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Parallels Desktop
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Parallels Desktop

macOS | 26.1.2

Parallels Desktop is virtualization software.

Self-service install

To install Parallels Desktop on your work computer:

  1. Navigate to the Fleet Desktop icon in the OS menu bar and select My device.
  2. From the Self-service tab, navigate to Parallels Desktop and click Install.

Don’t see Parallels Desktop or the Fleet Desktop icon? Send a link to this page to your IT team.

Uninstall Parallels Desktop

Run the following command in your terminal to uninstall Parallels Desktop:

APPDIR="/Applications/" && LOGGED_IN_USER=$(scutil <<< "show State:/Users/ConsoleUser" | awk '/Name :/ { print $3 }') && send_signal() { local signal="$1"; local bundle_id="$2"; local logged_in_user="$3"; local logged_in_uid pids; if [ -z "$signal" ] || [ -z "$bundle_id" ] || [ -z "$logged_in_user" ]; then echo "Usage: uninstall_signal <signal> <bundle_id> <logged_in_user>"; return 1 fi; logged_in_uid=$(id -u "$logged_in_user"); if [ -z "$logged_in_uid" ]; then echo "Could not find UID for user '$logged_in_user'."; return 1 fi; echo "Signalling '$signal' to application ID '$bundle_id' for user '$logged_in_user'"; pids=$(/bin/launchctl asuser "$logged_in_uid" sudo -iu "$logged_in_user" /bin/launchctl list | awk -v bundle_id="$bundle_id" '; $3 ~ bundle_id { print $1 }'); if [ -z "$pids" ]; then echo "No processes found for bundle ID '$bundle_id'."; return 0 fi; echo "Unix PIDs are $pids for processes with bundle identifier $bundle_id"; for pid in $pids; do if kill -s "$signal" "$pid" 2>/dev/null; then echo "Successfully signaled PID $pid with signal $signal."; else echo "Failed to kill PID $pid with signal $signal. Check permissions."; fi; done sleep 3 } && trash() { local logged_in_user="$1"; local target_file="$2"; local timestamp="$(date +%Y-%m-%d-%s)"; local rand="$(jot -r 1 0 99999)"; if [[ "$target_file" == ~* ]]; then target_file="/Users/$logged_in_user${target_file:1}"; fi; local trash="/Users/$logged_in_user/.Trash"; local file_name="$(basename "${target_file}")"; if [[ -e "$target_file" ]]; then echo "removing $target_file."; mv -f "$target_file" "$trash/${file_name}_${timestamp}_${rand}"; else echo "$target_file doesn't exist."; fi } && send_signal 'TERM' 'com.parallels.desktop.console' "$LOGGED_IN_USER" && (cd /Users/$LOGGED_IN_USER && '/usr/bin/pkill' '-TERM' 'prl_client_app') || true && sudo rm -rf '/Library/Preferences/Parallels' && sudo rm -rf '/usr/local/bin/prl_convert' && sudo rm -rf '/usr/local/bin/prl_disk_tool' && sudo rm -rf '/usr/local/bin/prl_perf_ctl' && sudo rm -rf '/usr/local/bin/prlcore2dmp' && sudo rm -rf '/usr/local/bin/prlctl' && sudo rm -rf '/usr/local/bin/prlexec' && sudo rm -rf '/usr/local/bin/prlsrvctl' && sudo rm -rf "$APPDIR/Parallels Desktop.app" && sudo rmdir '/Users/Shared/Parallels' && sudo rmdir '~/Library/Caches/Parallels Software' && sudo rmdir '~/Library/Parallels' && sudo rmdir '~/Parallels' && trash $LOGGED_IN_USER '~/.parallels_settings' && trash $LOGGED_IN_USER '~/Applications (Parallels)' && trash $LOGGED_IN_USER '~/Library/Application Scripts/*.com.parallels.Desktop' && trash $LOGGED_IN_USER '~/Library/Application Scripts/com.parallels.desktop*' && trash $LOGGED_IN_USER '~/Library/Application Support/com.apple.sharedfilelist/com.apple.LSSharedFileList.ApplicationRecentDocuments/com.parallels.desktop.console.sfl*' && trash $LOGGED_IN_USER '~/Library/Caches/com.apple.helpd/Generated/com.parallels.desktop.console.help*' && trash $LOGGED_IN_USER '~/Library/Caches/com.parallels.desktop.console' && trash $LOGGED_IN_USER '~/Library/Caches/Parallels Software/Parallels Desktop' && trash $LOGGED_IN_USER '~/Library/Containers/com.parallels.desktop*' && trash $LOGGED_IN_USER '~/Library/Group Containers/*.com.parallels.Desktop' && trash $LOGGED_IN_USER '~/Library/Logs/parallels.log' && trash $LOGGED_IN_USER '~/Library/Parallels/Applications Menus' && trash $LOGGED_IN_USER '~/Library/Parallels/Downloads' && trash $LOGGED_IN_USER '~/Library/Parallels/Parallels Desktop' && trash $LOGGED_IN_USER '~/Library/Preferences/com.parallels.desktop.console.LSSharedFileList.plist' && trash $LOGGED_IN_USER '~/Library/Preferences/com.parallels.desktop.console.plist' && trash $LOGGED_IN_USER '~/Library/Preferences/com.parallels.Parallels Desktop Events.plist' && trash $LOGGED_IN_USER '~/Library/Preferences/com.parallels.Parallels Desktop Statistics.plist' && trash $LOGGED_IN_USER '~/Library/Preferences/com.parallels.Parallels Desktop.plist' && trash $LOGGED_IN_USER '~/Library/Preferences/com.parallels.Parallels.plist' && trash $LOGGED_IN_USER '~/Library/Preferences/com.parallels.PDInfo.plist' && trash $LOGGED_IN_USER '~/Library/Preferences/Parallels' && trash $LOGGED_IN_USER '~/Library/Saved Application State/com.parallels.desktop.console.savedState'

Is Parallels Desktop up to date?

Run this query in Fleet to find old versions of Parallels Desktop across all your computers:

SELECT 1 FROM apps WHERE bundle_identifier = 'com.parallels.desktop.console' AND bundle_short_version <= '26.1.2';

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