Some of the plugins for vCenter don’t offer an uninstaller.

To unregister a plugin from vCenter follow this method provided by VMware KB1025360

  • Open a web browser and go to http://vcenterserver/mob
  • Click on Content
  • Click on ExtensionManager
  • Copy the name of the plugin you want to unregister e.g. extensionList[“com.emc.EMCStoragePlugin”]
  • Click on UnregisterExtension
  • In the text field paste the text into the box and delete all but the part in quotes e.g.com.emc.EMCStoragePlugin
  • click InvokeMethod

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  • Refresh the browser and the plugin should be gone from the list
  • Reconnect to vCenter using the client, the plugin should be gone from Plug-ins-> Manage Plugins list.
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