VMware Workstation

A guide to uninstall VMware Workstation from your computer

You can find on this page details on how to remove VMware Workstation for Windows. The Windows version was developed by VMware, Inc. More information on VMware, Inc can be seen here. The application is frequently installed in the C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware Workstation directory (same installation drive as Windows). You can remove VMware Workstation by clicking on the Start menu of Windows and pasting the command line C:\ProgramData\VMware\VMware Workstation\Uninstaller\\uninstall.exe. Keep in mind that you might get a notification for administrator rights. vmware.exe is the programs's main file and it takes approximately 2.13 MB (2231488 bytes) on disk.

The executable files below are part of VMware Workstation. They occupy about 115.19 MB (120787216 bytes) on disk.

7za.exe (581.69 KB)
drvInst64.exe (437.19 KB)
emmett.exe (676.69 KB)
mkisofs.exe (422.78 KB)
openssl.exe (424.19 KB)
vixDiskMountServer.exe (384.19 KB)
vmnat.exe (428.19 KB)
vmnetcfg.exe (3.10 MB)
VMnetDHCP.exe (350.69 KB)
vmplayer.exe (2.35 MB)
vmrun.exe (463.19 KB)
vmss2core.exe (850.69 KB)
vmUpdateLauncher.exe (34.71 KB)
vmware-authd.exe (85.69 KB)
vmware-hostd.exe (12.14 MB)
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-tray.exe (110.69 KB)
vmware-unity-helper.exe (189.19 KB)
vmware-vdiskmanager.exe (1.30 MB)
vmware-vprobe.exe (529.69 KB)
vmware.exe (2.13 MB)
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-stats.exe (22.48 MB)
vmware-vmx.exe (19.90 MB)

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The information on this page is only about version 11.1.3 of VMware Workstation. You can find below a few links to other VMware Workstation versions:

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

Folders left behind when you uninstall VMware Workstation:

C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware Workstation

The files below remain on your disk when you remove VMware Workstation:

