How to uninstall VMware Player?

Solution 1:

sudo vmware-installer -u vmware-player

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

Solution 2:

sudo  vmware-installer -u vmware-workstation

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

Solution 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

Solution 4:

The official documentation states you have to run this:

sudo vmware-installer -u vmware-workstation

Solution 5:

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