By Emily / Last Updated March 26, 2021

When need ā€œDiskpart delete partition forceā€?

Generally speaking, you can use Diskpart.exe service to delete any known data partition. But when you attempt to delete hidden partitions or system protected partitions like Recovery partition with ā€œdelete partitionā€ command in DiskPart, there are chances that you will encounter an error message saying ā€œCannot delete a protected partition without the force protected parameter set.ā€

In this situation, DiskPart utility requires you to enter a different parameter (force protected parameter) to signal your Windows that you know what you are doing, then you can successfully remove hidden or system protected partitions. To be precise, you need to input ā€œdelete partition overrideā€ rather than ā€œdelete partitionā€ command.

How to force delete partition with force protected parameter in Diskpart?

To use Diskpart to remove hidden or system protected partitions forcefully, you can refer to the following quick guide:

Note: please be very careful when following these steps. Deleting partitions will remove all data from the target partition. It is quite important to select the correct partition number on the correct disk. To be safe, you can back up disk in advance.

Step 1. Press ā€œWindows + Rā€ keys at the same time to open ā€œRunā€ Dialogue. Then type ā€œdiskpartā€ in it and press ā€œEnterā€.

Step 2. Type ā€œlist diskā€ and hit ā€œEnterā€: display a list of the disks currently connected to your computer.

Step 3. Type ā€œselect diskā€ and press ā€œEnterā€: select right the disk containing the partition that you wish to delete.

Step 4. Type ā€œlist partitionā€ and press ā€œEnterā€: see all the partitions available on that the selected disk.

Step 5. Type ā€œselect partitionā€ and press ā€œEnterā€: identify the one that you wish to delete from the partition list.

Step 6. Type ā€œdelete partition overrideā€ and press ā€œEnterā€: force delete the selected partition with using the override parameter.

DiskPart Delete Force

Once the process completes successfully, type the ā€œexitā€ command and press ā€œEnterā€ to exit Diskpart.

Free Alternative to Diskpart: force delete partitions easily

Although Diskpart is able to delete hidden or protected partitions through ā€œdelete partition overrideā€ command, without a clear interface to display the details, you may delete a wrong partition. For those who are unfamiliar with Diskpart, that will be a risk. Besides, you still cannot use that command to delete the system/boot partition or other partitions that contain active paging file or crash dump (memory dump) files.

Therefore, we would like to share a free yet powerful alternative to Diskpart: AOMEI Partition Assistant Standard. It allows you to delete hidden or unhidden data partition and system partition within Windows. That means you don’t need to create a bootable media and enter WinPE to do such task like using many other disk manager tools. Moreover, with a user-friendly interface, you can easily choose the right partition.Ā 

3 Steps to delete partition force in Windows 10/8/7

Free download it and below is an example of how to delete a system partition (supporting all versions of Windows XP up to Windows 10). You should note if you delete C drive, then you will not be able to boot the operating system.

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Step 1. Install and launch AOMEI Partition Assistant on your Windows computer, right-click the system partition (usually C: drive) and select ā€œDelete Partitionā€.

Delete System Partition

Step 2. Select a way to delete the selected C partition and click ā€œOKā€ to continue.

Delete Partition Quickly

Step 3. Back to the main interface, click ā€œApplyā€ and then ā€œProceedā€ to commit the pending operation. It is deleting the system partition, so a reboot is required.

Apply Proceed

If you want to delete recovery partition, you can just right-click the recovery partition, choose ā€œDelete Partitionā€ and follow the instructions.

Delete Recovery Partition

Bonus tip: if you delete a wrong partition and lost all data saved inside, you can upgrade to AOMEI Partition Assistant Professional, which can recover lost partition easily.

Conclusion

So, when you failed to use Diskpart to delete partition force, AOMEI Partition Assistant is a great alternative. Moreover, if you execute ā€œdelete partitionā€ or ā€œdelete partition overrideā€ on the dynamic disk and meet ā€œThe operation is not supported by the object. The specified command or parameters are not supported on this systemā€, you can first use AOMEI Partition Assistant Professional to convert dynamic disk to basic disk first, then use the deletion command. For Windows Server 2019/2016/2012/2008/2003 users, AOMEI Partition Assistant Server is a nice choice.