VMware Player

How to uninstall VMware Player from your PC

You can find below detailed information on how to remove VMware Player for Windows. It is written by VMware, Inc. Open here where you can read more on VMware, Inc. VMware Player is normally installed in the C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware Player folder, but this location may differ a lot depending on the user's decision while installing the program. C:\ProgramData\VMware\VMware Player\Uninstaller\\uninstall.exe is the full command line if you want to remove VMware Player. vmplayer.exe is the VMware Player's primary executable file and it occupies close to 2.61 MB (2736344 bytes) on disk.

VMware Player installs the following the executables on your PC, occupying about 62.50 MB (65532736 bytes) on disk.

mkisofs.exe (422.80 KB)
vixDiskMountServer.exe (384.71 KB)
vmnat.exe (427.71 KB)
VMnetDHCP.exe (350.71 KB)
vmplayer.exe (2.61 MB)
vmUpdateLauncher.exe (34.08 KB)
vmware-authd.exe (84.71 KB)
vmware-kvm.exe (621.21 KB)
vmware-remotemks-debug.exe (4.90 MB)
vmware-remotemks.exe (4.63 MB)
vmware-unity-helper.exe (186.21 KB)
vmware-vmx-debug.exe (21.53 MB)
vmware-vmx.exe (17.15 MB)
vnetlib.exe (736.21 KB)
vnetsniffer.exe (344.21 KB)
vnetstats.exe (330.71 KB)
vprintproxy.exe (18.71 KB)
zip.exe (291.71 KB)
ovftool.exe (6.50 MB)
storePwd.exe (70.21 KB)
VMwareToolsUpgrader.exe (595.21 KB)
VMwareToolsUpgrader9x.exe (203.71 KB)
VMwareToolsUpgraderNT.exe (203.71 KB)

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This page is about VMware Player version 6.0.4 only. Click on the links below for other VMware Player versions:

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

Directories that were left behind:

C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware Player

The files below remain on your disk by VMware Player when you uninstall it:

