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A way to uninstall VMware Tools from your PC

VMware Tools is a computer program. This page contains details on how to uninstall it from your PC. It was created for Windows by VMware, Inc.. You can read more on VMware, Inc. or check for application updates here. Please open if you want to read more on VMware Tools on VMware, Inc.'s website. Usually the VMware Tools application is found in the C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware Tools folder, depending on the user's option during install. The full uninstall command line for VMware Tools is MsiExec.exe /X{0CC53095-1D66-4293-A91A-F1B2D82BA15A}. vmtoolsd.exe is the VMware Tools's primary executable file and it occupies approximately 71.11 KB (72816 bytes) on disk.

VMware Tools contains of the executables below. They take 2.86 MB (3000704 bytes) on disk.




  • rpctool.exe (109.61 KB)
  • TPAutoConnect.exe (632.88 KB)
  • TPAutoConnSvc.exe (353.82 KB)
  • TPVCGateway.exe (531.37 KB)
  • unzip.exe (170.61 KB)
  • vmtoolsd.exe (71.11 KB)
  • VMToolsHookProc.exe (253.61 KB)
  • VMwareCplLauncher.exe (25.61 KB)
  • VMwareHgfsClient.exe (20.61 KB)
  • VMwareHostOpen.exe (78.61 KB)
  • VMwareResolutionSet.exe (397.61 KB)
  • VMwareToolboxCmd.exe (36.61 KB)
  • VMwareTray.exe (58.61 KB)
  • VMwareXferlogs.exe (51.11 KB)
  • zip.exe (138.61 KB)
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The current page applies to VMware Tools version 8.8.0.7367 alone. You can find below info on other versions of VMware Tools:

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How to erase VMware Tools from your PC using Advanced Uninstaller PRO

VMware Tools is a program offered by the software company VMware, Inc.. Some users want to remove this application. Sometimes this is hard because uninstalling this manually takes some advanced knowledge related to Windows program uninstallation. One of the best QUICK manner to remove VMware Tools 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 PC, add it. This is good because Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a very potent uninstaller and general tool to optimize your system.

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  • go to Download Link
  • download the program by pressing the green DOWNLOAD button
  • install Advanced Uninstaller PRO
2. Start Advanced Uninstaller PRO. Take your time to get familiar with Advanced Uninstaller PRO's interface and number of functions available. Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a powerful program.

3. Press the General Tools category
Go to General Tools


4. Activate the Uninstall Programs tool
Go to Uninstall Programs


5. All the applications installed on the computer will appear

6. Navigate the list of applications until you find VMware Tools or simply activate the Search feature and type in "VMware Tools". The VMware Tools application will be found very quickly. Notice that after you select VMware Tools in the list of apps, some data about the application is made available to you:


  • Star rating (in the left lower corner). This tells you the opinion other users have about VMware Tools, from "Highly recommended" to "Very dangerous".
  • Reviews by other users - Press the Read reviews button.
  • Details about the program you wish to remove, by pressing the Properties button.
For example you can see that for VMware Tools:





  • The web site of the application is: http://www.vmware.com
  • The uninstall string is: MsiExec.exe /X{0CC53095-1D66-4293-A91A-F1B2D82BA15A}
7. Press the Uninstall button. A confirmation page will come up. Confirm the removal by pressing Uninstall. Advanced Uninstaller PRO will then uninstall VMware Tools.
Uninstall VMware Tools


8. After uninstalling VMware Tools, Advanced Uninstaller PRO will offer to run an additional cleanup. Click Next to start the cleanup. All the items of VMware Tools which have been left behind will be detected and you will be able to delete them. By removing VMware Tools using Advanced Uninstaller PRO, you can be sure that no Windows registry items, files or folders are left behind on your system.

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



Geographical user distribution

  • Windows 7 (6.1)
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Disclaimer

This page is not a recommendation to uninstall VMware Tools by VMware, Inc. from your computer, nor are we saying that VMware Tools by VMware, Inc. is not a good software application. This page only contains detailed instructions on how to uninstall VMware Tools supposing you want to. The information above contains registry and disk entries that our application Advanced Uninstaller PRO stumbled upon and classified as "leftovers" on other users' PCs.

2017-03-01 / Written by Andreea Kartman for Advanced Uninstaller PRO

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Last update on: 2017-03-01 13:46:27.817