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A way to uninstall VMware Player from your PC

You can find on this page detailed information on how to uninstall VMware Player for Windows. It was coded for Windows by VMware, Inc.. Take a look here for more info on VMware, Inc.. The program's main executable file is labeled vmplayer.exe and it has a size of 1.71 MB (1788160 bytes).

The following executable files are contained in VMware Player. They take 149.64 MB (156910456 bytes) on disk.

  • 7za.exe (1.11 MB)
  • containerd-shim-crx-v2.exe (20.13 MB)
  • containerd.exe (18.53 MB)
  • drvInst64.exe (523.10 KB)
  • mkisofs.exe (431.20 KB)
  • vixDiskMountServer.exe (454.12 KB)
  • vmnat.exe (411.10 KB)
  • VMnetDHCP.exe (372.25 KB)
  • vmplayer.exe (1.71 MB)
  • vmrest.exe (6.23 MB)
  • vmrun.exe (489.60 KB)
  • vmUpdateLauncher.exe (58.05 KB)
  • vmware-authd.exe (82.10 KB)
  • vmware-kvm.exe (675.60 KB)
  • vmware-remotemks.exe (3.24 MB)
  • vmware-shell-ext-thunker.exe (94.60 KB)
  • vmware-unity-helper.exe (190.60 KB)
  • vnetlib.exe (1.01 MB)
  • vnetlib64.exe (1.21 MB)
  • vnetsniffer.exe (283.25 KB)
  • vnetstats.exe (277.75 KB)
  • vprintproxy.exe (33.25 KB)
  • zip.exe (300.10 KB)
  • docker-machine-driver-vmware.exe (8.68 MB)
  • vctl.exe (26.81 MB)
  • ovftool.exe (5.02 MB)
  • storePwd.exe (129.60 KB)
  • VMwareToolsUpgrader.exe (707.21 KB)
  • VMwareToolsUpgrader9x.exe (212.10 KB)
  • VMwareToolsUpgraderNT.exe (212.10 KB)
  • mksSandbox-debug.exe (4.01 MB)
  • mksSandbox.exe (3.33 MB)
  • tpm2emu.exe (960.75 KB)
  • vmware-vmx-debug.exe (23.93 MB)
  • vmware-vmx.exe (17.96 MB)
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The information on this page is only about version 16.1.1 of VMware Player. Click on the links below for other VMware Player versions:

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Some files and registry entries are typically left behind when you remove VMware Player.

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


How to delete VMware Player from your PC using Advanced Uninstaller PRO

VMware Player is a program released by VMware, Inc.. Frequently, users choose to remove this program. Sometimes this can be troublesome because performing this manually requires some advanced knowledge regarding Windows internal functioning. One of the best EASY approach to remove VMware Player is to use Advanced Uninstaller PRO. Here is how to do this:





1. If you don't have Advanced Uninstaller PRO already installed on your Windows system, install it. This is good because Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a very useful uninstaller and general tool to clean your Windows computer.

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  • navigate to Download Link
  • download the program by pressing the green DOWNLOAD button
  • install Advanced Uninstaller PRO
2. Start Advanced Uninstaller PRO. Take some time to get familiar with Advanced Uninstaller PRO's design and number of tools available. Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a very useful system utility.

3. Press the General Tools category
Go to General Tools


4. Click on the Uninstall Programs tool
Go to Uninstall Programs


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

6. Navigate the list of programs until you locate VMware Player or simply click the Search field and type in "VMware Player". The VMware Player app will be found very quickly. After you click VMware Player in the list , some data about the program is made available to you:


  • Star rating (in the left lower corner). This explains the opinion other users have about VMware Player, from "Highly recommended" to "Very dangerous".
  • Opinions by other users - Press the Read reviews button.
  • Technical information about the app you wish to uninstall, by pressing the Properties button.
7. Press the Uninstall button. A confirmation page will come up. Confirm the removal by clicking Uninstall. Advanced Uninstaller PRO will uninstall VMware Player.
Uninstall VMware Player


8. After uninstalling VMware Player, Advanced Uninstaller PRO will offer to run an additional cleanup. Click Next to proceed with the cleanup. All the items that belong VMware Player that have been left behind will be found and you will be asked if you want to delete them. By uninstalling VMware Player using Advanced Uninstaller PRO, you can be sure that no registry entries, files or folders are left behind on your PC.

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



Disclaimer

The text above is not a recommendation to remove 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 only contains detailed info on how to remove VMware Player in case you want to. The information above contains registry and disk entries that other software left behind and Advanced Uninstaller PRO discovered and classified as "leftovers" on other users' PCs.

2021-04-02 / Written by Andreea Kartman for Advanced Uninstaller PRO

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Last update on: 2021-04-02 12:55:31.037