C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware Player\adjperm.dll
C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware Player\amqp.dll
C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware Player\elevated.dll
C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware Player\EULA.jp.rtf
C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware Player\EULA.rtf
C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware Player\EULA.zh_CN.rtf
C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware Player\glib-2.0.dll
C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware Player\glibmm-2.4.dll
C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware Player\gmodule-2.0.dll
C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware Player\gobject-2.0.dll
C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware Player\gthread-2.0.dll
C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware Player\gvmomi.dll
C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware Player\help\player\caution_small.png
C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware Player\help\player\crawler-index.html
C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware Player\help\player\css\GUID-B736FF36-E483-45ED-AC5B-AEAE1E80B0DA.css
C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware Player\help\player\css\webworks.css
C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware Player\help\player\GUID-012378D8-A995-4B78-AAD3-5A4223C4093E.html
C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware Player\help\player\GUID-03C01EDE-FC56-4721-AD1C-47AF401DF210.html
C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware Player\help\player\GUID-073AC88A-BDCD-45ED-B814-ABC2EEB19580.html
C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware Player\help\player\GUID-08BB8EBB-56A5-47C0-8467-31FA0BFAAD6A.html
C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware Player\help\player\GUID-08BB9465-D40A-4E16-9E15-8C016CC8166F.html
C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware Player\help\player\GUID-0C23FCBF-F0CC-447B-A08E-35B90C52091E.html
C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware Player\help\player\GUID-0E8D0627-45E3-4845-A635-CC19C4DD230F.html
C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware Player\help\player\GUID-0E980DDB-5050-4109-A9BC-596572ED722D.html
C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware Player\help\player\GUID-0F9C34F0-9869-44A8-BD63-CD96B72E1B81.html
C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware Player\help\player\GUID-1109A03F-3BD3-4292-AEF6-D943445519B5.html
C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware Player\help\player\GUID-111F7A5A-A46D-4ECF-9B22-CD8D756F9FFF.html
C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware Player\help\player\GUID-13804128-3436-422C-80EC-A1697EF75C17.html
C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware Player\help\player\GUID-15632A58-9EB1-4D9B-9F0D-42C4136E2832.html
C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware Player\help\player\GUID-15BBACE2-44DA-41A3-8355-D2BA8CA4549D.html
C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware Player\help\player\GUID-16FBB720-2D65-40C9-989C-6809629BAABB.html
C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware Player\help\player\GUID-185E246A-8460-476E-B4D2-956CA8E9BEA1.html
C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware Player\help\player\GUID-2259F241-B5A6-4856-8657-139A88E57B95.html
C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware Player\help\player\GUID-237CCEC5-83F7-484F-A349-BF23C32B8F3C.html
C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware Player\help\player\GUID-24DD2187-AA37-4D14-A5F8-32D31648E0C4.html
C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware Player\help\player\GUID-291EA0CB-D11F-456C-9A3C-F1D69BEA6B0E.html
C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware Player\help\player\GUID-29FEE90F-FD7B-44BD-8B52-10C2474CE0AE.html
C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware Player\help\player\GUID-2A1F74A4-A5F3-4090-9A45-396D6D407CE5.html
C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware Player\help\player\GUID-2F6C8962-3E2C-49B3-8441-487D7C9E9380.html
C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware Player\help\player\GUID-3140DF1F-A105-4EED-B9E8-D99B3D3F0447.html
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C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware Player\help\player\GUID-3D5F9B19-08FF-4169-9572-39C46BA0C12F.html
C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware Player\help\player\GUID-3D812FA7-0CED-408E-B4B1-72A7B5F291EC.html
C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware Player\help\player\GUID-3F6B9D0E-6CFC-4627-B80B-9A68A5960F60.html
C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware Player\help\player\GUID-3F94C7B5-19A5-4E91-9709-B17FAA93FF75.html
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C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware Player\help\player\GUID-5FC42BAD-0AAC-4EAF-8AD9-A41408ECF9BC.html
C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware Player\help\player\GUID-614D3F69-C022-45EF-BE55-6C822C5FA7B3.html
C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware Player\help\player\GUID-6291BB29-A3B7-462E-ABB9-B711F2F3A402.html
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C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware Player\help\player\GUID-6DD39513-FA28-4F2E-B50C-0DB6D8E6FE65.html
C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware Player\help\player\GUID-6F261E98-8F81-490D-A904-DE675EE2E130.html
C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware Player\help\player\GUID-6F7BE33A-3B8A-4C57-9C35-656CE05BE22D.html
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C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware Player\help\player\GUID-82E79E50-3073-4081-9FE6-0927076EA0AD.html
C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware Player\help\player\GUID-845C34CF-3CAE-4EA9-BA95-2727010963C4.html
C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware Player\help\player\GUID-852EBDB6-EA76-4D1C-9F49-FD3A315E3B17.html
C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware Player\help\player\GUID-896E61F5-0865-4D3B-975E-DE476AFC7168.html
C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware Player\help\player\GUID-8B1431E2-5E72-4B85-80BA-43B8875AB090.html
C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware Player\help\player\GUID-8C477788-7700-4030-8C4A-039C02AABB74.html
C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware Player\help\player\GUID-95232C52-C5A8-471B-A6A1-C7323A97FECA.html
C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware Player\help\player\GUID-983966AF-15B9-4AB9-BD27-CC89FD7BC690.html
C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware Player\help\player\GUID-9A1EC217-58F6-4E97-BF50-1C5581B9C55A.html
C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware Player\help\player\GUID-9A4F4019-CEEA-4BB6-9345-5B4A20D7A4BF.html
C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware Player\help\player\GUID-9AC1C866-59E1-4AB3-BEB3-5A3141525036.html
C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware Player\help\player\GUID-9E9150EC-BB35-4B28-A9F5-36F63C53E8DA.html
C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware Player\help\player\GUID-A2491004-1C67-4E14-B47B-807E20C19108.html
C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware Player\help\player\GUID-A419887C-ABCB-4923-B9BA-773302E858F5.html
C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware Player\help\player\GUID-A5F10755-6501-4AB4-9C71-F6482073B10A.html
C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware Player\help\player\GUID-A6792F54-2734-4AF4-9473-C8B9AD8321AF.html
C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware Player\help\player\GUID-A6D5BFF7-13AB-4141-B433-93D200D0F907.html
C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware Player\help\player\GUID-A7C425AD-13EF-4CEA-8023-5B3DC0C25E68.html
C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware Player\help\player\GUID-A8F1A7C7-3CD0-4C19-B7F5-9CDD642AEC04.html
C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware Player\help\player\GUID-A93BA99A-E182-478F-A5EF-470F31BAA1EE.html
C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware Player\help\player\GUID-AB5C80FE-9B8A-4899-8186-3DB8201B1758.html
C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware Player\help\player\GUID-B0A2A7C1-6405-4F05-BA57-E09F22D87FBE.html
C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware Player\help\player\GUID-B0F79988-D4DE-4BED-A7B5-57405BDABB41.html
C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware Player\help\player\GUID-B29FC544-B15F-4E94-882A-B383C88B5A85.html
C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware Player\help\player\GUID-B736FF36-E483-45ED-AC5B-AEAE1E80B0DA.1.107.html
C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware Player\help\player\GUID-BBB8290A-F7BA-4BAA-B97F-343FF062C88C.html
C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware Player\help\player\GUID-BD914064-D20D-4032-9373-88F4DA7AE7C6.html
C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware Player\help\player\GUID-C46FF1E8-D30E-46A3-ACF7-98F0CCAD52F7.html
C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware Player\help\player\GUID-C6066CB0-33EA-4652-9AB3-0324080DCBEE.html
C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware Player\help\player\GUID-C70F2B15-66F1-4EC9-BAA5-CE5FBD885AF8.html
C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware Player\help\player\GUID-C78B6B4E-A3F0-42B2-80E8-11EBE8086DE8.html
C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware Player\help\player\GUID-C82DCB68-2EFA-460A-A765-37225883337D.html
C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware Player\help\player\GUID-CC791418-B30C-487D-8F57-E7E855B61549.html
C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware Player\help\player\GUID-CFBC64DD-E9BE-42E2-9462-453A13AB8442.html

