VMware Player

A guide to uninstall VMware Player from your computer

VMware Player is a Windows application. Read more about how to remove it from your PC. It was coded for Windows by VMware, Inc.. Check out here where you can read more on VMware, Inc.. The program's main executable file has a size of 1.76 MB (1842840 bytes) on disk and is named vmplayer.exe.

VMware Player installs the following the executables on your PC, taking about 156.99 MB (164613320 bytes) on disk.

• 7za.exe (1.11 MB)
• containerd-shim-crx-v2.exe (20.13 MB)
• containerd.exe (18.53 MB)
• drvInst64.exe (542.66 KB)
• mkisofs.exe (435.74 KB)
• vmnat.exe (418.15 KB)
• VMnetDHCP.exe (375.30 KB)
• vmplayer.exe (1.76 MB)
• vmrest.exe (6.18 MB)
• vmrun.exe (505.66 KB)
• vmUpdateLauncher.exe (61.23 KB)
• vmware-authd.exe (87.30 KB)
• vmware-kvm.exe (688.15 KB)
• vmware-remotemks.exe (3.96 MB)
• vmware-unity-helper.exe (201.15 KB)
• vnetlib.exe (1.03 MB)
• vnetlib64.exe (1.23 MB)
• vnetsniffer.exe (285.66 KB)
• vnetstats.exe (280.15 KB)
• vprintproxy.exe (34.65 KB)
• zip.exe (305.30 KB)
• docker-machine-driver-vmware.exe (8.68 MB)
• vctl.exe (26.86 MB)
• ovftool.exe (5.47 MB)
• storePwd.exe (144.30 KB)
• VMwareToolsUpgrader.exe (780.30 KB)
• VMwareToolsUpgrader9x.exe (217.30 KB)
• VMwareToolsUpgraderNT.exe (217.30 KB)
• mksSandbox-debug.exe (5.22 MB)
• mksSandbox.exe (4.21 MB)
• tpm2emu.exe (986.65 KB)
• vmware-vmx-debug.exe (26.51 MB)
• vmware-vmx.exe (19.71 MB)

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This data is about VMware Player version 17.0.0 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
• 12.5.0
• 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
• 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.

Files remaining:

• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Packages\AD2F1837.myHP_v10z8vjag6ke6\LocalCache\Roaming\HP Inc\HP Accessory Center\icons\VMware Workstation 17 Player.png
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\VMware\player.log

You will find in the Windows Registry that the following data will not be uninstalled; remove them one by one using regedit.exe:

• HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\VMware Player
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\Installer\Products\2718B90E473BBC54BA989232BDA9D365
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\{E09B8172-B374-45CB-AB89-2923DB9A3D56}
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\VMware, Inc.\VMware Player
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Wow6432Node\VMware, Inc.\VMware Player

Open regedit.exe in order to delete the following registry values:

• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\Installer\Products\2718B90E473BBC54BA989232BDA9D365\ProductName
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Installer\Folders\C:\WINDOWS\Installer\{E09B8172-B374-45CB-AB89-2923DB9A3D56}\

A way to delete VMware Player using Advanced Uninstaller PRO

VMware Player is an application released by the software company VMware, Inc.. Sometimes, people decide to remove it. Sometimes this is easier said than done because uninstalling this manually takes some knowledge regarding removing Windows applications by hand. The best EASY procedure to remove VMware Player is to use Advanced Uninstaller PRO. Here is how to do this:





1. If you don't have Advanced Uninstaller PRO on your Windows system, install it. This is a good step because Advanced Uninstaller PRO is an efficient uninstaller and all around tool to maximize the performance of your Windows computer.

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• navigate to Download Link
• download the program by pressing the green DOWNLOAD button
• set up Advanced Uninstaller PRO

2. Run Advanced Uninstaller PRO. It's recommended to take your time to get familiar with Advanced Uninstaller PRO's interface 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 tool


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

6. Scroll the list of applications until you find VMware Player or simply activate the Search field and type in "VMware Player". If it exists on your system the VMware Player program will be found automatically. Notice that after you select VMware Player in the list of applications, some data regarding the application is made available to you:

• Safety rating (in the lower left corner). The star rating tells you the opinion other users have regarding VMware Player, ranging from "Highly recommended" to "Very dangerous".
• Opinions by other users - Click on the Read reviews button.
• Details regarding the program you are about to uninstall, by pressing the Properties button.

7. Click the Uninstall button. A window asking you to confirm will come up. Confirm the removal by pressing Uninstall. Advanced Uninstaller PRO will remove VMware Player.


8. After uninstalling 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 which have been left behind will be detected and you will be able to delete them. By uninstalling VMware Player using Advanced Uninstaller PRO, you can be sure that no registry items, files or folders are left behind on your PC.

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

Disclaimer

This page is not a piece of advice to remove 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 computer. This page simply contains detailed instructions on how to remove VMware Player in case you decide this is what you want to do. 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' computers.