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Script to check if all remnants of VMware Fusion are gone from your Mac 

Oct 08, 2023 07:29 PM

(This script has been updated on 2024-12-27 to discover additional temporary files created by Fusion that are not mentioned in the referenced Broadcom tech note).

The documented method of removing Fusion from a Mac only removes the Fusion application. There are other files that will remain on the system that sometimes can cause issues when upgrading or re-installing Fusion. 

There is a VMware KB article that discusses how to manually remove these Fusion files from your Mac: https://knowledge.broadcom.com/external/article/307074/how-to-uninstall-vmware-fusion-manually.html

But what if you want to run a quick check to see if any of these files are still there?

The script is_fusion_installed.sh (zipped and attached to this article) is based on the above KB article and provides a quick way to tell if any of the Fusion files are still remaining on your Mac. 

The script:

  • does not require admin privileges
  • does not locate any virtual machines you have installed
  • does not touch any of your virtual machines
  • does not delete any files (sorry, you'll need to do that yourself)

Instructions:

  • Download the attached zip file
  • Extract the file (either using the command line unzip utility or the macOS Archive Utility). The script (is_fusion_installed.sh) should be extracted.
  • In a Finder window, find the script.
  • Open a Terminal window, and drag the script from the Finder window into the Terminal window,
  • Type return in the Terminal window and the script will execute.

Example run (when Fusion is still installed):

This is is_fusion_installed.sh version 1.1


This script checks to see if files belonging to VMware Fusion are installed
using information from Broadcom KB article
https://knowledge.broadcom.com/external/article/307074/how-to-uninstall-vmware-fusion-manually.html

Your hard drive (including any virtual machines) will not be modified.

Checking for VMware Fusion application

[NOTE] Fusion application /Applications/VMware Fusion.app still exists

Checking for files in /Library (system-wide Library folder)... 

[NOTE] Folder /Library/Application Support/VMware/VMware Fusion still exists
[NOTE] File /Library/Application Support/VMware/Usbarb.rules still exists
[NOTE] Folder /Library/Preferences/VMware Fusion still exists

Checking for files in ~/Library (user Library folder)... 

[NOTE] Folder ~/Library/Application Support/VMware Fusion (full path /Users/me/Library/Application Support/VMware Fusion) still exists
[NOTE] Folder ~/Library/Caches/com.vmware.fusion (full path /Users/me/Library/Caches/com.vmware.fusion) still exists
[NOTE] Folder ~/Library/Preferences/VMware Fusion (full path /Users/me/Library/Preferences/VMware Fusion) still exists
[NOTE] File ~/Library/Preferences/com.vmware.fusion.plist (full path /Users/me/Library/Preferences/com.vmware.fusion.plist) still exists
[NOTE] File ~/Library/Preferences/com.vmware.fusionStartMenu.plist (full path /Users/me/Library/Preferences/com.vmware.fusionStartMenu.plist) still exists

Checking for miscellaneous temp files... 

[NOTE] Folder /var/folders/v2/rd_f62qn7v7bf0xrztkkn1dh0000gn/T//vmware-me still exists
[NOTE] Folder /var/run/vmware still exists
[NOTE] Folder /private/tmp/vmware-me still exists


[NOTE] Your Mac appears to have Fusion application related files from a prior Fusion installation.
       Please delete them manually to clean your Mac of all traces of Fusion.

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