Windows: How to Delete EFI/System Partitions

  • The issue is: there is no way to remove any System (System, Recovery, EFI) partitions using Disk Manger
  • No third-party tools installed

To get the story about EFI partition, follow the link at the end of the post, I have just needed to clean the disk using built-in Windows Tools…

Let’s start: hit Win + R and type diskpart. Hit Enter

DISKPART> list disk
  Disk ###  Status         Size     Free     Dyn  Gpt
  --------  -------------  -------  -------  ---  ---
  Disk 0    Online          465 GB  1024 KB        *
  Disk 1    Online          931 GB      0 B        *
  Disk 2    Online         4657 GB      0 B        *

DISKPART> sel disk 0
Disk 0 is now the selected disk.
DISKPART> list partition
  Partition ###  Type              Size     Offset
  -------------  ----------------  -------  -------
  Partition 1    Recovery           300 MB  1024 KB
  Partition 2    System             100 MB   301 MB  <-- EFI
  Partition 3    Reserved           128 MB   401 MB
  Partition 4    Primary            279 GB   529 MB
  Partition 5    Unknown            185 GB   280 GB

DISKPART> sel partition 1
Partition 1 is now the selected partition.

To delete selected partition:

delete partition override

If there are more system partition, repeat last three steps. But if it’s necessary to remove all partitions, try:

DISKPART> clean
DISKPART> exit

How to delete EFI partition? This page tells what is EFI system partition and why you can’t directly delete it from your computer. You’ll also learn how to delete EFI system partition in Windows 11/10/8/7 in two reliable ways.

Source: [Delete EFI Partition Guide] How to Delete EFI System Partition in Windows – EaseUS

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