Как удалить Windows с Mac

Удалить Windows 10 — Windows 7 с MacBook, iMac или другого компьютера Mac может потребоваться, чтобы выделить больше места на диске под следующую установку системы или наоборот, чтобы присоединить занятое Windows пространство диска к MacOS.

В этой инструкции — подробно о двух способах удалить Windows с Mac, установленной в Boot Camp (на отдельном разделе диска). Все данные с разделов Windows при этом будут удалены. См. также: Как установить Windows 10 на Mac .

Примечание: способы удаления из Parallels Desktop или VirtualBox рассматриваться не будут — в этих случаях достаточно удалить виртуальные машины и жесткие диски, а также при необходимости, само ПО виртуальных машин.

Удаление Windows с Mac в Boot Camp

Первый способ удаления установленной Windows с MacBook или iMac самый простой: для этого можно использовать утилиту «Ассистент Boot Camp», с помощью которой производилась и установка системы.

• Запустите «Ассистент Boot Camp» (для этого можно использовать поиск Spotlight или найти утилиту в Finder — Программы — Утилиты).
• Нажмите кнопку «Продолжить» в первом окне утилиты, а затем выберите пункт «Удалить Windows 7 или новее» и нажмите «Продолжить».

• В следующем окне вы увидите, как будут выглядеть разделы диска после удаления (весь диск будет занимать MacOS). Нажмите кнопку «Восстановить».

• По завершении процесса Windows будет удалена и на компьютере останется только MacOS.

К сожалению, этот способ в некоторых случаях оказывает не работоспособным и Boot Camp сообщает о том, что не удалось удалить Windows. В этом случае можно использовать второй способ удаления.

Использование дисковой утилиты для удаления раздела Boot Camp

То же, что проделывает утилита Boot Camp можно сделать вручную с помощью «Дисковая утилита» Mac OS. Запустить ее можно теми же способами, которые использовались для предыдущей утилиты.

Порядок действий после запуска будет следующим:

• В дисковой утилите в левой панели выберите физический диск (не раздел, см. на скриншоте) и нажмите кнопку «Разбить на разделы».

• Выберите раздел Boot Camp и нажмите кнопку «-» (минус) под ним. Затем, при наличии, выберите раздел, отмеченный звездочкой (Windows Recovery) и также используйте кнопку «минус».

• Нажмите «Применить», а в появившемся предупреждении нажмите «Разбить на разделы».

После окончания процесса все файлы и сама система Windows будут удалены с вашего Mac, а свободное пространство на диске присоединится к разделу Macintosh HD.

How to remove a Windows Boot Camp installation from your Mac [Video]

— May. 23rd 2017 4:01 pm PT

In a previous tutorial we showed you how to create a macOS Boot Camp partition for installing Windows 10 on a MacBook Pro. The process, while not difficult, can be slightly time consuming, especially if you have a slow Internet connection for downloading Windows 10.

Outside of the time it takes, another downside associated with creating a Boot Camp partition is that it can take up a significant amount of space on your primary drive. Since some Macs are fairly limited when it comes to internal storage space, having a large Boot Camp partition can make it tricky to manage storage space in macOS.

In this follow-up tutorial, we show you how to remove the Boot Camp partition from your Mac, which allows your primary macOS partition to reclaim its space. Unlike the Boot Camp creation + Windows 10 installation process, removing a Boot Camp partition couldn’t be easier. Watch our hands-on video walkthrough for the details.

Step 1: Back up any needed data stored on the Windows 10 partition.

Step 2: Launch Boot Camp Assistant, which is found in the Other folder when opening Launchpad or the Utilities folder under Applications in Finder.

Step 3: Click Continue.

Step 4: Click Restore to remove the Windows partition and restore the disk to a single-partition volume for macOS. The restore process, depending on the size of the partition and drive, may take a few minutes.

Step 5: Click Quit once the restore process is complete. You can now confirm via Disk Utility that the Boot Camp partition has been removed.

Video walkthrough

As initially mentioned, one of the reasons you may wish to remove a Windows partition on your Mac is to recover the space associated with that partition. When initially creating the partition, you’re asked to allocate space from your main drive to the Boot Camp partition. This reduces the amount of free space available for macOS, which can cause inconveniences when operating Boot Camp on a system with limited storage.

If you’d like to learn how to install Windows 10 on your Mac, be sure to watch our hands-on video that shows how to properly wield Boot Camp Assistant. It’s also a good idea to learn how to backup your Boot Camp installation, which can easily be accomplished by following our hands-on Winclone tutorial.

Do you run Windows on your Mac using Boot Camp? I do so, particularly because Windows 10 is a much better gaming platform than macOS. If you use Windows on your Mac, please share your reasons for doing so in the comments below.

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How to remove Boot Camp Services from Windows on Mac

Boot Camp is a MacOS tool that allows you to install Windows OS on your Mac. It would give you a dual boot experience – you can either boot into Windows 10 or your default MacOS. Windows 10 is supported by Mac OS Yosemite X and later versions.

Remove Boot Camp Services from Windows on Mac

To remove Bootcamp services from Windows 10 installation is a bit tricky as it cannot be removed directly using Programs and Features in Control Panel. If you try from there, you’ll get a message saying Removal of boot camp is not supported. The article explains how to remove boot camp services from Windows using three different methods.

