How to Ctrl-Alt-Delete in VMware

January 5, 2019
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Few things are more annoying than being stuck inside a bad UI, and withinin virtualization environments is a common place for that to happen.

Here’s how to do the three-finger-salute inside VMware.

  • Regular: Ctrl+Alt+Del

  • Full-sized Mac keyboard: FwdDel+Ctrl+Option (Delete below Help key)

  • Abridged Mac Keyboard, Fn+Ctrl+Option+Delete

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