This can lead to confusion and mistakes …

However, if you’ve looked at the partitions on your computer (especially with Windows 8 and up), you’ll see a boat load of partitions. The partitions are probably obvious if you’re playing with your computer at this level. So we should probably first understand what we are looking at:Ī Windows partition (which we’d like to keep), a Linux partition (the one we’d like to remove), a bunch of other partitions of which we might have no clue why Microsoft even put them there (depends on your Windows version and hardware manufacturer), and GRUB. Sudo apt-get update sudo apt-get install -y os-uninstaller & os-uninstaller Sudo add-apt-repository ppa:yannubuntu /boot-repair

Open a new Terminal (Ctrl+Alt+T), then type:.

Boot your computer on a Ubuntu DVD or live-USB and choose “Try Ubuntu”.

If you don’t like the method I’m using, then please consider a Linux tool called OS-Uninstaller – it does all these steps for you within a few clicks. Alternative method with one single tool …

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