remove-vmware-from-macos.sh

#!/usr/bin/env bash
set -euo pipefail

# macOS: remove VMware Fusion app, support files, prefs, caches, logs, kext remnants,
# and common VM image locations (.vmwarevm bundles).
# REVIEW THIS BEFORE RUNNING. It permanently deletes VMs.

sudo pkill -x "VMware Fusion" || true
sudo pkill -f vmware || true

paths=(
  "/Applications/VMware Fusion.app"
  "/Library/Application Support/VMware Fusion"
  "/Library/Preferences/VMware Fusion"
  "/Library/Preferences/com.vmware.fusion.plist"
  "/Library/Logs/VMware"
  "/Library/PrivilegedHelperTools/com.vmware.*"
  "/Library/LaunchDaemons/com.vmware.*"
  "$HOME/Library/Application Support/VMware Fusion"
  "$HOME/Library/Preferences/com.vmware.fusion.plist"
  "$HOME/Library/Logs/VMware"
  "$HOME/Library/Caches/com.vmware.fusion"
  "$HOME/Documents/Virtual Machines.localized"
  "$HOME/Virtual Machines.localized"
)

echo "Deleting VMware app/support files..."
for p in "${paths[@]}"; do
  sudo rm -rf $p 2>/dev/null || rm -rf $p 2>/dev/null || true
done

echo "Deleting all .vmwarevm bundles under common locations..."
find "$HOME/Documents" "$HOME/Desktop" "$HOME/Downloads" "$HOME" /Users/Shared /Volumes -type d -name "*.vmwarevm" -prune -print0 2>/dev/null | while IFS= read -r -d '' vm; do
  echo "Deleting: $vm"
  sudo rm -rf "$vm"
done

echo "Done."