How To Safely Uninstall/Remove/Delete Linux (UEFI System, Windows Dual Boot)

Author: Nehal J Wani
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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. Music: 0:00 - 04:23 That Kid in Fourth Grade Who Really Liked the Denver Broncos by Chris Zabriskie is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) Source: http://chriszabriskie.com/uvp/ Artist: http://chriszabriskie.com/ Music: 04:24 - 08:43 The Temperature of the Air on the Bow of the Kaleetan by Chris Zabriskie is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) Source: http://chriszabriskie.com/uvp/ Artist: http://chriszabriskie.com/ Wanna support me? Visit: https://paypal.me/nehaljwani Visit: https://www.patreon.com/nehaljwani

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  1. I can not delete System Reserved (Z:) step 2.2.2 is not work for me, now I have System Reserved (Z:) https://youtu.be/zyOBF2ePvHY?t=356
  2. i need help...win7 gone while trying to dual boot kali linux...now my pc has kali linux only and i want to install windows again but when i restart my pc it wont take me to the boot menu whn i press F8 or F2 keys, nothing happns...tried booting win7 frm usb nothing happns..
  3. This perfectly worked. Nice video.
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  7. I've been all over forums and videos, support, you name it! Nothing would stop my laptop from booting into the Linux bootloader error! ... Until I watched your video! Thank you so much for the easy to follow steps and for providing instructions that actually work.
  8. when I type the last command rmdir /S Z:\EFi\kali
    it say specified directory or file is corrupted or unreadable
    so how do I delete it?
  9. First of all, nice detailed video.

    I need help with this. I prevously had triple boot set up with windows > LInux mint > Ubuntu but due to resize option I removed ubuntu and mint following your instruction. Also, I resized disk and installed Linux mint KDE and after reboot on sucessful installation, it directly goes to windows.

    How to enable grub again?
    Let me know if you can help me.
  10. hey what's the name of Kali Linux EFI
  11. wow... nice video but... the music is too depressing... it makes me feel like this is gonna kill my pc
  12. after i remove that i can install windows,??
  13. Hey, thank you solved my problem!
  14. i cant boot to windows 10.. only elementary os HELP ME PLS NOW I NEED HELP WITH THIS
  15. Hey loved you tutorial, I am having an issue finding my GRUB loader as it does not show up (the Linux in the UUID) Is it good or bad?
  16. You can do this the opposite way as well, doing the same tasks using Linux instead of Windows. You can remove Linux UEFI entry and Linux from EFI partition and uninstall Ubuntu from a dual boot system using Linux terminal, following these instructions: http://www.everydaylinuxuser.com/2016/04/how-to-remove-ubuntu-from-computer-dual.html
  17. i restarted my computer before removing the rest of the grub files and now i'm stuck with an errror and can't get back in. i ordered a win 10 recovery disk to fix my computer
  18. Thanks a lot....
  19. Thank you so much!!! I installed Fedora 25 to test it, but couldnt find a way to remove it and keep my Windows 10 without deleting or reinstalling. With your Video, it worked flawless in the first run. Really goood work!!
  20. thnxx bro it really worked for me