VMware Player

How to uninstall VMware Player from your PC

VMware Player is a Windows application. Read more about how to remove it from your PC. It was coded for Windows by VMware, Inc.. Check out here where you can read more on VMware, Inc.. The program's main executable file has a size of 1.76 MB (1842840 bytes) on disk and is named vmplayer.exe.

VMware Player installs the following the executables on your PC, taking about 156.99 MB (164613320 bytes) on disk.

• 7za.exe (1.11 MB)
• containerd-shim-crx-v2.exe (20.13 MB)
• containerd.exe (18.53 MB)
• drvInst64.exe (542.66 KB)
• mkisofs.exe (435.74 KB)
• vmnat.exe (418.15 KB)
• VMnetDHCP.exe (375.30 KB)
• vmplayer.exe (1.76 MB)
• vmrest.exe (6.18 MB)
• vmrun.exe (505.66 KB)
• vmUpdateLauncher.exe (61.23 KB)
• vmware-authd.exe (87.30 KB)
• vmware-kvm.exe (688.15 KB)
• vmware-remotemks.exe (3.96 MB)
• vmware-unity-helper.exe (201.15 KB)
• vnetlib.exe (1.03 MB)
• vnetlib64.exe (1.23 MB)
• vnetsniffer.exe (285.66 KB)
• vnetstats.exe (280.15 KB)
• vprintproxy.exe (34.65 KB)
• zip.exe (305.30 KB)
• docker-machine-driver-vmware.exe (8.68 MB)
• vctl.exe (26.86 MB)
• ovftool.exe (5.47 MB)
• storePwd.exe (144.30 KB)
• VMwareToolsUpgrader.exe (780.30 KB)
• VMwareToolsUpgrader9x.exe (217.30 KB)
• VMwareToolsUpgraderNT.exe (217.30 KB)
• mksSandbox-debug.exe (5.22 MB)
• mksSandbox.exe (4.21 MB)
• tpm2emu.exe (986.65 KB)
• vmware-vmx-debug.exe (26.51 MB)
• vmware-vmx.exe (19.71 MB)

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This data is about VMware Player version 17.0.0 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
• 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
• 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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Some files and registry entries are frequently left behind when you uninstall VMware Player.

Files remaining:

• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Quick Launch\User Pinned\TaskBar\Tombstones\VMware Workstation 17 Player.lnk

Additional values that are not cleaned:

• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Installer\Folders\C:\WINDOWS\Installer\{E09B8172-B374-45CB-AB89-2923DB9A3D56}\
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Installer\TempPackages\C:\WINDOWS\Installer\{E09B8172-B374-45CB-AB89-2923DB9A3D56}\_generic.ico

A way to delete VMware Player using Advanced Uninstaller PRO

VMware Player is an application by the software company VMware, Inc.. Sometimes, computer users try to uninstall this program. Sometimes this is efortful because deleting this by hand requires some advanced knowledge regarding Windows program uninstallation. The best SIMPLE way to uninstall VMware Player is to use Advanced Uninstaller PRO. Here are some detailed instructions about how to do this:





1. If you don't have Advanced Uninstaller PRO on your system, add it. This is a good step because Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a very useful uninstaller and general tool to maximize the performance of your PC.

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

2. Run Advanced Uninstaller PRO. Take your time to get familiar with Advanced Uninstaller PRO's interface and wealth of features available. Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a very good package of tools.

3. Click on the General Tools category


4. Press the Uninstall Programs feature


5. A list of the programs existing on your PC will be made available to you

6. Navigate the list of programs until you find VMware Player or simply activate the Search feature and type in "VMware Player". If it exists on your system the VMware Player app will be found automatically. Notice that after you select VMware Player in the list of programs, the following data regarding the program is available to you:

• Safety rating (in the lower left corner). The star rating tells you the opinion other people have regarding VMware Player, ranging from "Highly recommended" to "Very dangerous".
• Reviews by other people - Click on the Read reviews button.
• Technical information regarding the program you want to remove, by clicking on the Properties button.

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


8. After uninstalling VMware Player, Advanced Uninstaller PRO will ask you to run a cleanup. Press Next to proceed with the cleanup. All the items of VMware Player that have been left behind will be detected and you will be asked if you want to delete them. By removing VMware Player using Advanced Uninstaller PRO, you can be sure that no Windows registry items, files or directories are left behind on your disk.

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

Disclaimer

This page is not a recommendation to uninstall VMware Player by VMware, Inc. from your PC, we are not saying that VMware Player by VMware, Inc. is not a good application for your computer. This text 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 Advanced Uninstaller PRO discovered and classified as "leftovers" on other users' computers.