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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:
- Shut down all running WSL instances.
- Use the WSL
unregistercommand to remove each installed distribution. - Delete each distribution’s installation folder from the AppData directory. AppData is hidden by default, so enable Show hidden files and folders if needed.
- Open Turn Windows features on or off and disable Virtual Machine Platform and Windows Subsystem for Linux, if enabled.
- In Windows Settings, uninstall WSL from the Apps section.
Main speaker/source: The video’s narrator, TV2VN.
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