(3 Free Methods) How to Remove or Delete Partition Windows 10

The Windows operating system allows users to manage partitions by themselves. Therefore, users can delete one partition and expand another partition. In this article, we’d like to introduce three free and easy methods to delete partitions on Windows 10.

The common demands for deleting a partition in Windows 10 are usually as follows:

• Delete a data storage partition that is unnecessary
• Delete a recovery partition on a computer or laptop
• Delete EFI system partition in Windows 10
• Delete a partition during Windows 10 installation
• Delete the unallocated partition in Windows 10/8/7

Whenever you need to remove a partitionВ in Windows 10, you can start with any one of the three ways within this page: [1] Windows Disk Management; [2] Diskpart command and [3] EaseUS hard drive partitioning software.

Note: All methods mentioned will erase the data stored in the partition. Back up your important data before proceeding. Then, follow the step-by-step guide to remove any unwanted partition and reallocate your Windows 10 disk space.

Method 1. Remove Windows 10В Partition with Disk Management

Applies to: remove data storage drive like D, E, F in a Windows 10 computer; delete one partition each time

To remove partitions in Windows 10 using Disk Management, follow the steps below:

Step 1: Search «Disk Management» at the Start Menu.

Step 2: Right-click the drive or partition by clicking «Delete Volume» in the Disk Management panel.

Step 3: Select «Yes» to continue the removal process. Then you’ve successfully deleted or removed your Windows 10 disk.

After doing so, the deleted partition becomes unallocated space. You can apply further operations to the unallocated space.

Method 2. Delete Partition Windows 10 in Diskpart

Applies to: delete data partition, recovery partition, or EFI partition in Windows 10 (require a recovery disk); delete all partitions one time

Here is the step-by-step guide for deleting partition in Diskpart:

Step 1: Press the «Windows» + «R» keyВ simultaneously to bring up the Run box. Type cmd and hit Enter.

Step 2: Type the following commands each after to delete a partition from your computer.

• diskpart
• list disk
• selected disk #
• list partition
• select partition #
• delete partition

Step 3: Type exit to close the Command Prompt window.

Method 3. Delete Partition Windows 10 with Free Hard Drive Partitioning Software

Applies to: delete data partition, recovery partition, or EFI partition in Windows 10; delete all partitions one time

If you delete the partition in order to expand other partitions. Then the free hard drive partitioning software — EaseUS Partition Master would be a better choice. It is an all-in-one partition management tool that supports users to delete and resize partitions with ease. Compared with the diskpart method, it’s able to delete one or more partitions at a time, yet is more user-friendly, without requiring a solid computer skill.

Now download EaseUS Partition Master and follow the detailed guide below.

Guide: How to delete partition in Windows 10

Step 1.В Launch EaseUS Partition Master on your computer. Which partition do you want to delete? Right-click on it and choose «Delete. «.

Make sure that you’ve backed up the important data on the selected partition because this manner will compeletely erase data there.

Step 2. Click «OK» to confirm the deletion.

Step 3. Click «Execute xx Operation» on the top menu and then click «Apply» to save the change.

After doing so, you can enlarge other disks or do more operations using EaseUS Partition Master for free.

The following video tutorial shows how to partition a hard drive with EaseUS Partition Master, including how toВ resize, create, delete a partition and extend the C drive.В

Bonus TipВ — Can’t Delete Partition During Windows 10 Installation

Can’t delete a partition in Windows 10? It’s because you’re attempting to delete a protected partition using the default Disk Management, like a C drive, boot drive, recovery drive, or an OEM partition. When you can’t delete a partition Windows 10 install, you can try solutions as follows.

Step 1: Boot up with Windows installation media (USB/DVD).

Step 2: On the first screen. Press SHIFT + F10 and type the below commands:

Step 3: Continue with Installation, select custom, select the unallocated partition then click Next (Do not create partition/format. Let Windows create the needed partitions.

Step 4: When prompted for a product key. Click on «I don’t have the product key» or «Skip this step».

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Using Diskpart to Delete Partition for Your Windows 7/8/10

To delete partition on disk and USB drive in your Windows 10/8/7, you can use Diskpart command line or other third party software like AOMEI Partition Assistant.

By Cherry / Last Updated December 25, 2020

Why need to delete partition?

Usually there are 2 reason why people want to delete a partition in Windows 10, 8, 7.

в—Џ Free up free space: A partition can take up redundant data and share a large part of a hard disk. For example, some PCs have recovery partition, and lots of people will copy it to another drive or USB as portable recovery drive and delete the recovery partition to have some free space.

в—Џ Better manage storage space: A hard drive would better to be partitioned for managing data. You may find one of your partition is too large or too small, which is against your managing plan. You can delete a partition to have unallocated space, then add it to another disk.

