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How to uninstall VMware Player from your system

This info is about VMware Player for Windows. Below you can find details on how to uninstall it from your PC. It was created for Windows by VMware, Inc. Open here for more information on VMware, Inc. Usually the VMware Player program is installed in the C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware Player directory, depending on the user's option during install. VMware Player's entire uninstall command line is C:\ProgramData\VMware\VMware Player\Uninstaller\\uninstall.exe. vmplayer.exe is the VMware Player's main executable file and it takes close to 2.35 MB (2464960 bytes) on disk.

The following executables are incorporated in VMware Player. They take 71.05 MB (74501840 bytes) on disk.

  • 7za.exe (581.69 KB)
  • drvInst64.exe (437.19 KB)
  • mkisofs.exe (422.78 KB)
  • vixDiskMountServer.exe (384.19 KB)
  • vmnat.exe (428.19 KB)
  • VMnetDHCP.exe (350.69 KB)
  • vmplayer.exe (2.35 MB)
  • vmUpdateLauncher.exe (34.71 KB)
  • vmware-authd.exe (85.69 KB)
  • vmware-kvm.exe (646.19 KB)
  • vmware-remotemks-debug.exe (5.11 MB)
  • vmware-remotemks.exe (4.79 MB)
  • vmware-shell-ext-thunker.exe (82.19 KB)
  • vmware-unity-helper.exe (189.19 KB)
  • vnetlib.exe (737.19 KB)
  • vnetlib64.exe (884.69 KB)
  • vnetsniffer.exe (344.19 KB)
  • vnetstats.exe (330.69 KB)
  • vprintproxy.exe (18.69 KB)
  • zip.exe (291.69 KB)
  • ovftool.exe (6.71 MB)
  • storePwd.exe (70.19 KB)
  • VMwareToolsUpgrader.exe (583.69 KB)
  • VMwareToolsUpgrader9x.exe (203.69 KB)
  • VMwareToolsUpgraderNT.exe (203.69 KB)
  • vmware-vmx-debug.exe (25.05 MB)
  • vmware-vmx.exe (19.90 MB)
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The current page applies to VMware Player version 7.1.3 alone. Click on the links below for other VMware Player versions:

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Numerous files, folders and Windows registry entries will not be uninstalled when you are trying to remove VMware Player from your computer.

Folders found on disk after you uninstall VMware Player from your PC:
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware Player

