If you have previously partitioned your Mac's hard drive in order to download a macOS beta or install Windows, but now you need that storage space back, you can remove the partition and recapture the much-needed space. Here's how.
Mar 29, 2019 You may have needed Windows in the past, for work or school, but as technology progresses, it is becoming more and more likely that you can just do everything on the Mac side, rendering Boot Camp obsolete. Deleting the Boot Camp software can free up valuable space.
Getting rid of a secondary partition on the Mac is a two-step process. After erasing a partition, you can then remove it from your system.
Boot Camp is a native macOS utility mainly used for running multiple operating systems. Despite the regular application status, removing a Boot Camp partition is nothing similar to deleting a regular Mac app. You can erase unwanted partition with the help of Boot Camp Assistant or Mac.
Oct 07, 2019 If you have previously partitioned your Mac's hard drive in order to download a macOS beta or install Windows, but now you need that storage space back, you can remove the partition and recapture the much-needed space.Here's how. Getting rid of a secondary partition on the Mac.
Before you start
The most important thing to do before making any changes to your hard drive is to back it up. Time Machine has the easiest way to back up your data if you don't already have a system in place.
How to erase a partition on your Mac
Make sure to restart your computer in your main partition to erase additional ones.
Open Finder from your dock.
Select Applications.
Scroll down and open the Utilities folder.
Double-click to open Disk Utility.
Select the partition you wish to erase.
Click Erase.
Click Erase to confirm you wish to erase the partition.
Click Done to continue.
How to remove a partition on your Mac
After following the steps to erase a partition, you can then remove it from your hard drive.
Select your main partition, which is the first drive on the list. It might be called 'Fusion' or 'Macintosh HD.'
Click Partition.
Select the partition you wish to remove from the graph.
Click the minus (-) button.
Click Apply.
Disk Utility will check the disk and make changes. This will take several minutes.
Any questions?
Do you have any questions about how to erase and remove a partition on your Mac? Let us know in the comments and we'll help you out.
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Boot Camp Assistant User Guide
You must use Boot Camp Assistant to remove Windows, or a partition that was created with Boot Camp Assistant, from your Mac.
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WARNING: Do not use any other utilities to remove Windows or a partition that was created with Boot Camp.
Start up your Mac in macOS.
Back up all important data stored on your Windows partition before you remove Windows.
WARNING: When Windows is removed, the Windows partition—as well as all data stored in the partition—will be erased permanently.
Quit all open apps and log out any other users.
Open Boot Camp Assistant , then click Continue.
If the Select Tasks step appears, select “Remove Windows 10 or later version,” then click Continue.
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 macOS partition,” then click Continue.
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