removing a partition created in boot camp

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removing a partition created in boot camp

I have an old MacBook Air mid 2013 running Catalina V 10.15.7

years ago my son portioned the drive using boot camp to run windows on half of it. I would like to remove that partition to get back that storage space
tried to to this using boot camp but there is no available option to remove the volume

I believe I can do it using terminal where I erase the volume I don't want then merge it back into the volume I want to keep using, thus increasing useable storage space on the drive.

below is my current configuration of the drive as per the command diskutil list

/dev/disk0 (internal, physical):

#: TYPE NAME SIZE IDENTIFIER

0: GUID_partition_scheme *121.3 GB disk0

1: EFI EFI 209.7 MB disk0s1

2: Apple_APFS Container disk1 77.7 GB disk0s2

/dev/disk1 (synthesized):

#: TYPE NAME SIZE IDENTIFIER

0: APFS Container Scheme - +77.7 GB disk1

Physical Store disk0s2

1: APFS Volume Macintosh HD - Data 49.2 GB disk1s1

2: APFS Volume Preboot 151.1 MB disk1s2

3: APFS Volume Recovery 529.0 MB disk1s3

4: APFS Volume VM 2.1 GB disk1s4

5: APFS Volume Macintosh HD 11.1 GB disk1s5

I want to know which identifier in the diskutil list is the windows portion that I should erase ?

MacBook Air 13″, macOS 10.15

Posted on Nov 15, 2022 11:26 AM

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Answer 1

dawngreg08

Community Specialist

Nov 17, 2022 11:45 AM in response to CHEEKPRAB

Hello CHEEKPRAB,

Welcome to Apple Support Communities!

If we understand your post correctly, you're trying to remove the Windows partition from your Mac but haven't been successful. We're here to help!

"You must use Boot Camp Assistant to remove Windows, or a partition that was created with Boot Camp Assistant, from your Intel-based Mac.

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."

Remove Windows from your Mac using Boot Camp

Let us know if you have any questions.

Thank you for using Apple Support Communities.

Take care!

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Answer 2

CHEEKPRAB Author

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Nov 17, 2022 4:02 PM in response to dawngreg08

thanks. When I open boot camp assistant and click continue I get 3 “select tasks” options. The last option is the one you cited

“Remove Windows 10 or later version,” but it is greyed out and I cannot select it. Does this mean the partition was not made in boot camp?

looking for next thing to try to remove the partition

thanks

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Answer 3

CHEEKPRAB Author

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Nov 17, 2022 4:13 PM in response to CHEEKPRAB

One more piece of information. When I select “about this Mac” and look at storage It says the flash storage is 121GB of which 77GB is the Macintosh HD. In other words only 77 of the 121GB is accessible at this time by me

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Answer 4

Bill_T1

Community Specialist

Nov 17, 2022 4:46 PM in response to CHEEKPRAB

Hi CHEEKPRAB,

If you are unable to follow the directions in that article to remove the Boot Camp partition, use Apple Support to connect with AppleCare directly to investigate this behavior further.

Regards.

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