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How to Completely Uninstall the Subsystem for Linux WSL on Windows

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The video provides a step-by-step guide to removing WSL and its installed Linux distributions from Windows:

  1. Shut down all running WSL instances.
  2. Use the WSL unregister command to remove each installed distribution.
  3. Delete each distribution’s installation folder from the AppData directory. AppData is hidden by default, so enable Show hidden files and folders if needed.
  4. Open Turn Windows features on or off and disable Virtual Machine Platform and Windows Subsystem for Linux, if enabled.
  5. In Windows Settings, uninstall WSL from the Apps section.

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