VMware Workstation

How to uninstall VMware Workstation from your system

You can find on this page detailed information on how to uninstall VMware Workstation for Windows. It is developed by VMware, Inc.. More information on VMware, Inc. can be seen here. vmware.exe is the programs's main file and it takes about 2.18 MB (2288504 bytes) on disk.

VMware Workstation contains of the executables below. They take 210.30 MB (220518552 bytes) on disk.

• 7za.exe (1.21 MB)
• autostart-helper.exe (24.37 KB)
• containerd-shim-crx-v2.exe (20.12 MB)
• containerd.exe (18.52 MB)
• drvInst64.exe (531.87 KB)
• mkisofs.exe (425.46 KB)
• vmcli.exe (4.74 MB)
• vmnat.exe (410.37 KB)
• vmnetcfg.exe (13.98 MB)
• VMnetDHCP.exe (364.37 KB)
• vmplayer.exe (1.75 MB)
• vmrest.exe (6.18 MB)
• vmrun.exe (498.87 KB)
• vmss2core.exe (783.87 KB)
• vmUpdateLauncher.exe (53.37 KB)
• vmware-authd.exe (75.37 KB)
• vmware-autostart.exe (63.37 KB)
• vmware-kvm.exe (697.37 KB)
• vmware-remotemks.exe (4.00 MB)
• vmware-tray.exe (111.37 KB)
• vmware-vdiskmanager.exe (1.63 MB)
• vmware.exe (2.18 MB)
• vnetlib.exe (1.02 MB)
• vnetlib64.exe (1.22 MB)
• vnetsniffer.exe (275.37 KB)
• vnetstats.exe (269.87 KB)
• zip.exe (294.37 KB)
• docker-machine-driver-vmware.exe (8.67 MB)
• vctl.exe (26.85 MB)
• ovftool.exe (5.68 MB)
• storePwd.exe (133.37 KB)
• VMwareToolsUpgrader.exe (773.37 KB)
• VMwareToolsUpgrader9x.exe (206.37 KB)
• VMwareToolsUpgraderNT.exe (206.37 KB)
• mksSandbox-debug.exe (5.29 MB)
• mksSandbox-stats.exe (4.52 MB)
• mksSandbox.exe (4.20 MB)
• tpm2emu.exe (986.37 KB)
• vmware-vmx-debug.exe (27.11 MB)
• vmware-vmx-stats.exe (24.18 MB)
• vmware-vmx.exe (20.24 MB)

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The information on this page is only about version 17.6.0 of VMware Workstation. You can find below info on other application versions of VMware Workstation:

• 14.0.0
• 6.0.0.45731
• 7.0.0.9911
• 17.5.2
• 7.1.0.12623
• 15.0.0
• 15.0.4
• 14.1.5
• 6.5.1.5078
• 14.1.3
• 17.5.1
• 12.5.2
• 12.5.0
• 14.1.6
• 16.1.1
• 12.1.1
• 14.1.7
• 7.1.4.16648
• 8.0.3.29699
• 6.0.3.1613
• 8.0.4.30409
• 15.5.6
• 16.2.2
• 16.2.5
• 14.1.4
• 10.0.0
• 12.5.8
• 7.1.5.19539
• 8.0.2.28060
• 17.6.3
• 15.5.7
• 12.5.6
• 16.1.0
• 8.0.1.27038
• 14.1.2
• 7.1.0.12398
• 6.5.3.8888
• 17.0.0
• 6.0.5.3938
• 6.5.0.4558
• 14.1.8
• 15.0.2
• 12.0.1
• 12.5.3
• 7.1.6.30422
• 12.5.9
• 17.6.2
• 9.0.2
• 12.1.0
• 16.2.3
• 10.0.2
• 7.0.1.11056
• 6.5.2.7026
• 7.1.1.13618
• 14.1.1
• 7.1.2.14247
• 6.5.5.15075
• 15.5.1
• 6.0.4.2658
• 6.0.0.39849
• 10.0.3
• 6.0.2.59824
• 14.1.0
• 16.0.0.16894299
• 16.2.4
• 10.0.4
• 9.0.0
• 15.0.3
• 16.2.0
• 16.2.1
• 12.5.1
• 15.5.2
• 17.5.0
• 15.5.0
• 15.1.0
• 17.0.1
• 16.0.0
• 8.0.0.18997
• 17.6.1
• 8.0.6.35970
• 12.5.4
• 16.1.2
• 10.0.1
• 12.0.0
• 6.5.4.11892
• 15.5.5
• 10.0.7
• 9.0.1
• 7.1.3.14951
• 17.0.2
• 12.5.7
• 15.0.1
• 12.5.5
• 6.0.1.55017

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Some files and registry entries are usually left behind when you remove VMware Workstation.

The files below are left behind on your disk by VMware Workstation when you uninstall it:

• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\VMware\workstation.log
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Quick Launch\User Pinned\TaskBar\VMware Workstation Pro.lnk

Registry that is not removed:

• HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\VMware Workstation
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\Installer\Products\D7FFFCC92ADD32146B2D726AEFA60462
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\{9CCFFF7D-DDA2-4123-B6D2-27A6FE6A4026}
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Wow6432Node\VMware, Inc.\VMware Workstation

Supplementary values that are not cleaned:

• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\Installer\Products\D7FFFCC92ADD32146B2D726AEFA60462\ProductName
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Installer\Folders\C:\WINDOWS\Installer\{9CCFFF7D-DDA2-4123-B6D2-27A6FE6A4026}\

A way to remove VMware Workstation from your computer with Advanced Uninstaller PRO

VMware Workstation is a program marketed by the software company VMware, Inc.. Frequently, computer users try to erase this program. This is hard because performing this by hand requires some experience regarding Windows internal functioning. One of the best EASY procedure to erase VMware Workstation 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 Windows system, add it. This is good because Advanced Uninstaller PRO is one of the best uninstaller and all around tool to clean your Windows PC.

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• download the program by pressing the green DOWNLOAD button
• install Advanced Uninstaller PRO

2. Run Advanced Uninstaller PRO. It's recommended to take your time to admire the program's design and wealth of features available. Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a very useful system optimizer.

3. Click on the General Tools button


4. Press the Uninstall Programs tool


5. All the programs existing on the PC will appear

6. Navigate the list of programs until you locate VMware Workstation or simply click the Search feature and type in "VMware Workstation". The VMware Workstation application will be found automatically. Notice that when you click VMware Workstation in the list of programs, the following data regarding the program is made available to you:

• Star rating (in the left lower corner). This explains the opinion other people have regarding VMware Workstation, ranging from "Highly recommended" to "Very dangerous".
• Opinions by other people - Click on the Read reviews button.
• Technical information regarding the app you want to uninstall, by pressing the Properties button.

7. Press the Uninstall button. A confirmation page will come up. accept the uninstall by clicking the Uninstall button. Advanced Uninstaller PRO will then uninstall VMware Workstation.


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

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

Disclaimer

This page is not a recommendation to uninstall VMware Workstation by VMware, Inc. from your computer, we are not saying that VMware Workstation by VMware, Inc. is not a good application for your computer. This text only contains detailed info on how to uninstall VMware Workstation in case 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' computers.