Hello,
I am having difficulty deleting the bootcamp partition on my 2015 MBP. Will not delete through Boot Camp Assistant or in Disk Utility. Any help would be much appreciated.
Thank you.
MacBook Pro (Retina, 15-inch, Mid 2015), macOS High Sierra (10.13.4)
You will have to repartition and format the entire drive.
Internet/Network Recovery of El Capitan or Later on a Clean Disk
If possible backup your files before proceeding.
- Restart the computer. Immediately after the chime hold down the (Command-Option-R) keys until a globe appears.
- The Utility Menu will appear in from 5-20 minutes. Be patient.
- Select Disk Utility and click on the Continue button.
- When Disk Utility loads select the drive (usually, the out-dented entry) from the side list.
- Click on the Erase tab in Disk Utility's main window. A panel will drop down.
- Set the partition scheme to GUID.
- Set the Format type to APFS (SSDs only) or Mac OS Extended (Journaled.)
- Click on the Apply button, then click on the Done button when it activates.
- Quit Disk Utility and return to the Utility Menu.
- Select Reinstall OS X and click on the Continue button.
Note:
1. To install the version of OS X that was currently installed use Command-Option-R.
2. To install the original factory version when the computer was new use Command-Option-Shift-R.
You will have to repartition and format the entire drive.
Internet/Network Recovery of El Capitan or Later on a Clean Disk
If possible backup your files before proceeding.
- Restart the computer. Immediately after the chime hold down the (Command-Option-R) keys until a globe appears.
- The Utility Menu will appear in from 5-20 minutes. Be patient.
- Select Disk Utility and click on the Continue button.
- When Disk Utility loads select the drive (usually, the out-dented entry) from the side list.
- Click on the Erase tab in Disk Utility's main window. A panel will drop down.
- Set the partition scheme to GUID.
- Set the Format type to APFS (SSDs only) or Mac OS Extended (Journaled.)
- Click on the Apply button, then click on the Done button when it activates.
- Quit Disk Utility and return to the Utility Menu.
- Select Reinstall OS X and click on the Continue button.
Note:
1. To install the version of OS X that was currently installed use Command-Option-R.
2. To install the original factory version when the computer was new use Command-Option-Shift-R.
In Terminal, run
diskutil eraseVolume jhfs+ BC1 disk0s3
diskutil mergePartitions jhfs+ BCMP disk0s3 disk0s4
diskutil list
If you only see disk0s3, then run
diskutil eraseVolume fat32 BCMP disk0s3
and re-run BCA and click on Remove/Restore. Stop if you see any error messages and post the Terminal session.
From macOS Terminal, post the output of
diskutil list
Awesome, worked perfectly. Thank you very much for your helpful response.
Excellent. Please remember to back up macOS.
Can't delete bootcamp partition.
