How to remove a partition with terminal?
So basically I partitioned my HDD on my MacBook Pro so that I could install Linux and dual boot. But I realized I don't really need Linux anymore but it doesn't appear on my regular disk utilities, only my one MacBook HDD does.
I type diskutil list in my terminal and this shows up
/dev/disk0 (internal):
#: TYPE NAME SIZE IDENTIFIER
0: GUID_partition_scheme 121.3 GB disk0
1: EFI EFI 314.6 MB disk0s1
2: Apple_CoreStorage Macintosh HD 91.0 GB disk0s2
3: Apple_Boot Recovery HD 650.0 MB disk0s3
4: EFI 29.3 GB disk0s4
/dev/disk1 (internal, virtual):
#: TYPE NAME SIZE IDENTIFIER
0: Apple_HFS Macintosh HD +90.6 GB disk1
Logical Volume on disk0s2
B0DF20B2-B674-46B3-B337-57F6A89A500F
Unlocked Encrypted
/dev/disk2 (external, physical):
#: TYPE NAME SIZE IDENTIFIER
0: Apple_partition_scheme *248.4 GB disk2
1: Apple_partition_map 32.3 KB disk2s1
2: Apple_HFS 256 GB 248.3 GB disk2s3
I'm basically trying to remove 4 under disk0. Any help would be appreciated.
Solution 1:
The command
sudo diskutil eraseVolume jhfs+ MyVolume disk0s4
should make the partition visible in the Disk Utility application. This command will erase the contents partition 4. You should probably quit the Disk Utility application before entering this command.
Once disk0s4
becomes visible in the Disk Utility application, you can remove the partition and reclaim the space.