{"id":3206,"date":"2019-04-02T02:03:56","date_gmt":"2019-04-02T02:03:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.eassos.com\/blog\/?p=3206"},"modified":"2020-11-06T03:22:58","modified_gmt":"2020-11-06T03:22:58","slug":"remove-partition-on-external-hard-drive-windows-10","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.eassos.com\/blog\/remove-partition-on-external-hard-drive-windows-10\/","title":{"rendered":"How to remove\/delete partition on external hard drive in Windows 10\/8\/7?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>How to remove \/ delete partition from external\nhard drive? In this tutorial, you can learn three methods to remove partitions\nfrom external HDD in Windows 10\/8\/7.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Remove \/ delete partition on external hard\ndrive<\/h1>\n\n\n\n<p>A partition on an external hard drive can be\ndeleted or removed as long as it is not currently in use. For instance, if\noperating system is installed on the partition you want to delete and the\nsystem is running, you cannot delete it. While in most cases, external hard\ndrive is mainly used as secondary disk for data storage, thus you can easily\ndelete partitions when necessary.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>&#8220;I just bought a 1TB external hard drive which comes with a small partition of 300MB which is shown as EFI partition and a large partition with rest capacity in Windows Disk Management. I want to delete the small partition and add the space to that large partition, so that I can make use of the entire disk space. When I right-click on the small partition in Disk Management, the Delete option is greyed out. Does that mean this partition cannot be deleted? Is there any possible method to remove the partition from external HDD or combine it to the other partition? I\u2019m using laptop with Windows 10 Home installed. Thanks in advance.&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Disk partitions works as data containers which\nstores various files, installs operating system or programs or keeps backups.\nAs time goes by, the amount of data on external hard drive keeps increasing and\nchanging. Partition deletion removes the partition as well as files in the\nvolume. Since external disk may keeps important data for you, why do you still\nneed to remove or delete partitions? Here are some common reasons of deleting a\npartition.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>You want to reduce the number of partitions on\nthe disk. Your disk may not be partition properly, for example, there might be\ntoo many partitions on the disk. Thus, deleting partition can help manage data\nin a simpler way.<\/li><li>To gain unallocated free disk space. Once a\npartition gets deleted, disk space taken by the volume will turn to unallocated\nor free. Free disk space can be added to current partition or create a new\nvolume.<\/li><li>In order to repartition external disk. Deleting\nall partitions on the disk helps to get free space, after which you can create\nnew partitions based on your requirements.<\/li><li>To free up disk space. Some users want to\ndelete OEM partition, or recovery partition to free up disk space, although\nsuch partitions take very little space.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Note<\/strong>: Once a partition gets deleted, files and folders on the volume also get deleted. Remember to backup any data you want to keep before deleting any volume.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Method 1: Remove partition using Windows 10\nDisk Management<\/h1>\n\n\n\n<p>Disk Management is provided by Windows\noperating system for the purpose of performing basic disk management operations,\nsuch as delete partition, format partition, create partition, shrink volume,\netc. Let\u2019s have a look at how to remove partition on external hard drive using\nWindows 10 Disk Management.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Step 1<\/strong>: Launch Disk Management.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In Windows 10, you can easily open Disk\nManagement console by right-clicking <strong>Start<\/strong>\nbutton and choose <strong>Disk Management<\/strong>\noption from the start menu.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.eassos.com\/how-to\/images\/how-to-format-USB-flash-drive-04.png\" alt=\"Remove partition windows 10\"\/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Step 2<\/strong>: In Disk Management, locate the external hard\ndisk and the partition you want to remove. Right-click on the partition and\nselect <strong>Delete Volume<\/strong> from context\nmenu.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"460\" height=\"303\" src=\"https:\/\/www.eassos.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/delete-partition-on-USB-drive-01.png\" alt=\"Remove partition windows 10\" class=\"wp-image-2753\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.eassos.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/delete-partition-on-USB-drive-01.png 460w, https:\/\/www.eassos.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/delete-partition-on-USB-drive-01-300x198.png 300w, https:\/\/www.eassos.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/delete-partition-on-USB-drive-01-455x300.png 455w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 460px) 100vw, 460px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Step 3<\/strong>: On the Delete simple volume window, click <strong>Yes<\/strong> button and the partition will be\ndeleted right away.