delpart

Tell the kernel to forget about the first partition of /dev/sda

$ sudo delpart [/dev/sda] [1]

delpart device partition

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.

-h, --help

Display help text and exit.

-V, --version

Print version and exit.

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

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/>.

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