VMware Player

A guide to uninstall VMware Player from your computer

This page contains complete information on how to remove VMware Player for Windows. The Windows release was developed by VMware, Inc.. Additional info about VMware, Inc. can be found here. The program's main executable file is named vmplayer.exe and its approximative size is 1.75 MB (1832720 bytes).

VMware Player is comprised of the following executables which occupy 156.67 MB (164279640 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 (425.21 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 (76.12 KB)
• vmware-kvm.exe (677.62 KB)
• vmware-remotemks.exe (3.95 MB)
• vmware-unity-helper.exe (191.27 KB)
• vnetlib.exe (1.01 MB)
• vnetlib64.exe (1.22 MB)
• vnetsniffer.exe (275.77 KB)
• vnetstats.exe (269.62 KB)
• vprintproxy.exe (24.77 KB)
• zip.exe (294.12 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 (206.77 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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The current web page applies to VMware Player version 17.0.1 only. For other VMware Player versions please click below:

• 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
• 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
• 12.5.7
• 2.5.5.15075
• 16.2.0
• 6.0.7
• 15.0.0
• 2.0.5.3938

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When you're planning to uninstall VMware Player you should check if the following data is left behind on your PC.

Registry keys:

• HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\VMware Player
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\{90A95D0E-B203-447C-AFF7-3FE6253497B9}
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\VMware, Inc.\VMware Player
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Wow6432Node\VMware, Inc.\VMware Player

Registry values that are not removed from your computer:

• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Installer\Folders\C:\WINDOWS\Installer\{90A95D0E-B203-447C-AFF7-3FE6253497B9}\

A way to uninstall VMware Player from your computer with the help of Advanced Uninstaller PRO

VMware Player is a program released by VMware, Inc.. Frequently, computer users want to erase this program. Sometimes this is hard because performing this by hand takes some know-how regarding PCs. One of the best QUICK solution 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 on your Windows PC, install it. This is good because Advanced Uninstaller PRO is an efficient uninstaller and all around tool to clean your Windows system.

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

2. Run Advanced Uninstaller PRO. It's recommended to take some time to get familiar with the program's interface and wealth of features available. Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a very good Windows optimizer.

3. Click on the General Tools category


4. Click on the Uninstall Programs tool


5. A list of the applications installed on your computer will be shown to you

6. Scroll the list of applications until you locate VMware Player or simply click the Search feature and type in "VMware Player". If it is installed on your PC the VMware Player app will be found very quickly. Notice that when you select VMware Player in the list of programs, the following data regarding the program is made available to you:

• Safety rating (in the left lower corner). The star rating 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.
• Details regarding the app you are about to remove, by clicking on the Properties button.

7. Press the Uninstall button. A window asking you to confirm will show up. accept the uninstall by clicking Uninstall. Advanced Uninstaller PRO will then remove VMware Player.


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

Your Windows PC will remain clean, speedy and ready 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 for your PC. This text only contains detailed info on how to uninstall VMware Player in case you want to. Here you can find registry and disk entries that other software left behind and Advanced Uninstaller PRO stumbled upon and classified as "leftovers" on other users' PCs.