Created a simple bash script to remove VMware Tools;
sudo apt remove open-vm-tools
sudo rm -r /etc/vmware-tools
sudo rm /etc/systemd/system/open-vm-tools.service
sudo rm /etc/systemd/system/vmtoolsd.service
sudo rm -r /etc/systemd/system/open-vm-tools.service.requires
sudo rm -r /etc/vmware-tools
sudo apt autoremove