Linux Script to remove Parallels Desktop

There is no Parallels Desktop host software available for Linux — only selected versions of macOS, and thus, Linux specific commands won't work in a script.

This script assumes you have installed Parallels Desktop via a package manager like 'apt', 'yum', or 'dnf'. If you have installed it in a different way, you may need to modify the script accordingly.

Create a file named 'remove_parallels.sh' and copy the following content into it:

#!/bin/bash

# Check if the user is running the script as root
if [ "$(id -u)" -ne 0 ]; then
  echo "This script must be run as root. Use 'sudo' to run this script."
  exit 1
fi

# Remove Parallels Desktop
echo "Removing Parallels Desktop..."
if command -v apt &> /dev/null; then
  apt remove --purge -y parallels-desktop
elif command -v yum &> /dev/null; then
  yum remove -y parallels-desktop
elif command -v dnf &> /dev/null; then
  dnf remove -y parallels-desktop
else
  echo "Could not detect your package manager. Please remove Parallels Desktop manually."
  exit 1
fi

# Remove Parallels configuration files and virtual machines
echo "Removing Parallels configuration files and virtual machines..."
rm -rf ~/.parallels
rm -rf ~/Documents/Parallels
rm -rf /usr/local/Parallels

echo "Parallels Desktop has been completely removed."

Save the file and then make it executable with the following command:

chmod +x remove_parallels.sh

Now, run the script as root (or with 'sudo') to completely remove Parallels Desktop:

sudo ./remove_parallels.sh

That should do it!

Linux Script to remove Parallels Desktop

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