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- boot your computer on a Ubuntu live-CD or live-USB. - boot your computer on a Ubuntu DVD or live-USB.
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 * [[https://sourceforge.net/p/os-uninstaller|Official website of OS-Uninstaller]]  * [[https://sourceforge.net/p/os-uninstaller/wiki|Official website of OS-Uninstaller]]

Introduction

OS-Uninstaller is a small graphical tool to perform a clean and quick uninstall of any operating system (Windows, MacOS, Ubuntu, other Linux distribution..) of your computer.

Important: if you want to uninstall Wubi (Ubuntu installed INSIDE Windows), please follow this guide.

OS-Uninstaller is a free software, licenced under GNU-GPL.

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Getting OS-Uninstaller

1st option : get a disk including OS-Uninstaller

  • Download Boot-Repair-Disk. Then create a live-USB of it. Boot on it. A window (Boot-Repair) will appear, close it. Then launch OS-Uninstaller from the bottom-left menu.

2nd option : install OS-Uninstaller in Ubuntu

- boot your computer on a Ubuntu DVD or live-USB.

- choose "Try Ubuntu"

- open a new Terminal (Ctrl+Alt+T), then type:

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:yannubuntu/boot-repair

- Press Enter, then type:

sudo apt-get update; sudo apt-get install -y os-uninstaller && os-uninstaller

- Press Enter

Using OS-Uninstaller

  • launch OS-Uninstaller (System->Administration->OS-Uninstaller menu if you use Gnome, or via the dash if you use Unity)

  • Then choose the OS you want to remove and click "OK"

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  • A confirmation window will appear:

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  • Click "Apply" to start the removal

External Links

OS-Uninstaller (last edited 2022-01-18 23:36:17 by yannubuntu)