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How to remove Ubuntu GRUB bootloader from Windows 10

This is for those with UEFI who have deleted the Ubuntu partitions before removing grub . You will be doing this from Windows 10 . No bootable media required. Where bootrec /fixmbr, bootsect /nt60 and the Ubuntu live with the boot-repair suggestions have failed, this has worked for me: Run a  cmd.exe  process with administrator privileges Run  diskpart Type:  list disk  then  sel disk X  where X is the drive your boot files reside on Type  list vol  to see all partitions (volumes) on the disk (the EFI volume will be formatted in FAT, others will be NTFS) Select the EFI volume by typing:  sel vol Y  where Y is the  SYSTEM  volume (this is almost always the EFI partition) For convenience, assign a drive letter by typing:  assign letter=Z:  where Z is a free (unused) drive letter Type  exit  to leave disk part While still in the  cmd  prompt, type:  Z:  and hit enter, where Z was th...