VMware Player

How to uninstall VMware Player from your PC

This web page contains complete information on how to uninstall VMware Player for Windows. It was developed for Windows by VMware, Inc.. Take a look here for more details on VMware, Inc.. The application's main executable file is called vmware-authd.exe and occupies 95.57 KB (97864 bytes).

VMware Player installs the following the executables on your PC, occupying about 66.50 MB (69733072 bytes) on disk.

• 7za.exe (1.04 MB)
• drvInst64.exe (444.57 KB)
• mkisofs.exe (430.66 KB)
• vixDiskMountServer.exe (440.07 KB)
• vmnat.exe (391.57 KB)
• VMnetDHCP.exe (358.07 KB)
• vmplayer.exe (1.49 MB)
• vmUpdateLauncher.exe (34.71 KB)
• vmware-authd.exe (95.57 KB)
• vmware-kvm.exe (654.07 KB)
• vmware-remotemks.exe (5.07 MB)
• vmware-shell-ext-thunker.exe (90.57 KB)
• vmware-unity-helper.exe (198.07 KB)
• vnetlib.exe (915.07 KB)
• vnetlib64.exe (1.07 MB)
• vnetsniffer.exe (264.57 KB)
• vnetstats.exe (260.07 KB)
• vprintproxy.exe (26.57 KB)
• zip.exe (299.57 KB)
• ovftool.exe (6.71 MB)
• storePwd.exe (78.07 KB)
• VMwareToolsUpgrader.exe (593.07 KB)
• VMwareToolsUpgrader9x.exe (211.57 KB)
• VMwareToolsUpgraderNT.exe (211.57 KB)
• vmware-vmx-debug.exe (25.25 MB)
• vmware-vmx.exe (20.01 MB)

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This data is about VMware Player version 12.5.0 only. You can find below info on other versions of VMware Player:

• 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
• 2.5.1.5078
• 17.6.2
• 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
• 17.6.0
• 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
• 17.5.2
• 17.6.1
• 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
• 17.0.1
• 12.5.7
• 2.5.5.15075
• 16.2.0
• 6.0.7
• 15.0.0
• 2.0.5.3938

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Some files and registry entries are frequently left behind when you uninstall VMware Player.

Use regedit.exe to manually remove from the Windows Registry the data below:

• HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\VMware Player
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\Installer\Products\33CA00CB00B2D344F82C63659DA4AEA0
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\{BC00AC33-2B00-443D-8FC2-3656D94AEA0A}
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\VMware, Inc.\VMware Player
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Wow6432Node\VMware, Inc.\VMware Player

Open regedit.exe to remove the values below from the Windows Registry:

• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\Installer\Products\33CA00CB00B2D344F82C63659DA4AEA0\ProductName
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Installer\Folders\C:\Windows\Installer\{BC00AC33-2B00-443D-8FC2-3656D94AEA0A}\

A way to uninstall VMware Player from your PC using Advanced Uninstaller PRO

VMware Player is a program by VMware, Inc.. Frequently, computer users want to remove this program. This can be efortful because deleting this manually requires some skill regarding Windows internal functioning. The best QUICK way to remove 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 a good step because Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a very efficient uninstaller and general tool to optimize your Windows PC.

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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 admire Advanced Uninstaller PRO's design and wealth of tools available. Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a very useful package of tools.

3. Press the General Tools category


4. Press the Uninstall Programs feature


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". The VMware Player program will be found very quickly. After you select VMware Player in the list of apps, the following data about the application is available to you:

• Safety rating (in the left lower corner). This tells you the opinion other people have about VMware Player, from "Highly recommended" to "Very dangerous".
• Reviews by other people - Press the Read reviews button.
• Details about the application you want to remove, by pressing the Properties button.

7. Click the Uninstall button. A confirmation dialog will appear. accept the removal by clicking the Uninstall button. Advanced Uninstaller PRO will remove VMware Player.


8. After removing VMware Player, Advanced Uninstaller PRO will ask you to run a cleanup. Click Next to perform 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 with Advanced Uninstaller PRO, you can be sure that no registry items, files or directories are left behind on your PC.

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

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Disclaimer

The text above is not a piece of advice to remove VMware Player by VMware, Inc. from your PC, we are not saying that VMware Player by VMware, Inc. is not a good application for your PC. This text only contains detailed info on how to remove VMware Player supposing you want to. Here you can find registry and disk entries that other software left behind and Advanced Uninstaller PRO discovered and classified as "leftovers" on other users' PCs.