Completely uninstall VMWare on macOS

uninstall_vmware.sh

#!/usr/bin/env bash
# Usage: bash uninstall_vmware.bash
remove() {
  entry="$1"

  echo -ne "Removing $entry ["
  sudo rm -rf "$entry"

  if [[ ! -e "$entry" ]]; then
    echo -ne "OK"
  else
    echo -ne "FAILED"
  fi
  echo -ne "]"
}

remove "/Applications/VMware Fusion.app"
remove "/Library/Application Support/VMware"
remove "/Library/Application Support/VMware Fusion"
remove "/Library/Preferences/VMware Fusion"
remove "/private/var/root/Library/Logs/VMware"
remove "/private/var/db/vmware"
remove "/Library/Logs/VMware/"
remove "/Library/Logs/VMware Fusion Services.log"
remove "/Library/Logs/DiagnosticReports/vmware*"
remove "/private/var/run/vmware"
remove "/private/var/run/VMware Fusion Services.lock"
remove "/private/var/run/VMware Fusion Services.sock"
remove "/private/var/root/Library/Preferences/VMware Fusion"
remove "/var/db/BootCaches/*/app.com.vmware.fusion.playlist"
remove "$HOME/Library/Application Support/VMware Fusion"
remove "$HOME/Library/Application Support/com.apple.sharedfilelist/com.apple.LSSharedFileList.ApplicationRecentDocuments/com.vmware.fusion.sfl"
remove "$HOME/Library/Caches/com.vmware.fusion"
remove "$HOME/Library/Preferences/VMware Fusion"
remove "$HOME/Library/Logs/VMware"
remove "$HOME/Library/Logs/VMware Fusion"
remove "$HOME/Library/Preferences/VMware Fusion"
remove "$HOME/Library/Preferences/com.vmware.fusion.LSSharedFileList.plist"
remove "$HOME/Library/Preferences/com.vmware.fusion.plist"
remove "$HOME/Library/Preferences/com.vmware.fusionStartMenu.plist"
remove "$HOME/Library/Preferences/com.vmware.fusion.LSSharedFileList.plist"
remove "$HOME/Library/Preferences/com.vmware.fusion.LSSharedFileList.plist.lockfile"
remove "$HOME/Library/Preferences/com.vmware.fusion.plist"
remove "$HOME/Library/Preferences/com.vmware.fusion.plist.lockfile"
remove "$HOME/Library/Preferences/com.vmware.fusionDaemon.plist"
remove "$HOME/Library/Preferences/com.vmware.fusionDaemon.plist.lockfile"
remove "$HOME/Library/Preferences/com.vmware.fusionStartMenu.plist"
remove "$HOME/Library/Preferences/com.vmware.fusionStartMenu.plist.lockfile"

/etc/paths.d/com.vmware.fusion.public is missing

thanks

Thank you, this is very helpful

echo -ne "]" should be echo -e "]"

These commands might require if virtual server is installed on VmWare.

remove ~/Virtual\ Machines
remove ~/Virtual\ Machines.localized/

Nice bit of code. However it may leave lsregister in an uncertain state. VMware themselves recommend running:

/System/Library/Frameworks/CoreServices.framework/Versions/A/Frameworks/LaunchServices.framework/Versions/A/Support/lsregister -kill -r -domain local -domain system -domain user

which forces lsregister to rescan all the app bundles in the macOS filesystem. A reboot is normally handy too. Just means you don't have spurious apps in the right click contextual menus and so forth.

Thanks dude!

Absolutely epic, much better than the official KB, resets even the product key!

Thanks for the script. I've found that
$HOME/Library/Application Support/VMware Fusion Applications Menu
$HOME/Library/Logs/VMware Fusion Applications Menu
is missing.