How to Uninstall Ubuntu from WSL A Step-by-Step Guide

Using the Start menu is one of the easiest ways to uninstall Ubuntu from WSL. Follow the steps below:
Ubuntu
in the Start menu. Uninstall
in the right pane.Ubuntu WSL
and its related information from the WSL
. WSL
DistributionsWSL
distributionswsl -list
WSL
Ubuntu-20.04, but it still shows up in the terminal:C:\Users\sabbirz>wsl -l
Windows Subsystem for Linux Distributions:
Ubuntu-22.04 (Default)
Ubuntu-20.04
C:\Users\sabbirz>wsl --unregister Ubuntu-20.04
Unregistering.
The operation completed successfully.
distro
is successfully unregistered
C:\Users\sabbirz>wsl -l
Windows Subsystem for Linux Distributions:
Ubuntu-22.04 (Default)
wsl --terminate <DistroName>
to forcefully terminate any running instances.