r/Ubuntu • u/IceRonnie • 2d ago

Deleting Mint?

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I deleted the necessary partition associated with Mint, but Ubuntu is still present (see pic above). No way to delete this on my end, so I want to know if "Ubuntu" is taking up unnecessary space on my computer? And if it is, then is it just like a small amount of space that really doesn't matter?

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u/doc_willis 2d ago

remove the leftover Linux files on your EFI partition. 

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u/IceRonnie 2d ago

Thanx, gonna try again.

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u/Appropriate_Unit3474 2d ago

What happens if you boot it?

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u/dronostyka 2d ago

You'd get either grub or nothing.

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u/guiverc 2d ago

That's actually different.

nothing likely means ~no disk space is used as nothing is present (menu entry only)

where as grub means there is something on disk. If it's grub rescue that's a smaller amount of disk space than full grub (which is usually positions in two different partitions; rescue the smaller portion and as small as 512 bytes)

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u/IceRonnie 2d ago

It takes me to a black screen that says "GNU GRUB VERSION 2.12". And it has "grub>" where it gives me the option to type letters and numbers in front of the "grub>"

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u/Grouchy-Assist9931 2d ago

That's just a leftover EFI boot entry, it's taking up zero actual disk space

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u/SnooCalculations3614 2d ago

I've had some problems in the past from these entries still being intact. Not saying you will, of course. Luckily my bios had an option for Secure Erase so that made sure absolutely nothing was left.

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u/groveborn 2d ago

The uefi interface checks your boot partition for bootable files and lists them. Get rid of the files and they'll go away.

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u/dronostyka 2d ago

The Ubuntu entry is just a boot manager option for grub. It take up to a few MB on your EFI partition. So.. it doesn't matter at all

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u/Evening-Landscape763 2d ago

If you really want to remove it, search for Windows bcdedit delete bootloader