C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware Workstation\7za.exe
C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware Workstation\adjperm.dll
C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware Workstation\diskLibWrapper.dll
C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware Workstation\dispatcher.xml
C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware Workstation\drvInst64.exe
C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware Workstation\elevated.dll
C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware Workstation\emmett.exe
C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware Workstation\env\provisioningPolicy.xml
C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware Workstation\env\vmconfigoption-ws-hw10.xml
C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware Workstation\env\vmconfigoption-ws-hw11.xml
C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware Workstation\env\vmconfigoption-ws-hw3.xml
C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware Workstation\env\vmconfigoption-ws-hw4.xml
C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware Workstation\env\vmconfigoption-ws-hw6.xml
C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware Workstation\env\vmconfigoption-ws-hw7.xml
C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware Workstation\env\vmconfigoption-ws-hw8.xml
C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware Workstation\env\vmconfigoption-ws-hw9.xml
C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware Workstation\env\ws-hw10.xml
C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware Workstation\env\ws-hw11.xml
C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware Workstation\env\ws-hw3.xml
C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware Workstation\env\ws-hw4.xml
C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware Workstation\env\ws-hw6.xml
C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware Workstation\env\ws-hw7.xml
C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware Workstation\env\ws-hw8.xml
C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware Workstation\env\ws-hw9.xml
C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware Workstation\environments.xml
C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware Workstation\EULA.jp.rtf
C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware Workstation\EULA.rtf
C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware Workstation\EULA.zh_CN.rtf
C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware Workstation\freebsd.iso
C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware Workstation\glib-2.0.dll
C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware Workstation\glibmm-2.4.dll
C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware Workstation\gmodule-2.0.dll
C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware Workstation\gobject-2.0.dll
C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware Workstation\gthread-2.0.dll
C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware Workstation\gvmomi.dll
C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware Workstation\help\player\caution_small.png
C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware Workstation\help\player\crawler-index.html
C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware Workstation\help\player\css\GUID-B736FF36-E483-45ED-AC5B-AEAE1E80B0DA.css
C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware Workstation\help\player\css\webworks.css
C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware Workstation\help\player\GUID-012378D8-A995-4B78-AAD3-5A4223C4093E.html
C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware Workstation\help\player\GUID-03C01EDE-FC56-4721-AD1C-47AF401DF210.html
C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware Workstation\help\player\GUID-073AC88A-BDCD-45ED-B814-ABC2EEB19580.html
C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware Workstation\help\player\GUID-08BB8EBB-56A5-47C0-8467-31FA0BFAAD6A.html
C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware Workstation\help\player\GUID-08BB9465-D40A-4E16-9E15-8C016CC8166F.html
C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware Workstation\help\player\GUID-0C23FCBF-F0CC-447B-A08E-35B90C52091E.html
C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware Workstation\help\player\GUID-0E8D0627-45E3-4845-A635-CC19C4DD230F.html
C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware Workstation\help\player\GUID-0E980DDB-5050-4109-A9BC-596572ED722D.html
C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware Workstation\help\player\GUID-0F9C34F0-9869-44A8-BD63-CD96B72E1B81.html
C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware Workstation\help\player\GUID-1109A03F-3BD3-4292-AEF6-D943445519B5.html
C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware Workstation\help\player\GUID-111F7A5A-A46D-4ECF-9B22-CD8D756F9FFF.html
C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware Workstation\help\player\GUID-13804128-3436-422C-80EC-A1697EF75C17.html
C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware Workstation\help\player\GUID-15632A58-9EB1-4D9B-9F0D-42C4136E2832.html
C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware Workstation\help\player\GUID-15BBACE2-44DA-41A3-8355-D2BA8CA4549D.html
C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware Workstation\help\player\GUID-16FBB720-2D65-40C9-989C-6809629BAABB.html
C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware Workstation\help\player\GUID-185E246A-8460-476E-B4D2-956CA8E9BEA1.html
C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware Workstation\help\player\GUID-2259F241-B5A6-4856-8657-139A88E57B95.html
C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware Workstation\help\player\GUID-237CCEC5-83F7-484F-A349-BF23C32B8F3C.html
C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware Workstation\help\player\GUID-24DD2187-AA37-4D14-A5F8-32D31648E0C4.html
C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware Workstation\help\player\GUID-291EA0CB-D11F-456C-9A3C-F1D69BEA6B0E.html
C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware Workstation\help\player\GUID-29FEE90F-FD7B-44BD-8B52-10C2474CE0AE.html
C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware Workstation\help\player\GUID-2A1F74A4-A5F3-4090-9A45-396D6D407CE5.html
C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware Workstation\help\player\GUID-2F6C8962-3E2C-49B3-8441-487D7C9E9380.html
C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware Workstation\help\player\GUID-3140DF1F-A105-4EED-B9E8-D99B3D3F0447.html
C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware Workstation\help\player\GUID-3174F104-A1B0-4845-B967-4C7CE0E47694.html
C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware Workstation\help\player\GUID-33C56F64-0274-45D2-B543-626BD4B5841D.html
C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware Workstation\help\player\GUID-37EA4A9D-DE43-4159-8982-2DFD9D5959AD.html
C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware Workstation\help\player\GUID-391BE4BF-89A9-4DC3-85E7-3D45F5124BC7.html
C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware Workstation\help\player\GUID-3B46D3FF-AACF-4495-9A8B-052315247E51.html
C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware Workstation\help\player\GUID-3D56BF46-5980-48F1-AB47-CC0CDB814D8B.html
C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware Workstation\help\player\GUID-3D5F9B19-08FF-4169-9572-39C46BA0C12F.html
C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware Workstation\help\player\GUID-3D812FA7-0CED-408E-B4B1-72A7B5F291EC.html
C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware Workstation\help\player\GUID-3F6B9D0E-6CFC-4627-B80B-9A68A5960F60.html
C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware Workstation\help\player\GUID-3F94C7B5-19A5-4E91-9709-B17FAA93FF75.html
C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware Workstation\help\player\GUID-489559B5-7C16-4C05-94BC-890AA7353A0E.html
C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware Workstation\help\player\GUID-51E3DE96-9D21-4655-A7BE-B491789CDC51.html
C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware Workstation\help\player\GUID-522EA802-03C9-4891-A100-FF6237898C00.html
C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware Workstation\help\player\GUID-5792C64D-5C01-42DD-9036-0F80FB0F3FD8.html
C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware Workstation\help\player\GUID-59676FB4-4EA8-4C2D-812D-05008B8CCA50.html
C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware Workstation\help\player\GUID-5B49A956-A202-48D2-8832-7F0B24F4DFED.html
C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware Workstation\help\player\GUID-5FC42BAD-0AAC-4EAF-8AD9-A41408ECF9BC.html
C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware Workstation\help\player\GUID-614D3F69-C022-45EF-BE55-6C822C5FA7B3.html
C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware Workstation\help\player\GUID-6291BB29-A3B7-462E-ABB9-B711F2F3A402.html
C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware Workstation\help\player\GUID-634F363E-CF25-4F3A-B021-2EF4BC989D07.html
C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware Workstation\help\player\GUID-6B97792A-41D7-4787-9341-651BA5000425.html
C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware Workstation\help\player\GUID-6DD39513-FA28-4F2E-B50C-0DB6D8E6FE65.html
C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware Workstation\help\player\GUID-6F261E98-8F81-490D-A904-DE675EE2E130.html
C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware Workstation\help\player\GUID-6F7BE33A-3B8A-4C57-9C35-656CE05BE22D.html
C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware Workstation\help\player\GUID-7DAD8EC0-0403-4152-86ED-99700F6C02B8.html
C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware Workstation\help\player\GUID-81932397-8211-499E-925E-98FC73428636.html
C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware Workstation\help\player\GUID-82E79E50-3073-4081-9FE6-0927076EA0AD.html
C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware Workstation\help\player\GUID-845C34CF-3CAE-4EA9-BA95-2727010963C4.html
C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware Workstation\help\player\GUID-852EBDB6-EA76-4D1C-9F49-FD3A315E3B17.html
C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware Workstation\help\player\GUID-896E61F5-0865-4D3B-975E-DE476AFC7168.html
C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware Workstation\help\player\GUID-8B1431E2-5E72-4B85-80BA-43B8875AB090.html
C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware Workstation\help\player\GUID-8C477788-7700-4030-8C4A-039C02AABB74.html
C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware Workstation\help\player\GUID-95232C52-C5A8-471B-A6A1-C7323A97FECA.html
C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware Workstation\help\player\GUID-983966AF-15B9-4AB9-BD27-CC89FD7BC690.html
C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware Workstation\help\player\GUID-9A1EC217-58F6-4E97-BF50-1C5581B9C55A.html
C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware Workstation\help\player\GUID-9A4F4019-CEEA-4BB6-9345-5B4A20D7A4BF.html
C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware Workstation\help\player\GUID-9AC1C866-59E1-4AB3-BEB3-5A3141525036.html