The files below remain on your disk by VMware Player when you uninstall it:
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware Player\7za.exe
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware Player\adjperm.dll
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware Player\drvInst64.exe
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware Player\elevated.dll
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware Player\EULA.jp.rtf
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware Player\EULA.rtf
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware Player\EULA.zh_CN.rtf
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware Player\glib-2.0.dll
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware Player\glibmm-2.4.dll
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware Player\gmodule-2.0.dll
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware Player\gobject-2.0.dll
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware Player\gthread-2.0.dll
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware Player\gvmomi.dll
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware Player\help\player\caution_small.png
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware Player\help\player\css\GUID-B736FF36-E483-45ED-AC5B-AEAE1E80B0DA.css
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware Player\help\player\css\webworks.css
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware Player\help\player\GUID-012378D8-A995-4B78-AAD3-5A4223C4093E.html
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware Player\help\player\GUID-03C01EDE-FC56-4721-AD1C-47AF401DF210.html
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware Player\help\player\GUID-073AC88A-BDCD-45ED-B814-ABC2EEB19580.html
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware Player\help\player\GUID-08BB8EBB-56A5-47C0-8467-31FA0BFAAD6A.html
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware Player\help\player\GUID-08BB9465-D40A-4E16-9E15-8C016CC8166F.html
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware Player\help\player\GUID-0C23FCBF-F0CC-447B-A08E-35B90C52091E.html
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware Player\help\player\GUID-0E8D0627-45E3-4845-A635-CC19C4DD230F.html
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware Player\help\player\GUID-0F9C34F0-9869-44A8-BD63-CD96B72E1B81.html
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware Player\help\player\GUID-1109A03F-3BD3-4292-AEF6-D943445519B5.html
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware Player\help\player\GUID-111F7A5A-A46D-4ECF-9B22-CD8D756F9FFF.html
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware Player\help\player\GUID-13804128-3436-422C-80EC-A1697EF75C17.html
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware Player\help\player\GUID-15632A58-9EB1-4D9B-9F0D-42C4136E2832.html
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware Player\help\player\GUID-15BBACE2-44DA-41A3-8355-D2BA8CA4549D.html
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware Player\help\player\GUID-16FBB720-2D65-40C9-989C-6809629BAABB.html
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware Player\help\player\GUID-185E246A-8460-476E-B4D2-956CA8E9BEA1.html
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware Player\help\player\GUID-2259F241-B5A6-4856-8657-139A88E57B95.html
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware Player\help\player\GUID-237CCEC5-83F7-484F-A349-BF23C32B8F3C.html
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware Player\help\player\GUID-24DD2187-AA37-4D14-A5F8-32D31648E0C4.html
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware Player\help\player\GUID-291EA0CB-D11F-456C-9A3C-F1D69BEA6B0E.html
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware Player\help\player\GUID-29FEE90F-FD7B-44BD-8B52-10C2474CE0AE.html
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  • C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware Player\help\player\GUID-2F6C8962-3E2C-49B3-8441-487D7C9E9380.html
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware Player\help\player\GUID-3140DF1F-A105-4EED-B9E8-D99B3D3F0447.html
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  • C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware Player\help\player\GUID-33C56F64-0274-45D2-B543-626BD4B5841D.html
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware Player\help\player\GUID-37EA4A9D-DE43-4159-8982-2DFD9D5959AD.html
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware Player\help\player\GUID-391BE4BF-89A9-4DC3-85E7-3D45F5124BC7.html
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  • C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware Player\help\player\GUID-3D812FA7-0CED-408E-B4B1-72A7B5F291EC.html
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  • C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware Player\help\player\GUID-51E3DE96-9D21-4655-A7BE-B491789CDC51.html
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  • C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware Player\help\player\GUID-614D3F69-C022-45EF-BE55-6C822C5FA7B3.html
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware Player\help\player\GUID-6291BB29-A3B7-462E-ABB9-B711F2F3A402.html
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware Player\help\player\GUID-634F363E-CF25-4F3A-B021-2EF4BC989D07.html
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware Player\help\player\GUID-6B97792A-41D7-4787-9341-651BA5000425.html
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware Player\help\player\GUID-6DD39513-FA28-4F2E-B50C-0DB6D8E6FE65.html
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware Player\help\player\GUID-6F261E98-8F81-490D-A904-DE675EE2E130.html
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware Player\help\player\GUID-6F7BE33A-3B8A-4C57-9C35-656CE05BE22D.html
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware Player\help\player\GUID-7DAD8EC0-0403-4152-86ED-99700F6C02B8.html
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware Player\help\player\GUID-81932397-8211-499E-925E-98FC73428636.html
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware Player\help\player\GUID-82E79E50-3073-4081-9FE6-0927076EA0AD.html
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware Player\help\player\GUID-845C34CF-3CAE-4EA9-BA95-2727010963C4.html
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware Player\help\player\GUID-852EBDB6-EA76-4D1C-9F49-FD3A315E3B17.html
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware Player\help\player\GUID-896E61F5-0865-4D3B-975E-DE476AFC7168.html
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware Player\help\player\GUID-8B1431E2-5E72-4B85-80BA-43B8875AB090.html
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware Player\help\player\GUID-8C477788-7700-4030-8C4A-039C02AABB74.html
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware Player\help\player\GUID-95232C52-C5A8-471B-A6A1-C7323A97FECA.html
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware Player\help\player\GUID-983966AF-15B9-4AB9-BD27-CC89FD7BC690.html
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  • C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware Player\help\player\GUID-9AC1C866-59E1-4AB3-BEB3-5A3141525036.html
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware Player\help\player\GUID-9E9150EC-BB35-4B28-A9F5-36F63C53E8DA.html
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  • C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware Player\help\player\GUID-A6D5BFF7-13AB-4141-B433-93D200D0F907.html
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware Player\help\player\GUID-A7C425AD-13EF-4CEA-8023-5B3DC0C25E68.html
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware Player\help\player\GUID-A8F1A7C7-3CD0-4C19-B7F5-9CDD642AEC04.html
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware Player\help\player\GUID-A93BA99A-E182-478F-A5EF-470F31BAA1EE.html
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware Player\help\player\GUID-AB5C80FE-9B8A-4899-8186-3DB8201B1758.html
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware Player\help\player\GUID-B0A2A7C1-6405-4F05-BA57-E09F22D87FBE.html
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware Player\help\player\GUID-B0F79988-D4DE-4BED-A7B5-57405BDABB41.html
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware Player\help\player\GUID-B29FC544-B15F-4E94-882A-B383C88B5A85.html
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware Player\help\player\GUID-B736FF36-E483-45ED-AC5B-AEAE1E80B0DA.1.106.html
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware Player\help\player\GUID-BBB8290A-F7BA-4BAA-B97F-343FF062C88C.html
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware Player\help\player\GUID-BD914064-D20D-4032-9373-88F4DA7AE7C6.html
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware Player\help\player\GUID-C46FF1E8-D30E-46A3-ACF7-98F0CCAD52F7.html
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware Player\help\player\GUID-C6066CB0-33EA-4652-9AB3-0324080DCBEE.html
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware Player\help\player\GUID-C70F2B15-66F1-4EC9-BAA5-CE5FBD885AF8.html
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware Player\help\player\GUID-C78B6B4E-A3F0-42B2-80E8-11EBE8086DE8.html
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware Player\help\player\GUID-C82DCB68-2EFA-460A-A765-37225883337D.html
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware Player\help\player\GUID-CC791418-B30C-487D-8F57-E7E855B61549.html
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware Player\help\player\GUID-CFBC64DD-E9BE-42E2-9462-453A13AB8442.html
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware Player\help\player\GUID-D6D9A5FD-7F5F-4C95-AFAB-EDE9335F5562.html

