Removing the currently enabled Recovery (WinRE) partition from a GPT disk is not recommended.ĭue to the integration of the Windows Recovery Environment (WinRE) it's recommended to keep it functional by moving it to the Windows partition instead of simply deleting the Recovery partition and leaving WinRE in a broken state. Removing the partition may be desirable to free up a partition table slot or recover space lost by its creation when Windows 10 was upgraded. This article provides instructions to remove the Windows 10 Recovery (WinRE) partition from an MBR/EMBR disk.