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Script to completely uninstall VMWare Fusion, tested with Fusion 8 on OS X 10.11 El Capitan
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#!/bin/bash | |
# | |
# Copyright (C) 2016 Peter Kelm | |
# | |
# uninstall script for VMWare Fusion, per VMware knowledge base | |
# https://kb.vmware.com/selfservice/search.do?cmd=displayKC&docType=kc&docTypeID=DT_KB_1_1&externalId=1017838 | |
# | |
# Note: Uninstalling Fusion does not affect the contents of a virtual machine. | |
# | |
# remove dock icon | |
i="$(defaults read com.apple.dock persistent-apps | grep bundle-identifier | awk '/com.vmware.fusion/ {print NR}')" | |
if [ -n "${i}" ]; then | |
/usr/libexec/PlistBuddy -c "Delete persistent-apps:$[$i-1]" ~/Library/Preferences/com.apple.dock.plist | |
# osascript -e 'delay 3' -e 'tell Application "Dock"' -e 'quit' -e 'end tell' -e 'delay 3' | |
killall cfprefsd | |
killall Dock | |
fi | |
# cleanup user files | |
/bin/rm -rf ~/Library/Application\ Support/VMware\ Fusion | |
/bin/rm -rf ~/Library/Caches/com.vmware.fusion | |
/bin/rm -rf ~/Library/Preferences/VMware\ Fusion | |
/bin/rm -rf ~/Library/Preferences/com.vmware.fusion.LSSharedFileList.plist | |
/bin/rm -rf ~/Library/Preferences/com.vmware.fusion.LSSharedFileList.plist.lockfile | |
/bin/rm -rf ~/Library/Preferences/com.vmware.fusion.plist | |
/bin/rm -rf ~/Library/Preferences/com.vmware.fusion.plist.lockfile | |
/bin/rm -rf ~/Library/Preferences/com.vmware.fusionDaemon.plist | |
/bin/rm -rf ~/Library/Preferences/com.vmware.fusionDaemon.plist.lockfile | |
/bin/rm -rf ~/Library/Preferences/com.vmware.fusionStartMenu.plist | |
/bin/rm -rf ~/Library/Preferences/com.vmware.fusionStartMenu.plist.lockfile | |
# the rest must be run as an "admin user" or "root" | |
# remove application and support files | |
/usr/bin/sudo /bin/rm -rf /Applications/VMware\ Fusion.app /Library/Application\ Support/VMware /Library/Application\ Support/VMware\ Fusion /Library/Preferences/VMware\ Fusion |
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