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Fanoy
Asked: 2012-06-15 21:45:17 +0800 CST

How to uninstall VMware Player?

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I want to uninstall VMware Player on my Ubuntu 12.04 LTS system. How should I uninstall it?

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7 Answers

  1. Best Answer
    sudo vmware-installer -u vmware-player

    This issue has been discussed previously over here: http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1364485

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  2. sudo  vmware-installer -u vmware-workstation

    Used to uninstall complete vmware-workstation package including vmware-player.

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  3. sudo vmware-installer -l
sudo vmware-installer -u PRODUCT-NAME

    With the first command, you can see what products you have. With the second, you can choose which product to uninstall. For instance, to uninstall VMware Player, please enter this in a terminal window:

    sudo vmware-installer -u vmware-player
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  4. I had to change the command line Lorenzo Lerate provided to make it work for me for version 12.5.6:

    sudo vmware-installer -u vmware-player
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  5. The official documentation states you have to run this:

    sudo vmware-installer -u vmware-workstation
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  6. sudo vmware-installer -u vmware-workstation

    According to official documentation which mentions "Uninstall Workstation Pro from a Linux Host"

    You might also have to want to uninstall a package named open-vm-tool separately.

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  7. Uninstalling VMware in linux machine

    Use command with root permission to uninstall

    sudo vmware-installer -u vmware-player

    if you removed some files before using above command the command will not work properly

    For this issue: Reinstall VMware workstation again

    sudo ./VMware-Player-Full-16.2.4-20089737.x86_64.bundle

    and use this command again :)

    sudo vmware-installer -u vmware-player
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