How To Safely Uninstall/Remove/Delete Linux (UEFI System, Windows Dual Boot)
This is a tiny tutorial showing how to uninstall/remove/delete Linux when dual booting with Windows in UEFI Mode (From Windows).
Steps:
1. Deleting the partitions
1.1 Open Disk Management to figure out all the partitions that are related to Linux.
1.2 Press Win + R, type diskmgmt.msc and hit Enter.
1.3 Once you have identified the Linux partitions, delete them. Make sure you don't delete any recovery or system partition(s).
1.4 (Optional) Expand your Windows partition to occupy the free space.
2. Removing the boot entry from EFI paritition
2.1 Remove the UEFI entry for Linux
2.1.1 Open elevated command prompt
2.1.2 Type bcdedit /enum all to view all boot related entry
2.1.3 Copy and paste the UUID of the entry. Select - Right Click
2.1.4 Type bcdedit /delete {UUID}
2.2 Remove the boot files for Linux
2.2.1 Find the EFI partition containing the Linux Installation
2.2.2 Inside the command prompt, type:
diskpart
list vol
sel vol X (Replace X with the volume number of the EFI partition)
assign letter = Z:
exit
2.2.3 Delete the directory: Z:\EFI\(Name-of-the-Linux-Distribution) by typing:
rmdir /S Z:\EFI\(Name-of-the-Linux-Distribution)
3. Done! Reboot! :)
4. Now, turn of fast startup in Windows and do a hard reboot. Then enable fast startup.
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