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📛 NAME

delpart - tell the kernel to forget about a partition

🚀 Quick Reference

Use Case	Command	Description
Remove partition from kernel memory	delpart /dev/sda 3	Tells the kernel to forget partition number 3 on /dev/sda
Remove partition from another disk	delpart /dev/sdb 1	Forgets the first partition on /dev/sdb

📋 SYNOPSIS

delpart device partition

📖 DESCRIPTION

delpart asks the Linux kernel to forget about the specified partition (a number) on the specified device. The command is a simple wrapper around the "del partition" ioctl.

This command doesn't manipulate partitions on a block device.

🔗 SEE ALSO

• addpart(8)
• fdisk(8)
• parted(8)
• partprobe(8)
• partx(8)

🐛 REPORTING BUGS

For bug reports, use the issue tracker at https://github.com/karelzak/util-linux/issues.

📦 AVAILABILITY

The delpart command is part of the util-linux package which can be downloaded from Linux Kernel Archive <https://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/utils/util-linux/>.

📛 NAME 🚀 Quick Reference 📋 SYNOPSIS 📖 DESCRIPTION 🔗 SEE ALSO 🐛 REPORTING BUGS 📦 AVAILABILITY