VMware Player

A way to uninstall VMware Player from your computer

You can find on this page details on how to uninstall VMware Player for Windows. It is developed by VMware, Inc.. Additional info about VMware, Inc. can be read here. vmplayer.exe is the programs's main file and it takes around 1.67 MB (1747888 bytes) on disk.

VMware Player contains of the executables below. They take 62.68 MB (65720936 bytes) on disk.

• 7za.exe (1.11 MB)
• drvInst64.exe (504.42 KB)
• mkisofs.exe (430.52 KB)
• vixDiskMountServer.exe (454.12 KB)
• vmnat.exe (389.92 KB)
• VMnetDHCP.exe (361.42 KB)
• vmplayer.exe (1.67 MB)
• vmrest.exe (5.89 MB)
• vmUpdateLauncher.exe (55.92 KB)
• vmware-authd.exe (97.92 KB)
• vmware-kvm.exe (668.42 KB)
• vmware-remotemks.exe (3.71 MB)
• vmware-shell-ext-thunker.exe (91.42 KB)
• vmware-unity-helper.exe (196.42 KB)
• vnetlib.exe (1,017.92 KB)
• vnetlib64.exe (1.18 MB)
• vnetsniffer.exe (272.92 KB)
• vnetstats.exe (267.92 KB)
• vprintproxy.exe (28.92 KB)
• zip.exe (299.42 KB)
• ovftool.exe (4.84 MB)
• storePwd.exe (127.92 KB)
• VMwareToolsUpgrader.exe (708.42 KB)
• VMwareToolsUpgrader9x.exe (211.42 KB)
• VMwareToolsUpgraderNT.exe (211.42 KB)
• tpm2emu.exe (1,003.92 KB)
• vmware-vmx-debug.exe (21.07 MB)
• vmware-vmx.exe (15.98 MB)

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The current page applies to VMware Player version 15.5.0 only. For other VMware Player versions please click below:

• 3.0.0.9911
• 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
• 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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When planning to uninstall VMware Player you should check if the following data is left behind on your PC.

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\8C7FBF5120103A9408B9A366A2AD3369
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\{15FBF7C8-0102-49A3-809B-3A662ADA3396}
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\VMware, Inc.\VMware Player
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Wow6432Node\VMware, Inc.\VMware Player

Use regedit.exe to remove the following additional values from the Windows Registry:

• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\Installer\Products\8C7FBF5120103A9408B9A366A2AD3369\ProductName
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Installer\Folders\C:\Windows\Installer\{15FBF7C8-0102-49A3-809B-3A662ADA3396}\

How to delete VMware Player from your PC using Advanced Uninstaller PRO

VMware Player is an application offered by VMware, Inc.. Some computer users want to remove this application. This can be efortful because removing this manually requires some advanced knowledge regarding removing Windows applications by hand. The best EASY action 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 already installed on your Windows PC, add it. This is good because Advanced Uninstaller PRO is an efficient uninstaller and general tool to maximize the performance of your Windows PC.

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• visit Download Link
• download the program by pressing the DOWNLOAD button
• install Advanced Uninstaller PRO

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

3. Click on the General Tools category


4. Activate the Uninstall Programs tool


5. All the programs existing on the PC will appear

6. Scroll the list of programs until you find VMware Player or simply click the Search feature and type in "VMware Player". If it exists on your system the VMware Player program will be found very quickly. Notice that when you select VMware Player in the list of programs, some information about the application is shown to you:

• Star rating (in the left lower corner). This explains the opinion other users have about VMware Player, ranging from "Highly recommended" to "Very dangerous".
• Opinions by other users - Click on the Read reviews button.
• Details about the application you want to uninstall, by pressing the Properties button.

7. Press the Uninstall button. A confirmation dialog will appear. Confirm the removal by pressing Uninstall. Advanced Uninstaller PRO will automatically remove VMware Player.


8. After removing VMware Player, Advanced Uninstaller PRO will offer to run a cleanup. Press Next to proceed with the cleanup. All the items of VMware Player which have been left behind will be detected and you will be asked if you want to delete them. By uninstalling VMware Player using Advanced Uninstaller PRO, you are assured that no registry entries, files or folders are left behind on your system.

Your PC will remain clean, speedy and ready to serve you properly.

Disclaimer

This page is not a recommendation 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. This page only contains detailed instructions on how to remove VMware Player in case 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' computers.