Step 2: Type Create a recovery drive in the Start menu or taskbar search box and then press Enter key to open Recovery drive wizard. As said before, Windows 10 doesn’t allow you to delete the recovery partition without creating a USB recovery drive. Step 1: Connect a USB drive with at least 8 GB of capacity to your Windows 10 PC and backup all data to a safe location as the USB drive will be erased while creating the recovery drive. If you don’t need a recovery drive, you can format the USB drive after creating the recovery drive and deleting the existing recovery partition from your Windows 10 PC. In fact, you can access the delete recovery partition only after creating a new recovery drive. Windows 10 doesn’t allow you to delete the existing recovery partition without creating a new USB recovery drive. IMPORTANT: This method applies only to OEM created recovery partition. Refer to the instructions mentioned in one of the two methods given below to safely delete the delete recovery partition in Windows 10.

In this guide, we will walk you through the process of safely deleting the recovery partition in Windows 10.

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