VMware Player

How to uninstall VMware Player from your computer

This web page is about VMware Player for Windows. Below you can find details on how to uninstall it from your PC. The Windows version was developed by VMware, Inc.. Check out here where you can find out more on VMware, Inc.. vmplayer.exe is the programs's main file and it takes about 1.75 MB (1838016 bytes) on disk.

VMware Player contains of the executables below. They take 157.37 MB (165018368 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 (275.44 KB)
• vnetstats.exe (269.94 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 (206.44 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 17.5.1 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
• 17.6.3
• 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
• 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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Quite a few files, folders and Windows registry entries can not be removed when you are trying to remove VMware Player from your PC.

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

• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\{3157CAD1-F5B9-43CF-BE51-FAE72E7A576D}
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\VMware, Inc.\VMware Player
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Wow6432Node\VMware, Inc.\VMware Player

How to remove VMware Player from your PC with Advanced Uninstaller PRO

VMware Player is an application released by the software company VMware, Inc.. Sometimes, people want to erase this application. This can be difficult because uninstalling this by hand requires some skill regarding removing Windows programs manually. One of the best QUICK manner to erase 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 system, add it. This is a good step because Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a very efficient uninstaller and general tool to clean your computer.

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

2. Start Advanced Uninstaller PRO. It's recommended to take some time to get familiar with Advanced Uninstaller PRO's interface and number of functions available. Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a powerful Windows optimizer.

3. Press the General Tools button


4. Press the Uninstall Programs tool


5. A list of the programs installed on your computer will be made available to you

6. Navigate the list of programs until you locate VMware Player or simply click the Search feature and type in "VMware Player". If it exists on your system the VMware Player application will be found very quickly. When you select VMware Player in the list , the following information regarding the application is made available to you:

• Star rating (in the left lower corner). The star rating 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.
• Details regarding the application you wish to uninstall, by clicking on the Properties button.

7. Click the Uninstall button. A confirmation window will come up. accept the uninstall by pressing the Uninstall button. Advanced Uninstaller PRO will remove VMware Player.


8. After uninstalling VMware Player, Advanced Uninstaller PRO will offer to run a cleanup. Press Next to perform the cleanup. All the items of VMware Player that have been left behind will be found and you will be able to delete them. By uninstalling VMware Player with Advanced Uninstaller PRO, you are assured that no Windows registry items, files or directories are left behind on your computer.

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

Disclaimer

This page 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 application for your computer. This text simply contains detailed instructions on how to uninstall VMware Player supposing you want to. The information above contains registry and disk entries that Advanced Uninstaller PRO discovered and classified as "leftovers" on other users' computers.