Registry that is not removed:

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\VMware Player
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\VMware, Inc.\VMware Player
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\Installer\Products\727E254E8B683324C83C14DF18A7AFFF
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\VMware_Player
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\VMware, Inc.\Installer\VMware Player
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\VMware, Inc.\VMware Player

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

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\Installer\Products\727E254E8B683324C83C14DF18A7AFFF\ProductName
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Installer\Folders\C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware Player\
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\VMAuthdService\ImagePath

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

VMware Player is a program offered by VMware, Inc. Frequently, people try to remove this application. Sometimes this is efortful because deleting this manually requires some knowledge regarding removing Windows applications by hand. One of the best EASY manner 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 PC, add it. This is good because Advanced Uninstaller PRO is one of the best uninstaller and all around tool to optimize your computer.

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2. Run Advanced Uninstaller PRO. Take some time to admire Advanced Uninstaller PRO's interface and wealth of features available. Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a very useful system optimizer.

3. Press the General Tools button
Go to General Tools

4. Press the Uninstall Programs tool
Go to Uninstall Programs

5. All the applications installed on your PC will be shown to you

6. Scroll the list of applications 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 app will be found very quickly. After you click VMware Player in the list of programs, some information regarding the program is available to you:

Star rating (in the lower left corner). The star rating tells you the opinion other people have regarding VMware Player, ranging from "Highly recommended" to "Very dangerous".
Reviews by other people - Press the Read reviews button.
Details regarding the app you wish to uninstall, by pressing the Properties button.

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

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

Your system will remain clean, speedy and able to take on new tasks.

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The text above is not a recommendation to remove VMware Player by VMware, Inc from your computer, nor are we saying that VMware Player by VMware, Inc is not a good software application. This page only contains detailed info on how to remove VMware Player in case you decide this is what you want to do. The information above contains registry and disk entries that Advanced Uninstaller PRO stumbled upon and classified as "leftovers" on other users' PCs.

2016-07-03 / Written by Daniel Statescu for Advanced Uninstaller PRO

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Last update on: 2016-07-03 19:00:12.887

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