Unable to remove BOOTCAMP partition, please help!

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Unable to remove BOOTCAMP partition, please help!

So, I've recently been trying to remove my bootcamp partition, but when I open Boot Camp Assistant, it shows me a message saying "The startup disk cannot be partitioned or restored to a single partition". I also accidentally entered the wrong disk when trying to erase it through terminal, accidentally creating another partition and container that I want to get rid of. However, in disk utility, the extra partition is saying that I "can not remove this volume because the previous volume can not be resized". I'm super confused, and just want to return my disk back to a single partition, is this possible?

MacBook Pro TouchBar and Touch ID, macOS High Sierra (10.13.3)

Posted on Feb 16, 2018 1:27 AM

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Answer 1

Feb 17, 2018 11:02 AM in response to Jey5

Dear Jey5
I have faced with this problem too 3 days ago. Now I can explain everything because I've tried everything available.
Well, you must have a Windows installation USB

1. Boot from USB

2. When you'll see a list of volumes and partitions in Windows installation, find a needed volume -->
(e.g. You have a 1TB disk, contains 750GB of MacOS, 250GB are free now - this is what you need, you can have the partition of any size)

--> and press Delete (with a red cross), agree with everything.

3. Boot to the Recovery mode

4. Find an "Unallocated" space on your disk

5. Press "-" -- delete this part

6. You're done, just be patient

Good luck,

Nikita

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Answer 2

Loner T

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Feb 17, 2018 5:23 PM in response to Jey5

Run

diskutil eraseVolume jhfs+ BC1 disk0s3

diskutil mergePartitions jhfs+ BCMP disk0s3 disk0s4

diskutil list

If you see only disk0s3, then

diskutil eraseVolume fat32 BOOTCAMP disk0s3

and run BC Assistant and click on Remove/Restore.

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Answer 3

Loner T

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Feb 19, 2018 8:59 PM in response to Jey5

Jey5 wrote:

Can I proceed with the "diskutil eraseVolume fat32 BOOTCAMP disk0s3"?

Yes, please.

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Answer 4

Loner T

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Feb 19, 2018 8:59 PM in response to Jey5

From Terminal, post the text output of

diskutil list

diskutil cs list

diskutil apfs list

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Answer 5

Jey5 Author

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Feb 17, 2018 3:14 PM in response to Loner T

Hi LonerT, here's my results:

diskutil list:

diskutil cs list:

diskutil apfs list:

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Answer 6

Loner T

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Feb 17, 2018 3:52 PM in response to Jey5

Can you post a text version of

diskutil apfs list

so I can copy/paste in commands?

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Answer 7

Jey5 Author

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Feb 17, 2018 4:04 PM in response to Loner T

APFS Containers (2 found)

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+-- Container disk1 BB4FB3BD-DDC7-4C4B-8ED5-655AA9270FB0

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====================================================

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APFS Container Reference: disk1

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Capacity Ceiling (Size): 895545344 B (895.5 MB)

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Capacity In Use By Volumes:
3190784 B (3.2 MB) (0.4% used)

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Capacity Available: 892354560 B (892.4 MB) (99.6% free)

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+-< Physical Store disk0s4 FC4DD95B-BE0B-4B0A-BA2C-CF5E77DCD4EA

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-----------------------------------------------------------

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APFS Physical Store Disk:
disk0s4

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Size: 895545344 B (895.5 MB)

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+-> No Volumes

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+-- Container disk2 EF5BFAB3-A05C-4E78-8510-483B8BAD4E25

====================================================

APFS Container Reference: disk2

Capacity Ceiling (Size): 348359057408 B (348.4 GB)

Capacity In Use By Volumes:
203856510976 B (203.9 GB) (58.5% used)

Capacity Available: 144502546432 B (144.5 GB) (41.5% free)

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+-< Physical Store disk0s2 541F2E7D-9085-46AB-8D6A-4425A9A6CAA0

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-----------------------------------------------------------

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APFS Physical Store Disk:
disk0s2

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Size: 348359057408 B (348.4 GB)

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+-> Volume disk2s1 B805B5A7-08E8-332F-9F4B-FAB1B529DBCA

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---------------------------------------------------

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APFS Volume Disk (Role):
disk2s1 (No specific role)

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Name: Macintosh HD (Case-insensitive)

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Mount Point: /

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Capacity Consumed: 202103529472 B (202.1 GB)

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FileVault: Yes (Unlocked)

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+-> Volume disk2s2 C38125DA-7586-46EC-A629-7EF709BF77E6

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---------------------------------------------------

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APFS Volume Disk (Role):
disk2s2 (Preboot)

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Name: Preboot (Case-insensitive)

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Mount Point: Not Mounted

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Capacity Consumed: 22003712 B (22.0 MB)

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FileVault: No

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+-> Volume disk2s3 FA51CDD2-B931-4E63-8F12-1FBAE17D2057

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---------------------------------------------------

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APFS Volume Disk (Role):
disk2s3 (Recovery)

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Name: Recovery (Case-insensitive)

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Mount Point: Not Mounted

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Capacity Consumed: 509820928 B (509.8 MB)

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FileVault: No

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+-> Volume disk2s4 E667FD1A-F483-46E8-9060-4D84418B1AE1

---------------------------------------------------

APFS Volume Disk (Role):
disk2s4 (VM)

Name: VM (Case-insensitive)

Mount Point: /private/var/vm

Capacity Consumed: 1073762304 B (1.1 GB)

FileVault: No

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Answer 8

Jey5 Author

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Feb 17, 2018 5:07 PM in response to Loner T

Here's the text format, do you need a screenshot as well?

/dev/disk0 (internal):

#: TYPE NAME SIZE IDENTIFIER

0: GUID_partition_scheme 500.3 GB
disk0

1: EFI EFI 314.6 MB
disk0s1

2: Apple_APFS Container disk2 348.4 GB
disk0s2

3: Microsoft Basic Data BOOTCAMP 150.1 GB
disk0s3

4: Apple_HFS Untitled 895.5 MB
disk0s4

/dev/disk2 (synthesized):

#: TYPE NAME SIZE IDENTIFIER

0: APFS Container Scheme - +348.4 GB
disk2

Physical Store disk0s2

1: APFS Volume Macintosh HD 202.2 GB
disk2s1

2: APFS Volume Preboot 22.0 MB disk2s2

3: APFS Volume Recovery 509.8 MB
disk2s3

4: APFS Volume VM 1.1 GB disk2s4

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Answer 9

Jey5 Author

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Feb 17, 2018 8:22 PM in response to Loner T

I ran your commands in terminal, and here is the diskutil list results:

Can I proceed with the "diskutil eraseVolume fat32 BOOTCAMP disk0s3"?

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Answer 10

Loner T

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Feb 17, 2018 4:07 PM in response to Jey5

Run

diskutil apfs deleteContainer BB4FB3BD-DDC7-4C4B-8ED5-655AA9270FB0

and post the output of

diskutil list

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