Using Disk Management to Remove Partitions and Volumes
In this short guide we'll cover using Disk Management to delete partitions and volumes off a USB flash drive.
Getting Started
These steps will result in data loss, be sure to backup any important data before continuing.
1. Open Disk Management
Disk Management has been a utility in Windows for a very long time. In most versions of Windows, you can just do a search for Disk Management, and it will come up.
2. Delete the Partitions/Volumes
Right click on the volume you want to delete and hit Delete Volume.
Select Yes to delete.
This will delete any data on that volume.
3. Verify Deletion
You can verify that the volume was deleted by seeing that the space where the volume was now shows as Unallocated. If you right click the empty partition, you should be able to create a new volume.
FAQ
- Why doesn't the unallocated space merge with the other unallocated space?
- Simple answer is unallocated space can only merge when they are side by side. See, if we delete the middle volume, it all merges together.
- Simple answer is unallocated space can only merge when they are side by side. See, if we delete the middle volume, it all merges together.
- What if the options to delete are grayed out?
- It's probably an important volume in use or a protected volume. If you're 100% it's safe to delete, then you can use the DiskPart utility to delete it. Using DiskPart to Remo... | Confused !T (confusedit.org)
- How do I create volumes/partitions?
- Use our other guide Using Disk Management ... | Confused !T (confusedit.org)
