J.D. Hodges

Need to remove stubborn un-deletable partitions from Windows 10 or previous? Here is what those partition layouts might look like:

Here is how to remove those same partitions 🙂 First open a command prompt and then proceed as follows:

C:\Windows\system32>diskpart

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On computer: XWING10

DISKPART> SELECT DISK 8

Disk 8 is now the selected disk.

*NOTE: make sure you select the correct disk!

DISKPART> LIST PARTITION

Partition ### Type Size Offset
————- —————- ——- ——-
Partition 1 System 300 MB 1024 KB
Partition 2 Recovery 600 MB 301 MB
Partition 3 Reserved 128 MB 901 MB
Partition 4 Primary 186 GB 1029 MB
Partition 5 Primary 258 GB 187 GB
Partition 6 Recovery 20 GB 445 GB

DISKPART> SELECT PARTITION 1

Partition 1 is now the selected partition.

DISKPART> DELETE PARTITION OVERRIDE

DiskPart successfully deleted the selected partition.

DISKPART> SELECT PARTITION 2

Partition 2 is now the selected partition.

DISKPART> DELETE PARTITION OVERRIDE

DiskPart successfully deleted the selected partition.

DISKPART> SELECT PARTITION 3

Partition 3 is now the selected partition.

DISKPART> DELETE PARTITION OVERRIDE

DiskPart successfully deleted the selected partition.

DISKPART> SELECT PARTITION 4

Partition 4 is now the selected partition.

DISKPART> DELETE PARTITION OVERRIDE

DiskPart successfully deleted the selected partition.

DISKPART> SELECT PARTITION 5

Partition 5 is now the selected partition.

DISKPART> DELETE PARTITION OVERRIDE

DiskPart successfully deleted the selected partition.

DISKPART> SELECT PARTITION 6

Partition 6 is now the selected partition.

DISKPART> DELETE PARTITION OVERRIDE

DiskPart successfully deleted the selected partition.

DISKPART> EXIT

Leaving DiskPart…

C:\Windows\system32>EXIT

Voila! All partitions removed, a clean disk ready to be formatted and re-used 🙂