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
           Display version and exit.

SEE ALSO

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

REPORTING BUGS

       For bug reports, use the issue tracker <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 2.41.2                                  2025-09-22                                         DELPART(8)