Uninstall Parallels Desktop for Mac

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IanT8

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I no longer need Parallels and have not subscribed for a few years. However Parallels Desktop will not uninstall by allowing me to move the application to Trash. I get a message that says "The item "Parallels Desktop" can't be moved to the Trash because some of its extensions are in use." I have no idea which extensions these are.
How do I uninstall Parallels Desktop if moving it to trash does not work?
 
IanT8 said:
I no longer need Parallels and have not subscribed for a few years. However Parallels Desktop will not uninstall by allowing me to move the application to Trash. I get a message that says "The item "Parallels Desktop" can't be moved to the Trash because some of its extensions are in use." I have no idea which extensions these are.
How do I uninstall Parallels Desktop if moving it to trash does not work?
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Hello, could you please provide us with a screenshot of the issue?
 
I am having this same issue. I have included a screen shot as well as tried to restart my Mac multiple times now.
 

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Nazeemabanu@P said:
Hello, could you please check if there is a .pvm (locate pvm file) file resides in your Mac, If yes, please remove it > also delete it from the trash.
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I had the same issue. After deleting the virtual machine and then trying to remove the parallels desktop from the application folder it showed me the same error message. What I did is manually removing the "Parallels" folder within my username structure and also delete from the "Shared" folder.
Doing that, I restarted the computer and then I was able to delete the application from the folder.
Hope this helps.
 
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