How to locate or remove the license key for VMware Player Pro or VMware Workstation Player
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How to locate or remove the license key for VMware Player Pro or VMware Workstation Player

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Article ID: 343298

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Products

VMware Desktop Hypervisor

Issue/Introduction

This article describes steps to locate or delete the license key for VMware Player 7 Pro on your host machine.


Environment

VMware Workstation Pro 14.x (for Linux)
VMware Player 7.x (Linux)
VMware Player 7.x (Windows)
VMware Workstation Player 12.x (Windows)
VMware Player Pro 7.x (Windows)
VMware Workstation Player 12.x (Linux)
VMware Player Pro 7.x (Linux)
VMware Workstation Pro 14.x (for Windows)
VMware Workstation Player 15.x (Linux)
VMware Workstation Player 15.x (Windows)

Cause

If you have licensed VMware Player for commercial use but now wish to apply this license on a different device or for any other reason wish to use VMware Player for non-commercial use instead, you need to remove the license key.

Resolution

To locate and delete the VMware Player Pro License in your Windows Registry, please follow these steps:

Windows Hosts:
 
  1. Ensure that VMware Player Pro is not running.
  2. Click Start > Run, type regedit, and press Enter or use the windows key + R and type regedit.
  3. Navigate to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE > SOFTWARE > Wow6432Node > VMware, Inc. >VMware Player > License.fusion.x.x > Serial
  • The path for Workstation 12 Player is HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE > SOFTWARE > Wow6432Node > VMware, Inc. >VMware Player > License.player.12.x.x > Serial
  • Workstation Player Keys are located in etc/vmware/player.license.12.x.x" under Linux Hosts
  1. If you wish to delete the license key, please right click the serial and choose Delete.

    Note: VMware Player Pro requires a 64-Bit operating system. If you are using an older version on a 32-Bit operating system, the path would be HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE > SOFTWARE > VMware, Inc. > VMware Player > License.fusion.x.x > Serial

 
Linux Hosts:

On a Linux Host the Player Key is in etc/vmware/license-fusion-xx-xx.The particular license file can be deleted to remove the license.


Additional Information

For information on how to locate a VMware Workstation license, see Locating the VMware Workstation serial number (1000069)


Locating the VMware Workstation serial number

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