Wsl _top_ — Uninstall

: Open PowerShell as an administrator and run wsl --list --verbose to see installed distros. Then, run wsl --unregister (e.g., wsl --unregister Ubuntu ) to permanently delete the distribution and its data.

Alternatively, in PowerShell as Admin:

wsl -l -v

To completely uninstall the Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL), you must remove three layers: the Linux distributions themselves, the WSL application components, and the core Windows optional features. 1. Remove Linux Distributions uninstall wsl