WSL distribution unregistration¶

WSL distribution unregistration is the process of permanently removing a registered WSL distribution from the Windows Subsystem for Linux^[600-developer-tools-windows-wsl-command.md]. This action deletes the distribution instance and its file system data from the computer^[600-developer-tools-windows-wsl-command.md].

Usage¶

To unregister a specific distribution, the --unregister flag is used with the specific distribution name^[600-developer-tools-windows-wsl-command.md]. For example, to remove a distribution named "U20.04-tommy", the following command is used^[600-developer-tools-windows-wsl-command.md]:

wsl --unregister U20.04-tommy

Related Concepts¶

• [[WSL]]
• [[WSL import]]
• [[WSL export]]

Sources¶

• 600-developer-tools-windows-wsl-command.md