How To Remove GRUB for Windows 10 Bootloader

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If you’ve installed Ubuntu or any Other Linux based OS along with Windows 10, Grub Bootloader is also installed along with it to boot the OS. Grub Bootloader lets you Boot the OS along with Windows 10.  

After uninstall Ubuntu or any other Linux Based OS Grub Bootloader remains installed. You can Uninstall and Remove Grub Bootloader from Windows 10. Once you’ve done this, Grub Bootloader will no longer available on your computer.

Remove Grub Bootloader

1. Type Windows Key + R to open Run box and type cmd inside it.


Run Dialogbox


2. type diskpart in cmd window and click yes when prompted.

cmd windows


3. This will opens the new window 

diskpart window


4. Type command "list vol" this will show you all the disk volume. one of this will be EFI/System volume, it will always in FAT32 format

disk vol


5. Select the volume by "Select Volume X" command where X will be replaced by volume number or EFI/System volume.

select volume


7. Assign the letter to volume using "Assign Letter=X" command, where x will be replaced by any letter. For convenience I'm assigning letter Z. Type "Exit" command to close the window after assigning the letter.  

Assign Letter


8. Now Open Command Prompt as an Administration. If prompted press Yes.

cmd administration


9. Type "Z:" command to access the EFI drive. 

z command


10. Type the command "dir" to find the directory inside the drive. 

z dir


11. Now type "cd EFI" command to go inside the EFI directory. 

cd EFI


12. Type "dir" to view the directory the directory inside. There will be more than 2 directory one will be Microsoft, second will Boot and third will be the OS directory that was uninstalled it may be Ubuntu if you uninstalled ubuntu. In my case the third directory is Android. 

dir efi



13. Type "rmdir /s OSNAME" command, where OSNAME will be replaced by your OSNAME, to delete the GRUB bootloader from your computer. If prompted press Y. 

delete Grub


14. Exit the command prompt and restart the computer the GRUB bootloader is not longer available. 

To see the complete tutorial watch video 

Comments

  1. skyhawkSaturday, November 14, 2020 1:17:00 am

    It really worked, Thanks a lot!1

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  2. UnknownMonday, November 23, 2020 6:52:00 pm

    It worked thanks.

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  3. wolverineWednesday, November 25, 2020 8:35:00 pm

    Thanks. This worked smooth.

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  4. nbrtechSunday, December 06, 2020 1:36:00 am

    Awesome it worked great!

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  5. Linux Mint ThaiTuesday, December 15, 2020 12:56:00 pm

    great method, it works for me.
    thanks very much

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  7. UnknownWednesday, December 23, 2020 5:37:00 am

    Thanks mate

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  8. MonirulThursday, January 28, 2021 12:21:00 am

    Man, you have saved me!

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  9. UnknownMonday, February 01, 2021 7:29:00 pm

    Thank you so much, it worked

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  10. Down UnderSunday, February 21, 2021 8:35:00 am

    Thank you. Clear, concise instructions that worked well (where other methods did not)!

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  11. AnonymousMonday, February 22, 2021 2:14:00 am

    Thanks so much for doing this - worked where other methods did not as stated above.

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  12. අංගොඩයා..Tuesday, February 23, 2021 10:42:00 pm

    Thank you very much..

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  13. UnknownThursday, February 25, 2021 3:54:00 am

    Thanks that got me out of a bind. Gonna miss Linux though

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  14. BrownSparklesFriday, March 05, 2021 7:33:00 pm

    This is fantastic, thank you

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  15. AnonymousWednesday, March 10, 2021 6:37:00 am

    This is truly great! everything worked as described. Thanks a lot!!!

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  16. jogeoWednesday, March 10, 2021 9:06:00 pm

    Thank you ❤️

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  17. MeowSunday, March 14, 2021 3:45:00 pm

    Short, simple, and it works!

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  18. AnonymousMonday, March 15, 2021 10:15:00 pm

    Thank you, it worked fast and simple. But after deleting the GRUB bootloader, I realized windows explorer is considering EFI system partition as local disk(Z:) and it appeared alongside other local disks. For those have the same problem, the solution is here answered by user (Japelo_1976) :
    https://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/forum/windows_10-files-winpc/window-10-efi-system-partition-and-recovery/e7389cec-f0a3-4f85-bc7e-8b22be22680b

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  19. MalikKellyTuesday, March 23, 2021 3:53:00 am

    Thanks! This worked!

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