Registry that is not removed:

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\VMware Workstation
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\Installer\Products\A57F49D06AE015943BFA1B54AFE9506C
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\VMware_Workstation
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\VMware, Inc.\Installer\VMware Workstation
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\VMware, Inc.\VMware Workstation

Supplementary registry values that are not removed:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\Installer\Products\A57F49D06AE015943BFA1B54AFE9506C\ProductName
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\VMAuthdService\ImagePath
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\VMwareHostd\FailureCommand
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\VMwareHostd\ImagePath

How to delete VMware Workstation from your computer using Advanced Uninstaller PRO

VMware Workstation is an application marketed by the software company VMware, Inc. Frequently, people choose to erase this program. This can be hard because removing this manually takes some know-how regarding PCs. One of the best QUICK approach to erase VMware Workstation is to use Advanced Uninstaller PRO. Here is how to do this:

1. If you don't have Advanced Uninstaller PRO on your Windows PC, install it. This is good because Advanced Uninstaller PRO is one of the best uninstaller and general tool to optimize your Windows system.

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2. Start Advanced Uninstaller PRO. It's recommended to take some time to get familiar with the program's interface and wealth of functions available. Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a powerful PC management program.

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

4. Click on the Uninstall Programs button
Go to Uninstall Programs

5. A list of the applications existing on your PC will be made available to you

6. Scroll the list of applications until you find VMware Workstation or simply click the Search field and type in "VMware Workstation". The VMware Workstation app will be found very quickly. When you select VMware Workstation in the list of apps, the following data regarding the application is made available to you:

Safety rating (in the lower left corner). This explains the opinion other people have regarding VMware Workstation, from "Highly recommended" to "Very dangerous".
Opinions by other people - Click on the Read reviews button.
Details regarding the app you are about to remove, by pressing the Properties button.

7. Press the Uninstall button. A confirmation dialog will appear. accept the removal by pressing Uninstall. Advanced Uninstaller PRO will remove VMware Workstation.
Uninstall VMware Workstation

8. After uninstalling VMware Workstation, Advanced Uninstaller PRO will offer to run an additional cleanup. Press Next to proceed with the cleanup. All the items that belong VMware Workstation which have been left behind will be detected and you will be able to delete them. By removing VMware Workstation using Advanced Uninstaller PRO, you are assured that no registry items, files or directories are left behind on your system.

Your computer will remain clean, speedy and able to serve you properly.

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The text above is not a recommendation to remove VMware Workstation by VMware, Inc from your PC, nor are we saying that VMware Workstation by VMware, Inc is not a good software application. This page only contains detailed instructions on how to remove VMware Workstation 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' computers.

2016-06-23 / Written by Dan Armano for Advanced Uninstaller PRO

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Last update on: 2016-06-23 13:32:01.960

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