniffer.exe (275.12 KB)
• vnetstats.exe (270.27 KB)
• vprintproxy.exe (24.77 KB)
• zip.exe (294.77 KB)
• docker-machine-driver-vmware.exe (8.67 MB)
• vctl.exe (26.85 MB)
• ovftool.exe (5.47 MB)
• storePwd.exe (133.12 KB)
• VMwareToolsUpgrader.exe (769.12 KB)
• VMwareToolsUpgrader9x.exe (206.12 KB)
• VMwareToolsUpgraderNT.exe (206.77 KB)
• mksSandbox-debug.exe (5.21 MB)
• mksSandbox.exe (4.20 MB)
• tpm2emu.exe (976.77 KB)
• vmware-vmx-debug.exe (26.50 MB)
• vmware-vmx.exe (19.70 MB)

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This data is about VMware Player version 17.0.2 only. You can find below info on other versions of VMware Player:

• 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
• 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
• 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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Many files, folders and registry entries will not be removed when you remove VMware Player from your computer.

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

• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Quick Launch\User Pinned\TaskBar\VMware Workstation 17 Player.lnk
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Recent\VMware Workstation Player 17.0.2 Build 21581411 (x64) Commercial + Serials (2).lnk
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Recent\VMware Workstation Player 17.0.2 Build 21581411 (x64) Commercial + Serials.lnk

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

• HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\VMware Player
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\Installer\Products\3B00F55D38F616442834008A7219D0A4
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\{D55F00B3-6F83-4461-8243-00A827910D4A}
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\VMware, Inc.\VMware Player
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Wow6432Node\VMware, Inc.\VMware Player

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

• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\Installer\Products\3B00F55D38F616442834008A7219D0A4\ProductName
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Installer\Folders\C:\Windows\Installer\{D55F00B3-6F83-4461-8243-00A827910D4A}\

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

VMware Player is an application by VMware, Inc.. Some people want to remove this program. Sometimes this can be troublesome because deleting this manually takes some know-how regarding PCs. The best QUICK manner to remove 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 on your system, install it. This is good because Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a very efficient uninstaller and all around utility to optimize your computer.

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• navigate to Download Link
• download the setup by pressing the green DOWNLOAD NOW button
• set up Advanced Uninstaller PRO

2. Run Advanced Uninstaller PRO. It's recommended to take your time to get familiar with the program's interface and wealth of features available. Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a powerful package of utilities.

3. Click on the General Tools button


4. Press the Uninstall Programs button


5. All the programs existing on the computer will appear

6. Scroll the list of programs until you find VMware Player or simply click the Search feature and type in "VMware Player". The VMware Player program will be found very quickly. Notice that when you click VMware Player in the list of apps, some information regarding the program is shown to you:

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

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


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

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

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 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 Advanced Uninstaller PRO stumbled upon and classified as "leftovers" on other users' computers.