VMware Tools

How to uninstall VMware Tools from your PC

This page contains complete information on how to remove VMware Tools for Windows. It is produced by VMware, Inc.. Open here for more info on VMware, Inc.. The program is usually installed in the C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware Tools directory (same installation drive as Windows). The full uninstall command line for VMware Tools is MsiExec.exe /I{55F0F698-8B00-40BF-8583-A16452EC3FF9}. The program's main executable file is titled vmtoolsd.exe and occupies 109.44 KB (112064 bytes).

VMware Tools is comprised of the following executables which occupy 2.87 MB (3012352 bytes) on disk:

• 7za.exe (1.23 MB)
• cblauncher.exe (529.94 KB)
• rpctool.exe (187.44 KB)
• vmtoolsd.exe (109.44 KB)
• VMToolsHookProc.exe (124.94 KB)
• VMwareNamespaceCmd.exe (32.94 KB)
• VMwareResolutionSet.exe (95.44 KB)
• VMwareToolboxCmd.exe (80.44 KB)
• VMwareXferlogs.exe (229.44 KB)
• VGAuthCLI.exe (72.44 KB)
• VGAuthService.exe (158.94 KB)
• VMwareAliasImport.exe (62.94 KB)

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This page is about VMware Tools version 12.4.0.23259341 only. You can find below info on other versions of VMware Tools:

• 10.1.5.5055683
• 8.6.0.6261
• 10.1.10.6082533
• 3.00.0000
• 9.4.15.2827462
• 7.8.6.8888
• 7.9.6.5197
• 8.4.8.19539
• 9.2.0.15626
• 11.1.1.16303738
• 8.3.12.8191
• 7.8.5.7026
• 8.6.14.36427
• 9.4.11.2400950
• 3.1.0000
• 10.0.6.3560309
• 11.1.0.16036546
• 7.7.6.2712
• 9.4.0.1399439
• 8.6.5.11214
• 12.5.2.24697584
• 9.0.5.21789
• 8.1.4.11056
• 10.1.5.5055693
• 9.4.5.1734305
• 8.3.7.6505
• 9.0.12.35149
• 8.8.1.9139
• 10.0.9.3917699
• 9.0.10.29005
• 11.2.1.17243207
• 3.1.2.17734
• 8.8.4.13798
• 10.0.0.2977863
• 12.2.6.22229486
• 9.4.6.1770165
• 8.6.5.11852
• 10.0.10.4301679
• 3.1.0.2658
• 8.6.15.44134
• 8.6.11.23921
• 10.1.7.5541682
• 12.3.0.22234872
• 8.6.5.13851
• 10.0.8.3746311
• 9.0.11.32667
• 9.0.13.38765
• 9.6.5.2700074
• 9.2.3.21136
• 7.8.3.4558
• 9.9.2.2496486
• 8.0.2.16474
• 8.8.0.7367
• 12.0.5.19716617
• 11.1.0.16493622
• 7.8.4.5078
• 9.6.4.2441333
• 10.0.12.4448491
• 11.2.6.17901274
• 7.8.8.15075
• 12.1.0.20219665
• 3.1.0.1613
• 11.0.6.15940789
• 10.1.15.6677369
• 10.1.15.6627299
• 9.6.6.2649738
• 9.10.5.2981885
• 8.6.12.28992
• 10.0.6.3595377
• 8.3.17.17464
• 9.10.1.2791197
• 10.3.2.9925305
• 8.0.1.12171
• 11.0.0.14686277
• 12.3.0.22059422
• 11.2.0.16371363
• 10.2.5.8068393
• 9.10.0.2476743
• 7.7.0.1463223
• 9.0.15.41796
• 12.5.3.24819442
• 10.0.1.3160059
• 8.0.2.14744
• 11.2.5.17337674
• 10.1.0.4449150
• 9.10.1.2731977
• 9.4.6.1752774
• 9.2.2.18018
• 10.2.5.8068406
• 3.1.2.14664
• 9.0.15.45013
• 9.6.2.1688356
• 8.4.9.30422
• 9.4.0.1585188
• 9.4.12.2627939
• 12.4.5.23787635
• 8.3.7.4937
• 8.6.0.6868
• 11.0.1.14773994
• 12.1.5.20735119

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If you are manually uninstalling VMware Tools we recommend you to verify if the following data is left behind on your PC.

