vmnet kernel module blacklist not working

I am trying to uninstall VMware Workstation completely to re-install it on my Debian system (due to an issue I faced regarding vmnet, preventing my NAT or bridge networks from attaching to my VMs). I ran vmware-installer -u vmware-workstation already but noticed the components remained:

# vmware-installer -tComponent Name                 Component Long Name                               Component Version   ============================== ================================================= ====================vmware-installer               VMware Installer                                  3.1.0.22583795      vmware-player-setup            VMware Player Setup                               17.5.0.22583795     vmware-usbarbitrator           VMware USB Arbitrator                             20.10.0.22583795    vmware-network-editor          VMware Network Editor                             17.5.0.22583795     vmware-vmx                     VMware VMX                                        17.5.0.22583795     vmware-tools-linuxPreGlibc25   VMware Tools for legacy Linux                     12.3.0.22583795     vmware-tools-linux             VMware Tools for Linux                            12.3.0.22583795     vmware-tools-netware           VMware Tools for NetWare                          12.3.0.22583795     vmware-tools-solaris           VMware Tools for Solaris                          12.3.0.22583795     vmware-tools-winPre2k          VMware Tools for Windows 95, 98, Me and NT        12.3.0.22583795     vmware-tools-winPreVista       VMware Tools for Windows 2000, XP and Server 2003 12.3.0.22583795     vmware-tools-windows           VMware Tools for Windows Vista or later           12.3.0.22583795     vmware-player-app              VMware Player Application                         17.5.0.22583795     vmware-ovftool                 VMware OVF Tool component for Linux               4.6.2.22583795      vmware-network-editor-ui       VMware Network Editor User Interface              17.5.0.22583795     vmware-vix-core                VMware VIX Core Library                           1.17.0.22583795     vmware-vix-lib-Workstation1700 VMware VIX Workstation-17.0.0 Library             1.17.0.22583795     vmware-vprobe                  VMware VProbes component for Linux                17.5.0.22583795 

Referring to this KB, I tried to perform the uninstallation manually and tried to unload all the modules, but I got warnings that vmnet was not unloaded:

# /etc/init.d/vmware stopStopping VMware services:   VMware Authentication Daemon                                        done   Virtual machine monitor                                             donemodprobe: FATAL: Module vmnet is in use.rmmod: ERROR: Module vmnet is in use# lsmod | grep vmvmnet                  77824  1vmw_vsock_vmci_transport    45056  0vsock                  61440  1 vmw_vsock_vmci_transportvmw_vmci              110592  1 vmw_vsock_vmci_transportkvm_intel             413696  0vmwgfx                438272  0drm_ttm_helper         12288  1 vmwgfxkvm                  1368064  1 kvm_inteliwlmvm                589824  0irqbypass              12288  1 kvmmac80211             1396736  1 iwlmvmvideobuf2_vmalloc      20480  1 uvcvideoiwlwifi               544768  1 iwlmvmvideobuf2_memops       16384  1 videobuf2_vmalloccfg80211             1339392  3 iwlmvm,iwlwifi,mac80211videobuf2_common       77824  4 videobuf2_vmalloc,videobuf2_v4l2,uvcvideo,videobuf2_memopsrfkill                 40960  7 iwlmvm,bluetooth,dell_laptop,cfg80211nvme                   57344  3nvme_core             196608  4 nvmet10_pi                 20480  1 nvme_corettm                   106496  3 vmwgfx,drm_ttm_helper,i915drm_kms_helper        270336  4 vmwgfx,drm_display_helper,nvidia_drm,i915drm                   765952  27 vmwgfx,drm_kms_helper,drm_display_helper,nvidia,drm_buddy,drm_ttm_helper,nvidia_drm,i915,ttm

As a result, I can't completely remove the files etc. yet. I tried:

1. Adding blacklist vmnet to /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist.conf
2. Adding modprobe.blacklist=vmnet to /etc/default/grub

After doing those changes, I did run sudo update-grub and sudo update-initramfs -u, but upon restarting, the vmnet module was still loaded and I can't seem to get rid of it.

Any idea how I can get rid of vmnet module?