How to completely uninstall VMware Fusion on Mac
Dragging VMware Fusion to the Trash removes the app itself, but its support files, caches and settings stay on your Mac. Here is where they are and how to remove all of them.
VMware Fusion leaves settings, logs and support folders in both your user Library and the system /Library. VMware's own instructions are to move the app to the Trash and then remove these folders by hand, which is what this page lists.
Uninstalling does not delete your virtual machines. By default they are in the Virtual Machines folder in your home folder, and they are usually far larger than the app. They are your data: shut them down, then keep, move or delete them yourself. Quit Fusion completely before removing it.
com.vmware.fusionRemove VMware Fusion by hand
- Quit VMware Fusion. If it has a menu bar icon or runs in the background, quit that too.
- Open the Applications folder and drag VMware Fusion to the Trash.
- In Finder, choose Go > Go to Folder (Shift-Command-G), paste each location below, and move what you find to the Trash. Not every location exists for every version.
- Empty the Trash, then restart your Mac so nothing from VMware Fusion is left running.
Where VMware Fusion keeps its files
/Applications/VMware Fusion.app~/Library/Application Support/VMware Fusion~/Library/Caches/com.vmware.fusion~/Library/Preferences/com.vmware.fusion.plist~/Library/Saved Application State/com.vmware.fusion.savedState~/Library/Containers/com.vmware.fusion~/Library/HTTPStorages/com.vmware.fusion~/Library/WebKit/com.vmware.fusion~/Library/Logs/VMware Fusion
Other places VMware Fusion uses
~/Library/Preferences/VMware FusionData~/Library/Preferences/com.vmware.fusion*Data~/Library/Logs/VMwareData
The quick way
Diskzy finds VMware Fusion and the files listed here, shows the size of each one, and moves them to the Trash together. Files that another app also uses are left alone.
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