How to remove GRUB from Windows 11

remove_grub_from_windows11.md

How to remove GRUB from Windows laptop (MS Surface Pro 3) - the 4x BootRec commands did not work

From Windows 11

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1. Run a cmd.exe process with administrator privileges

    cmd.exe

2. Run diskpart

    diskpart.exe

3. Type: list disk then sel disk X where X is the drive your boot files reside on

    list disk
    select disk X

4. Type list vol to see all partitions (volumes) on the disk (the EFI volume will be formatted in FAT, others will be NTFS)

    list vol

5. Select the EFI volume by typing: sel vol Y where Y is the SYSTEM volume (this is almost always the EFI partition)

    select vol Y

6. For convenience, assign a drive letter by typing: assign letter=Z: where Z is a free (unused) drive letter

    assign letter=Z:

7. Type exit to leave disk part

    exit

8. While still in the cmd prompt, type: Z: and hit enter, where Z was the drive letter you just created.

    Z:

9. Type dir to list directories on this mounted EFI partition

    dir

10. Type cd EFI and then dir to list the child directories inside EFI

    cd EFI

11. Type rmdir /S linux-entry to delete the linux boot directory

    rmdir /S entry other than Boot and Microsoft

From Linux

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1. Run efibootmgr to see current boot order and entries

            sudo efibootmgr

2. Change boot order to boot from from Windows

            $ # if windows bootnum is 000, and other entries are 003, 004 etc
            $ sudo efibootmgr -o 0,3, 4

3. Delete Linux boot entries

            $ # if windows bootnum is 000, and other entries are 003, 004 etc
            $ sudo efibootmgr -b 3 -B
            $ sudo efibootmgr -b 4 -B

4. Go to EFI directory most probably /boot/efi

            $ sudo su
            # cd /boot/efi

5. Remove that foder having the name of your Linux distribution

            # rm -rf fedora

6. Reboot your system

Worked for me. Thank you so much!