I removed Ubuntu from the BIOS menu but it comes back

Question

For reasons too long to explain, I reluctantly removed Ubuntu from my computer. After completely removing it and deleting the partition that it was installed onto, I discovered that I still had two Ubuntu entries in the boot order in my BIOS menu. I deleted them by following the instructions in this answer:

https://askubuntu.com/a/63613/54934

As I was doing it, everything appeared to go smoothly. However, upon reboot one of them came back. What's going on here? How do I delete it permanently?

Here is my boot-info URL: http://paste.ubuntu.com/1372806/

I'll gladly provide any other information that may be needed to diagnose the problem.

Thanks.

Please indicate your Boot-Info URL. – LovinBuntu Nov 21 '12 at 11:05 — LovinBuntu, Nov 21 '12 at 11:05
@LovinBuntu I've edited it into the question. – jimchristie Nov 21 '12 at 14:52 — jimchristie, Nov 21 '12 at 14:52

score 2 · Accepted Answer · edited Sep 15 '15 at 12:31

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Boot on a Ubuntu 64-bit disk, choose Try Ubuntu.
Open a terminal and type the following commands:
```
sudo mount /dev/sda2 /mnt
sudo rm -r /mnt/EFI/ubuntu
sudo efibootmgr
```
This should display your boot entries, each with a number. E. g., if your Ubuntu(/Shim) entries are number 0002 and 0003, you can remove them by typing:
```
sudo efibootmgr -b 2 -B
sudo efibootmgr -b 3 -B
```

edited Sep 15 '15 at 12:31

David Foerster

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answered Nov 23 '12 at 21:15

LovinBuntu

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I tried this method on ubuntu 16.04.3, but this boot entry is stubborn enough, it keeps reappearing. Any ideas on how to get rid of it? – Sean Lee Oct 26 '17 at 23:57

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Jun 03 '23 at 13:31

i finally managed to get rid of my useless "fedora" boot option by deleting the "fedora" folder inside the EFI partition. I used EasyUEFI's EFI browser feautre on Windows.

https://www.easyuefi.com/faq/en-US/explore-and-write-efi-system-partition-explorer.html

score 0 · Answer 3 · answered Nov 20 '12 at 22:43

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What sort of motherboard do you have? (Brand and model, firmware brand?) I've got an ASUS P8H77-I motherboard that has a similar problem -- after I installed Ubuntu, I got two entries in its firmware list, and any attempt to delete either of them resulted in it reappearing after a reboot. I finally cleared the problem by removing all of the firmware's boot entries and then re-creating only the ones that I wanted. It could be that a similar procedure would work for you.

answered Nov 20 '12 at 22:43

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I'm not sure... How would I go about finding that out? And I'm not sure I'd be entirely comfortable removing all of the boot entries without specific instructions on how to add new ones back in... – jimchristie Nov 20 '12 at 23:34

I removed Ubuntu from the BIOS menu but it comes back

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