Windows 10: Deleting EFI partition I made for Ubuntu 16.04

I was trying to install Ubuntu on a separate partition on my secondary drive, but no longer need it as I got a laptop for it specifically. I deleted the volumes I had for Ubuntu "/" and "/home" but remember there is 1 GB I placed for swap and 650 MB for an EFI partition to boot. How do I remove this partition?



I'm also trying to extend the volume back and it says "There is not enough space available on the disk(s) to complete this operation."

My Disk 1 is my SSD with Windows and Disk 0 is essentially my HDD with programs and such.

I am trying to delete this as I don't need to use Ubuntu on this computer and want to extend the volume for my D: drive.

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Deleting Grub GNU

I had installed Ubuntu as a dual boot option on my laptop. I have since deleted it but no matter what I have tried I can not get the grub loader off my computer. I have tried the following:

used disk manager to delete the Ubuntu partition

tried bootrec/fix mbr and fix boot

totally reset the PC deleting all files and reinstalling windows 10

Yet its still on my laptop. Windows loads fine but I would like still like the grub loader gone. I believe its in the EFI partition and am not sure if I delete the partition through "diskpart" if it will cause problems when booting the system and if I can
reinstall the EFI that's supposed to be there.

 

Remove Grand Unified Boot Loader (GRUB) from Windows 10

I had that issue when Grub was deposited on my SSD when I had installed a Linux distro to a USB using Live Linux.

I followed the above and it didn't work, so despite installing windows again, the following below worked for me (Dell Inspiron 3148 notebook). Differences in latest version of Windows 10: CommandPrompt (Admin) is now PowerShell (Admin), and I found I had
to omit the /S when I removed the ubuntu boot directory, so I typed rmdir ubuntu It is copied and pasted from the Ask Ubuntu forum.

This answer is for those with UEFI who have deleted the Ubuntu partitions before removing grub

You will be doing this from Windows 10. No bootable media required.

Where bootrec /fixmbr, bootsect /nt60 and the Ubuntu live with the boot-repair suggestions have failed, this has worked for me:

(This answer borrowed verbatim from here)

• Run a cmd.exe process with administrator privileges
• Run diskpart
• Type: list disk then sel disk X where X is the drive your boot files reside on
• Type list vol to see all partitions (volumes) on the disk
• Select the EFI volume by typing: sel vol Y where Y is the SYSTEM volume (this is almost always the EFI partition)
• For convenience, assign a drive letter by typing: assign letter=Z: where Z is a free (unused) drive letter
• Type exit to leave disk part
• While still in the cmd prompt, type: Z: and hit enter, where Z was the drive letter you just created.
• Type dir to list directories on this mounted EFI partition
• If you are in the right place, you should see a directory called EFI
• Type cd EFI and then dir to list the child directories inside EFI
• Type rmdir /S ubuntu to delete the ubuntu boot directory

Assuming you only ever had two operating systems (Win 10 & Ubuntu) you should now be able to boot directly to Windows without hitting the black grub screen.

 

Hi, have you tried right clicking the partition you don't want and clicking 'Delete Volume'?

 

Hello, yes I'm trying but right clicking the partition (shown in the screenshot), only lists "Help."

I've tried using diskpart and it will not allow me to remove the partition that way either.
I get an error of:

 

Strange. I would try using a partition manager boot disk - boot from that and try that way.

Kyhi's disk has Minitool P. Wizard on it.
Windows 10 Recovery Tools - Bootable Rescue Disk

(One of your Recovery partitions is redundant- that's quite normal e.g. after an upgrade or an in-place repair install e.g).

 

Oh my goodness, I used the GNOME partition editor and just deleted it and it took like just a minute! Thank you so much for suggesting that, I was able to fix it immediately.

Two questions now,
(1) Should I delete one of the recovery partitions, and if so, which partition do you recommend me delete and extend it to?
(2) I forgot if my D: drive was the olive color (simple volume?) before I messed with the Ubuntu stuff. Is that okay/normal for it to be and not be a primary partition like my SSD (C drive? I have files, games, and programs on there but no Windows information/files I believe.

I am unfamiliar with this stuff, so I would like to apologize ahead of time.

Edit: I used Gparted as I did not see the link you posted when I was looking for the software when you suggested to do so! Oops haha

 

I don't know why your D: is a dynamic volume.
https://technet.microsoft.com/en-gb/...(v=ws.10).aspx

I'd just leave the recovery partition alone; sure you could check which is in use; just make sure you have at least 500Mb unallocated space on your system disk ready for the next upgrade (at least that seems a good idea to me).