But how to delete partition? There are four ways to delete partition and you can use any method to delete partition for Windows 7/8/10. The following content will introduce you the top 4 ways for deleting partition on Windows.

How to delete partition in Windows 10, 8, 7?

Method 1: Using the Diskpart to delete partition

Diskpart is a disk management tool snap-in Windows. Different with Disk Management, it uses the command line( CMD) to execute tasks. Diskpart delete partition command lline is a good way to delete partition with syntax.

1. Open the Command prompt, type: diskpart

2. At the diskpart prompt, type:list disk

Then, all the disks on your computer will be list, you should figure out the disk number of the disk from which you want to delete the partition.

3. Type:select disk n

n is the disk number. Select the disk which contains the partition you want to delete.

4. Type:list partition

5. Then, type: select partition n

n is the partition number. Here you need to select the partition which you want to delete.

6. Type:delete partition

Then, delete partition using Diskpart will be shown as the following screen shot shows:

If you are using dynamic disk, delete the partition can delete all dynamic volumes on the disk. To delete a dynamic disk, you can use the “delete volume” command instead.

Method 2: Using the Disk Management to delete partition

Disk Management is also Windows built-in tool. You can open it by right clickingMy Computer, then click Storage-> Disk Management. Then, right click the partition you want to delete, clickDelete Partition.

However, using Windows tool has many restricts. You must be a member of the Backup Operators group, Administrators group, or you must have been delegated the appropriate authority so that you can perform this procedure; you cannot delete an extended partition unless it is empty; you cannot delete partitions on a removable media with Diskpart and Disk Management, etc.

Method 3: AOMEI Partition Assistant: delete partition with GUI

You may meet many problems that caused the Diskpart delete partition command invalid. For example, if you are not a member of Administrators group, the commands will be invalid. Fortunately, partassist.exe of AOMEI Partition Assistant can help people manage disk partitions with command easier and simpler. However, there are a lot of users know little about computer, thus, those people may feel hard to delete partition with CMD.

The good news is that the AOMEI Partition Assistant can manage disk and partition with both command-line and GUI. The concise interface can be handled even you are a non-technician. first, you need to download the free edition AOMEI Partition Assistant Standard.

Note: This tool also supports creating a bootable Win PE media that helps you delete system partition if Windows does not allow you to delete a partition that is related with the OS.

Step 1. Launch the program. You can see the basic environment of your hard drives with a concise interface.

Step 2. Here you can right click the partition you want to delete, select “Delete Partition” in the pop out menu.

Step 3. After clicking Delete Partition, it will pop out a window to choose the way to delete the selected partition for “Delete Partition Quickly” or “Delete Partition and wipe data on it”. Here we highly recommend you choose the former one. The later will take more time, ant the data will be erased permanently. Click OK.

Step 4. Click Apply at the tool bar to launch the progress.

AOMEI Partition Assistant GUI should be the best way to delete partition for Windows 7/8/10, and it should be the best tool for managing hard drive such as resize/move partition, create partition, format partition, wipe hard drive, etc.

Method 4: Diskpart alternative partassist.exe of AOMEI Partition Assistant

To overcome the restricts of Diskpart, you can use some third party software to delete partition. AOMEI Partition Assistant is a great powerful partition management tool, and it provides the command line to manage disks, and it provides Windows PC users manage disk in free. To delete partition, you can do with the following commands.

1. Open the command line prompt. Click Start and type “cmd” or press “WIN+R” and type “cmd”.

Then, type:cd C:\Program Files\AOMEI Partition Assistant Standard Edition 5.8 (The path is your AOMEI Partition Assistant installation directory), and press Enter.

2. Type: partassist.exe /list:0

Then it will list all the partitions on your disk.

3. Type:/del:E, then, pressEnter, the progress will be executed. You can reference the screen shot below:

Or you can use other commands like “Partassist.exe /del:n” to delete a specified partition. If you want to delete all the partitions on a disk, you can type “Partassist.exe /hd:0 /del:all” at the prompt.

Notes:

> «/hd» followed by disk number, which starts with 0.

> «/del:0» and «/del:F» means delete the specified partition.

> «/del:all» means delete all the partition on the disk.

Conclusion

You may meet many problems that caused the delete partition command invalid when you use the Diskpart. For example, if you are not a member of Administrators group, the commands will be invalid. Fortunately, partassist.exe of AOMEI Partition Assistant can help people manage disk partitions with command easier and simpler. You can click here to learn more how to use AOMEI Partition Assistant Command Line.

And it got its Professional Edition that provides more advanced features including recover lost partition, migrate OS from MBR disk to GPT disk, wipe a hard drive, and so on.