Installed Ubuntu and Windows 10, redundant entries in boot menu

Question

I got a computer with Windows 10. After installing Ubuntu along Windows 10 and fixing the boot sector with boot-repair, I ended up with this for the 1st time:

It does work when I choose the 1st or 2nd last ones. But how to delete all those redundant items?

score 4 · Answer 1 · edited Jun 12 '20 at 14:37

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Removing & modifying grub entries

Graphical way :

Install grub-customizer, it will let you manage your grub entry easily:

sudo apt-add-repository ppa:danielrichter2007/grub-customizer
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install grub-customizer

Select the entry you want to delete, click on Remove and when you are done do not forget to click on Save.

In case of problem :

Restoring deleted entries :

If you accidentally deleted the wrong entry grub-customizer include a function to easily restore removed entry :

Restoring initial grub configuration :

You should not need this but I write it just in case something goes wrong.

grub-customizer keep a backup of your initial grub config in /etc/grub.d/backup.

If you accidentally messed up or want to go back to your original grub configuration here is what you can do :

To fix an unbootable configuration, run:

sudo cp /etc/grub.d/backup/boot_grub /boot/grub

To reset the whole configuration, also copy these files:

sudo cp /etc/grub.d/backup/etc_grub_d /etc/grub.d
sudo cp /etc/grub.d/backup/default_grub /etc/default/grub
sudo update-grub

(Taken from /etc/grub.d/backup/RESTORE_INSTRUCTIONS)

If you still can not managed manage to restore your grub configuration after that, follow this guide.

Refer here for more information.

edited Jun 12 '20 at 14:37

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answered Sep 29 '15 at 08:32

hg8

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If you later want to resurrect an item, how do you do it (assuming you've rebooted multiple times since deleting)? – Ruslan Sep 29 '15 at 11:16
It would be hard if you have not made a backup of your grub config file. You can try to use grub-repair. You should ask a new question, you will maybe find better solutions ;) – hg8 Sep 29 '15 at 12:08
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@Ruslan Take a look at 7) here – hg8 Sep 29 '15 at 12:19
Yeah, that seems to answer my question. It seems your answer would be more complete if you included the instructions on restoring defaults in it. – Ruslan Sep 29 '15 at 13:15
I will add it ;) – hg8 Sep 29 '15 at 13:15
If things get totally borked and you can't boot at all, boot up a LiveUSB and run boot-repair (may need to install via apt-get install boot-repair first). It will fix your Grub menu and ensure your operating systems are all visible. – Kevin Sep 29 '15 at 13:52
which one can I safely delete? – Incerteza Oct 21 '15 at 16:52
You can safely delete anything. In your case you can just keep Ubuntu and Windows Boot Manager (if this one boot fine) for example. – hg8 Oct 21 '15 at 16:54
@cl-netbox, ookkkkkeyyy, okkkkeyyyyyy my friend. – Incerteza Nov 04 '15 at 13:22
I'm fine, how about you? Where did you go today? – Incerteza Nov 04 '15 at 13:45
@hg8, what a nice day! – Incerteza Nov 04 '15 at 14:35

Installed Ubuntu and Windows 10, redundant entries in boot menu

1 Answers1

Removing & modifying grub entries

In case of problem :

Restoring deleted entries :

Restoring initial grub configuration :