Directories that were found:

• C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware Tools

The files below are left behind on your disk by VMware Tools's application uninstaller when you removed it:

• C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware Tools\7za.exe
• C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware Tools\componentMgr\saltMinion\svtminion.ps1
• C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware Tools\deployPkg.dll
• C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware Tools\gio-2.0-0.dll
• C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware Tools\glib-2.0-0.dll
• C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware Tools\glibmm-2.68-1.dll
• C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware Tools\gmodule-2.0-0.dll
• C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware Tools\gobject-2.0-0.dll
• C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware Tools\gthread-2.0-0.dll
• C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware Tools\guestStoreClient.dll
• C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware Tools\hgfs.dll
• C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware Tools\iconv.dll
• C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware Tools\icudt44l.dat
• C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware Tools\install-rvmSetup.cmd
• C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware Tools\intl.dll
• C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware Tools\messages\de\desktopEvents.vmsg
• C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware Tools\messages\de\hgfsUsability.vmsg
• C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware Tools\messages\de\toolboxcmd.vmsg
• C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware Tools\messages\de\vmtoolsd.vmsg
• C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware Tools\messages\es\desktopEvents.vmsg
• C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware Tools\messages\es\hgfsUsability.vmsg
• C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware Tools\messages\es\toolboxcmd.vmsg
• C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware Tools\messages\es\vmtoolsd.vmsg
• C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware Tools\messages\fr\desktopEvents.vmsg
• C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware Tools\messages\fr\hgfsUsability.vmsg
• C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware Tools\messages\fr\toolboxcmd.vmsg
• C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware Tools\messages\fr\vmtoolsd.vmsg
• C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware Tools\messages\it\desktopEvents.vmsg
• C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware Tools\messages\it\hgfsUsability.vmsg
• C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware Tools\messages\it\toolboxcmd.vmsg
• C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware Tools\messages\it\vmtoolsd.vmsg
• C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware Tools\messages\ja\desktopEvents.vmsg
• C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware Tools\messages\ja\hgfsUsability.vmsg
• C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware Tools\messages\ja\toolboxcmd.vmsg
• C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware Tools\messages\ja\vmtoolsd.vmsg
• C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware Tools\messages\ko\desktopEvents.vmsg
• C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware Tools\messages\ko\hgfsUsability.vmsg
• C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware Tools\messages\ko\toolboxcmd.vmsg
• C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware Tools\messages\ko\vmtoolsd.vmsg
• C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware Tools\messages\zh_CN\desktopEvents.vmsg
• C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware Tools\messages\zh_CN\hgfsUsability.vmsg
• C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware Tools\messages\zh_CN\toolboxcmd.vmsg
• C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware Tools\messages\zh_CN\vmtoolsd.vmsg
• C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware Tools\messages\zh_TW\desktopEvents.vmsg
• C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware Tools\messages\zh_TW\hgfsUsability.vmsg
• C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware Tools\messages\zh_TW\toolboxcmd.vmsg
• C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware Tools\messages\zh_TW\vmtoolsd.vmsg
• C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware Tools\open_source_licenses.txt
• C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware Tools\pcre2-8.dll
• C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware Tools\plugins\common\hgfsServer.dll
• C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware Tools\plugins\common\hgfsUsability.dll
• C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware Tools\plugins\common\vix.dll
• C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware Tools\plugins\vmsvc\appInfo.dll
• C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware Tools\plugins\vmsvc\autoLogon.dll
• C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware Tools\plugins\vmsvc\autoUpgrade.dll
• C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware Tools\plugins\vmsvc\bitMapper.dll
• C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware Tools\plugins\vmsvc\componentMgr.dll
• C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware Tools\plugins\vmsvc\deployPkgPlugin.dll
• C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware Tools\plugins\vmsvc\deviceHelper.dll
• C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware Tools\plugins\vmsvc\disableGuestHibernate.dll
• C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware Tools\plugins\vmsvc\diskWiper.dll
• C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware Tools\plugins\vmsvc\gdp.dll
• C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware Tools\plugins\vmsvc\guestInfo.dll
• C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware Tools\plugins\vmsvc\guestStore.dll
• C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware Tools\plugins\vmsvc\guestStoreUpgrade.dll
• C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware Tools\plugins\vmsvc\hwUpgradeHelper.dll
• C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware Tools\plugins\vmsvc\powerOps.dll
• C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware Tools\plugins\vmsvc\resolutionSet.dll
• C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware Tools\plugins\vmsvc\timeSync.dll
• C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware Tools\plugins\vmsvc\vmbackup.dll
• C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware Tools\plugins\vmusr\darkModeSync.dll
• C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware Tools\plugins\vmusr\desktopEvents.dll
• C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware Tools\plugins\vmusr\dndcp.dll
• C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware Tools\plugins\vmusr\unity.dll
• C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware Tools\plugins\vmusr\vmtray.dll
• C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware Tools\poweroff-vm-default.bat
• C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware Tools\poweron-vm-default.bat
• C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware Tools\resume-vm-default.bat
• C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware Tools\rpctool.exe
• C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware Tools\rvmSetup.exe
• C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware Tools\sigc-3.0-0.dll
• C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware Tools\suspend-vm-default.bat
• C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware Tools\vm-support.vbs
• C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware Tools\vmtools.dll
• C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware Tools\vmtoolsd.exe
• C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware Tools\VMToolsHook.dll
• C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware Tools\VMToolsHook64.dll
• C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware Tools\VMToolsHookProc.exe
• C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware Tools\VmUpgradeHelper.bat
• C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware Tools\VMware VGAuth\gio-2.0-0.dll
• C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware Tools\VMware VGAuth\glib-2.0-0.dll
• C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware Tools\VMware VGAuth\gmodule-2.0-0.dll
• C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware Tools\VMware VGAuth\gobject-2.0-0.dll
• C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware Tools\VMware VGAuth\gthread-2.0-0.dll
• C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware Tools\VMware VGAuth\iconv.dll
• C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware Tools\VMware VGAuth\intl.dll
• C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware Tools\VMware VGAuth\libcrypto-3-x64.dll
• C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware Tools\VMware VGAuth\libssl-3-x64.dll
• C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware Tools\VMware VGAuth\libxml2.dll
• C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware Tools\VMware VGAuth\libxmlsec.dll

