How Do I Remove a Operating System from a Partition?
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In the Disk Management window, right-click or tap and hold on the partition that you want to be removed (the one with the operating system that you uninstall), and select “Delete Volume” to erase it. Then, you can add the available space to other partitions.

How do you delete a operating system partition?

Keep OS X and Remove Windows or Linux

  1. Open up “Disk Utility” from /Applications/Utilities.
  2. Click on your hard drive in the left-hand sidebar (the drive, not the partition) and go to the “Partition” tab. …
  3. Click on the partition you want to remove, then click the small minus button at the bottom of the window.

How do I remove old operating system from hard drive?

Right-click the partition or drive and then select “Delete Volume” or “Format” from the context menu. Select “Format” if the operating system is installed to the entire hard drive.

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