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Method 2: Remove partition on external hard\ndrive via DiskGenius<\/h1>\n\n\n\n<p>DiskGenius is free disk partition software and\nit provides complete functions to manage partition and disk space. With this\nfreeware, you can create, delete, format, hide, resize, extent, shrink, split,\nclone, image, wipe partition, convert disk between GPT and MBR, manage virtual\ndisk, etc. It supports NTFS, FAT32, exFAT, Ext2, Ext3 and Ext4 file system as\nwell as HDD, external HDD, SSD, virtual disk, SD card, USB flash drive, etc. To\ndelete partition on external disk with DiskGenius:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Step 1<\/strong>: Connect your external hard drive to computer\nand launch DiskGenius. Then you can clearly view the disk and its partitions in\nthe software.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Step 2<\/strong>: Select the partition to be deleted and click <strong>Delete<\/strong> button from toolbar; or\nright-click on the partition and choose <strong>Delete\nCurrent Partition<\/strong> from context menu.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.diskgenius.com\/manual\/img\/delete-partition-01.png\" alt=\"Remove partition windows 10\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Step 3<\/strong>: Click <strong>Yes<\/strong>\nbutton on the pop-up message box.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.diskgenius.com\/manual\/img\/delete-partition-02.png\" alt=\"Remove partition windows 10\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Method 3: Remove partition from external\nhard disk with Diskpart commands<\/h1>\n\n\n\n<p>Diskpart commands provides many useful\nfunctions to help us manage disk and partitions. Here we can use commands to\ndelete partition on external hard disk. This guide is a little complicated than\nprevious two methods.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Step 1<\/strong>: Launch Command Prompt in Windows 10. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Right-click on start menu and choose Command Prompt\nfrom the start menu.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Step 2<\/strong>: In Command Prompt, type <strong>diskpart <\/strong>and press Enter key.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Step 3<\/strong>: Type following command on after another and\npress Enter after each command.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><strong>List volume<\/strong> (This command lists all partitions on your computer)<\/li><li><strong>Select volume # <\/strong>(# represents the partition that  needs to be deleted)<\/li><li><strong>Delete volume<\/strong> (This command deletes the selected partition)<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"657\" height=\"429\" src=\"https:\/\/www.eassos.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/delete-partition-on-USB-drive-02.png\" alt=\"Remove partition windows 10\" class=\"wp-image-2754\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.eassos.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/delete-partition-on-USB-drive-02.png 657w, https:\/\/www.eassos.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/delete-partition-on-USB-drive-02-300x196.png 300w, https:\/\/www.eassos.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/delete-partition-on-USB-drive-02-459x300.png 459w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 657px) 100vw, 657px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Conclusion<\/h1>\n\n\n\n<p>This pose provides 3 methods to remove\/delete\npartition on external hard drive in Windows 10\/8\/7. These guides also apply to\ndeleting partition from USB flash drive, hard drive, SD card, SSD and more. Now\nyou can easily remove partitions when necessary. DiskGenius is free disk\npartition software and it helps manage disk space and improves performance.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Related articles:<\/h1>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eassos.com\/blog\/how-to-remove-delete-partition-on-hard-drive-under-windows\/\">How to remove\n\/ delete partition on hard drive under Windows 10?<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eassos.com\/blog\/how-to-remove-partition-from-usb-drive-in-windows\/\">How to remove\n\/delete partition from USB drive in Windows 10\/8\/7\/XP?<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eassos.com\/blog\/how-to-remove-delete-partition-from-sd-card-on-windows-10\/\">3 methods to remove\n\/ delete partition from SD Card on Windows 10?<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eassos.com\/blog\/how-to-partition-an-external-hard-drive-windows-10\/\">How to\npartition an external hard drive Windows 10?<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eassos.com\/blog\/diskpart-delete-partition-windows7-8-10\/\">How to delete\npartition with Diskpart in Windows 10\/8\/7?<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.diskgenius.com\/how-to\/external-hard-drive-recovery.php\">External hard\ndrive recovery<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>How to remove \/ delete partition from external hard drive? 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