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DELPART(8) System Administration DELPART(8)

NAME
delpart - tell the kernel to forget about a partition

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.

OPTIONS
-h, --help
Display help text and exit.

-V, --version
Print version and exit.

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/util-linux/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/>.

util-linux 2.39 2022-05-11 DELPART(8)