Registry keys:
  • HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\Installer\Products\727E254E8B683324C83C14DF18A7AFFF
  • HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\VMware_Player

Supplementary values that are not cleaned:
  • HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\Installer\Products\727E254E8B683324C83C14DF18A7AFFF\ProductName
  • HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\VMAuthdService\ImagePath


How to erase VMware Player from your computer with Advanced Uninstaller PRO

VMware Player is an application offered by the software company VMware, Inc. Some people decide to remove it. Sometimes this can be hard because performing this by hand takes some skill regarding Windows internal functioning. One of the best QUICK solution 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 PC, add it. This is good because Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a very efficient uninstaller and general tool to clean your PC.

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  • go to Download Link
  • download the program by clicking on the DOWNLOAD button
  • install Advanced Uninstaller PRO
2. Run Advanced Uninstaller PRO. Take some time to admire Advanced Uninstaller PRO's design and wealth of functions available. Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a very useful package of utilities.

3. Click on the General Tools button
Go to General Tools


4. Activate the Uninstall Programs button
Go to Uninstall Programs


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

6. Navigate the list of applications until you locate VMware Player or simply activate the Search feature and type in "VMware Player". If it is installed on your PC the VMware Player program will be found automatically. Notice that after you click VMware Player in the list of applications, the following information regarding the application is made available to you:


  • Star rating (in the lower left corner). The star rating explains 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 clicking on the Properties button.
7. Press the Uninstall button. A confirmation window will show up. Confirm the uninstall by clicking Uninstall. Advanced Uninstaller PRO will automatically 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 that have been left behind will be detected and you will be able to delete them. By removing VMware Player using Advanced Uninstaller PRO, you can be sure that no Windows registry entries, files or directories are left behind on your system.

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

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Geographical user distribution

  • 10.0
  • Windows 7 (6.1)
  • Windows 8.1 (6.3)
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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 text only contains detailed info on how to remove VMware Player supposing 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 stumbled upon and classified as "leftovers" on other users' PCs.

2016-06-21 / Written by Andreea Kartman for Advanced Uninstaller PRO

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Last update on: 2016-06-21 18:54:05.817