1] Use Troubleshooter to remove boot camp services from Windows

On your Mac, if you have booted into Windows 10 and wished to remove Boot Camp from Windows 10, you cannot remove it using Program and Features option in Control Panel. Boot camp is listed, but there won’t be any Uninstall button. And even if you see it, when you try it, it gives you an error message when you click on it. The message says your current operating system is not compatible and that you need Microsoft Windows 7 to remove boot services.

You should use the Microsoft Program Install and Uninstall Troubleshooter. Double click on it. It will present you with a list of programs that you can uninstall. Select Boot Camp Services and click Next so that it runs and removes Boot camp services from Windows 10 and leaves you with a cleaner machine. You can later install other versions of boot camp if you wish.

2] Using the setup file of Boot Camp

If you have used the setup file of Boot Camp, navigate to the following folder:

Look for BootCamp.msi, right-click on it and select Uninstall

You may also run the following command in an elevated command prompt to uninstall Boot Camp:

3] Using Boot Camp Assistant

If you used Boot Camp on Mac to create a Windows 10 environment, it is normally stored on a separate partition. In such a case:

1. Launch the Boot Camp Assistant in Launchpad (It is present in a folder named OTHERS)
2. Click Continue on the first screen
3. Select “Remove Windows 7 or later version”; note that this appears only when you already have installed Windows on your Mac
4. Click Continue
5. Select Restore and click Continue again to recover the space occupied by Windows 10 and boot camp services

IMPORTANT: If the Boot camp assistant is not working properly, you can download supporting boot camp drivers from apple.com.

4] Other

If you used some other method to create Windows 10 environment on your Mac, you could format the disk to retain single OS.

1. Start your computer while holding down Command+R
2. When the computer boots into Restore mode, select the Macintosh HD drive
3. Click Erase and select Mac OS Extended (Journaled) format
4. Once the disk is erased and formatted it will again boot into Restore mode
5. Click on the Reinstall OS to initiate Internet Recovery and reinstall the original OS that came with your Mac

This will help in removing not only Boot Camp Services from Windows 10 on Mac but also other unwanted files and folders, leaving you with a fresh installation. Please remember to back up all important data before remove Boot Camp services from Windows 10 on Mac.

How to Remove a Windows Boot Camp Partition from a Mac

Boot Camp allows you to dual-boot between a Windows partition and Mac OS X on a Mac. Dual booting multiple OS’s is incredibly useful and has plenty of purposes, but if you decide you no longer need to run Windows on a Mac you’ll probably want to remove the Windows Boot Camp partition so that you can recover the drive space. Some users wind up formatting the Mac drive and restoring from a Time Machine backup, but that’s not necessary, instead you can choose to remove only the Windows Boot Camp partition while preserving Mac OS X untouched.

Before beginning, be sure to back up the Mac with Time Machine. This makes it easy to recover everything in the unusual event something goes wrong. It’s also important to remember that this not only removes the Windows installation, but also any files or apps that were stored on the Windows partition, so be sure to backup anything critical on the Windows side of things beforehand too.

Done backing up? Great, here’s how to remove a Boot Camp partition of Windows 10, Windows 7, or Windows 8 while maintaining the original Mac OS X installation.

How to Delete a Windows Boot Camp Partition from Mac

1. If you haven’t already, reboot the Mac back into Mac OS X by holding down the Option key and selecting “Macintosh HD” – you can’t remove the Boot Camp partition from Windows
2. Open the “Boot Camp Assistant” app, found within the /Applications/Utilities/ folder of the Mac hard drive
3. Click on “Continue” and check the box for “Install or remove Windows 7 or later version” – be sure all other options are unchecked, then click “Continue” again – not the language may vary slightly depending on the version of Boot Camp and OS X

Choose “Restore disk to a single Mac OS partition” and click “Continue” again

Confirm the changes at the “Restore Disk” screen and choose the “Restore” button to start the removal process

When finished removing Windows, you can quit out of Boot Camp Assistant

Basically what this is doing is removing the Windows partition and repartitioning the Mac, similar to what you can do from Disk Utility. The major difference from going that route alone is that by going through Boot Camp Assistant, it also removes the Boot Camp utilities that aid Windows dual booting and the accompanying boot loader, providing for a cleaner removal process.

If “Install or remove Windows 7 or later version” is greyed out and the check box can not be selected, you probably have already messed with the partition table or haven’t installed the latest Boot Camp drivers. If that is the case, simply resize the boot volume to accommodate the available space, or remove the remaining unnecessary partition from the Disk Utility apps Partitions panel.

How to remove Windows Operating system from Bootcamp?

I have installed Windows 8 through BOOTCAMP, and now i want to remove it and leave it for a clear OSX. Is there anyone who know how to remove it completely? (I mean nothing related windows left).

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Boot Camp: Remove Windows from your Mac

How you remove Windows from your Mac depends on whether you installed Windows on a disk that has multiple partitions or one that has a single partition.

Important: Back up all important data stored on your Windows partition.

If you installed Windows on a disk that has multiple partitions

1. Start up your Mac in OS X.
2. Quit all open apps and log out any other users.
3. Open Boot Camp Assistant, then click Continue.
4. Select “Remove Windows 7 or later version,” then click Continue.
5. Do one of the following:
   • If your Mac has a single internal disk, click Restore.
   • If your Mac has multiple internal disks, select the Windows disk, select “Restore disk to a single OS X partition,” then click Continue.

If you installed Windows on a disk that has a single partition

1. Start up your Mac in OS X.
2. Open Disk Utility, located in the Other folder in Launchpad.
3. Select the Windows disk, click Erase, choose the Mac OS Extended (Journaled) >format, then click the Erase button.