VMware Player

A way to uninstall VMware Player from your system

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
• 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
• 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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Quite a few files, folders and Windows registry entries can not be removed when you are trying to remove VMware Player from your PC.

The files below were left behind on your disk by VMware Player when you uninstall it:

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

Registry that is not removed:

• HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\VMware Player
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\Installer\Products\1DAC75139B5FFC34EB15AF7EE2A775D6
• 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

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

• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\Installer\Products\1DAC75139B5FFC34EB15AF7EE2A775D6\ProductName
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Installer\Folders\C:\Windows\Installer\{3157CAD1-F5B9-43CF-BE51-FAE72E7A576D}\

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

VMware Player is a program marketed by VMware, Inc.. Sometimes, computer users choose to erase it. Sometimes this is troublesome because removing this manually requires some knowledge regarding Windows program uninstallation. The best EASY action to erase 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 PC, install it. This is good because Advanced Uninstaller PRO is an efficient uninstaller and all around tool to maximize the performance of your computer.

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• navigate to Download Link
• download the program by clicking on the green DOWNLOAD NOW button
• set up 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 wealth of functions available. Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a powerful Windows tool.

3. Click on the General Tools button


4. Press the Uninstall Programs button


5. A list of the applications installed on your PC will be made available to you

6. Scroll the list of applications until you locate VMware Player or simply activate the Search feature and type in "VMware Player". If it is installed on your PC the VMware Player application will be found very quickly. Notice that when you select VMware Player in the list , some information regarding the program is shown to you:

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

7. Click the Uninstall button. A confirmation page will show up. accept the removal by pressing Uninstall. Advanced Uninstaller PRO will uninstall VMware Player.


8. After uninstalling VMware Player, Advanced Uninstaller PRO will offer to run a cleanup. Click Next to perform the cleanup. All the items of VMware Player which have been left behind will be found and you will be asked if you want 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 system.

Your Windows PC 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 computer, we are not 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 want to. Here you can find registry and disk entries that our application Advanced Uninstaller PRO discovered and classified as "leftovers" on other users' computers.