Registry keys:

• HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\VMware, Inc.\VMware Tools
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\Installer\Products\896F0F5500B8FB0458381A4625CEF39F
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\{55F0F698-8B00-40BF-8583-A16452EC3FF9}
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\VMware, Inc.\VMware Tools

Open regedit.exe in order to remove the following values:

• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\Installer\Products\896F0F5500B8FB0458381A4625CEF39F\ProductName
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Installer\Folders\C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware Tools\
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Installer\Folders\C:\Windows\Installer\{55F0F698-8B00-40BF-8583-A16452EC3FF9}\
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\VGAuthService\ImagePath
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\VMTools\ImagePath

A way to remove VMware Tools from your PC using Advanced Uninstaller PRO

VMware Tools is an application marketed by VMware, Inc.. Sometimes, computer users want to erase this application. This is easier said than done because performing this manually requires some experience related to Windows program uninstallation. One of the best SIMPLE way to erase VMware Tools is to use Advanced Uninstaller PRO. Here are some detailed instructions about how to do this:





1. If you don't have Advanced Uninstaller PRO on your Windows system, add it. This is good because Advanced Uninstaller PRO is the best uninstaller and all around tool to clean your Windows system.

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• navigate to Download Link
• download the program by clicking on the DOWNLOAD NOW button
• install Advanced Uninstaller PRO

2. Run Advanced Uninstaller PRO. It's recommended to take some time to admire Advanced Uninstaller PRO's design and wealth of features available. Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a very good system utility.

3. Click on the General Tools button


4. Press the Uninstall Programs button


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

6. Scroll the list of applications until you locate VMware Tools or simply activate the Search field and type in "VMware Tools". If it is installed on your PC the VMware Tools app will be found automatically. When you select VMware Tools in the list , the following information regarding the application is made available to you:

• Safety rating (in the left lower corner). This explains the opinion other users have regarding VMware Tools, ranging from "Highly recommended" to "Very dangerous".
• Reviews by other users - 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 confirmation dialog will come up. accept the uninstall by clicking Uninstall. Advanced Uninstaller PRO will automatically remove VMware Tools.


8. After removing VMware Tools, Advanced Uninstaller PRO will offer to run a cleanup. Press Next to go ahead with the cleanup. All the items of VMware Tools which have been left behind will be found and you will be asked if you want to delete them. By uninstalling VMware Tools using Advanced Uninstaller PRO, you can be sure that no registry entries, files or directories are left behind on your computer.

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

Disclaimer

The text above is not a piece of advice to uninstall VMware Tools by VMware, Inc. from your PC, we are not saying that VMware Tools by VMware, Inc. is not a good software application. This page simply contains detailed instructions on how to uninstall VMware Tools supposing you decide this is what you want to do. 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.