Deleting Partitions on a SSD

Rudy_S1 wrote:

I have a SSD which I partitioned into three sections. I am now wanting to take out the partitions. I have deleted all the information from the three sections. I have used Disk Utility to erase all three sections. Each section still shows some MB of information, however when I open them on the computer nothing shows up.

What I am now trying to accomplish is to remove the partitions so I am back to one single storage unit. When I am in Disk Utility I am unable to click on the partition button, it is grayed out. When I put the mouse over the button it says Disks with master boot partition maps cannot be partitioned.

How do I remove the partitions?

You do not say what macOS or how the drive is formatted—

DiskUtility is not always effective...

In the new apfs All volumes share space with the Container, without penalty

Add, delete, or erase APFS volumes in Disk Utility on Mac

If you actually partitioned your drive and can not regain all the space—

You can erahttps://support.apple.com/guide/mac-help/restore-files-mh11422/mac

GUID partition map /APFS file system

reinstall macOS from macOS Recovery - https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT204904

restore your user data from a backup— restore items backed up with Time Machine

https://support.apple.com/guide/mac-help/restore-files-mh11422/mac

or other backup.

You can era

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How to erase your Intel-based Mac - https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT208496

To get a single partition, ERASE the drive in Disk Utility by its immutable device-name.

If it refuses, ask again immediately and it may proceed.