Additional information

For information on removing Parallels Desktop 3.0, please check 4709
For information on removing Parallels Desktop 4.0, please check 5714
For information on removing Parallels Desktop 5.0, please check 6904
For information on removing Parallels Desktop 6.0, please check 9087
For information on removing Parallels Desktop 7.0, please check 112189

Symptoms

• You upgraded from Parallels Desktop 7 to Parallels Desktop 8 and experience issues

• Parallels Desktop application works improperly

• You need to reinstall Parallels Desktop (If you want to reinstall Parallels Desktop, uninstall it first as prompted below and install it again.)
• You want to uninstall Parallels Desktop

Instructions

Note:  Your Virtual machines will not be affected by this procedure - only Parallels Desktop application will be uninstalled. If you want to remove a Virtual Machine please check this article: http://kb.parallels.com/en/5029

1. Shut down Parallels Desktop and Virtual Machines
2. Open Applications folder and drag the Parallels Desktop icon into the Trash

Uninstalling Parallels Desktop using Terminal.app

If you are unable to uninstall Parallels Desktop by dragging it to Trash you may use these commands:

1.  Launch Terminal application from Applications/Utilities

2.  Paste the commands into Terminal (one by one; hit return after pasting each command)

sudo su

(type your Administrator password and hit return. You will not see characters while typing)

for pid in $(ps aux | grep "Parallels Desktop.app" | awk '{print $2}'); do echo kill -KILL $pid; done

 

for kext in $(kextstat | grep parallels | awk '{print $6}'); do kextunload $kext; done

 

rm /System/Library/Extensions/prl*

 

rm -rf "Parallels Desktop.app"