how can i find rEFInd EFI entry number for unistall

[UnaiGar]

hello good afternoon and merry christmas, I would like to uninstall refind but in the instructions it says that I have to put the rEFInd EFI entry number, in the command to remove the boot partition but I don't know where to find this number.

how can i find it???

thx

[jlobue10]

Just run efibootmgr and locate the number visually.

[Arknight38]

where is the number located? I've been looking through the results and I'm not really sure what to put in.

Thanks

[jlobue10]

Show me your efibootmgr output please.

[ComfyPlacebo]

Hey jlobue10.
my windows keeps going back to windows after shutdown. been trying to remove refind to fix things.
i used the steam os recovery drive to remove the refind folder in boot/efi/ kind f lost now trying to find the entry number. heres my efibotmgr report.

(deck@steamdeck ~)$ efibootmgr BootCurrent: 0001 Timeout: 0 seconds BootOrder: 0001,000F Boot0000* EFI Hard Drive (7E5F073216FD00010336-PCIe SSD) PciRoot(0x0)/Pci(0x1,0x2)/Pci(0x0,0x0)/NVMe(0x1,64-79-A7-75-60-C0-01-94)/HD(1,GPT,9c940b5c-aa7a-5241-b8df-9c8e686f85e0,0x800,0x20000)RC Boot0001* Clover - GUI Boot Manager HD(1,GPT,9c940b5c-aa7a-5241-b8df-9c8e686f85e0,0x800,0x20000)/File(\EFI\clover\cloverx64.efi) Boot0002* Windows Boot Manager HD(9,GPT,1ddca223-eae5-43f5-a48c-c4ceb3c1085e,0x4ca82000,0x82000)/File(\EFI\Microsoft\Boot\bootmgfw.efi)RC Boot0003* EFI PXE 0 for IPv4 (00-E0-4C-68-2B-D2) PciRoot(0x0)/Pci(0x8,0x1)/Pci(0x0,0x3)/USB(1,0)/USB(3,0)/MAC(00e04c682bd2,0)/IPv4(0.0.0.00.0.0.0,0,0)RC Boot0004* EFI PXE 0 for IPv6 (00-E0-4C-68-2B-D2) PciRoot(0x0)/Pci(0x8,0x1)/Pci(0x0,0x3)/USB(1,0)/USB(3,0)/MAC(00e04c682bd2,0)/IPv6([::]:<->[::]:,0,0)RC Boot0005* EFI PXE 0 for IPv6 (00-E0-4C-68-2B-D2) PciRoot(0x0)/Pci(0x8,0x1)/Pci(0x0,0x3)/USB(1,0)/USB(3,0)/MAC(00e04c682bd2,0)/IPv6([::]:<->[::]:,0,0)RC Boot0006* Windows Boot Manager HD(9,GPT,1ddca223-eae5-43f5-a48c-c4ceb3c1085e,0x4ca82000,0x82000)/File(\EFI\Microsoft\Boot\bootmgfw.efi)57494e444f5753000100000088000000780000004200430044004f0042004a004500430054003d007b00390064006500610038003600320063002d0035006300640064002d0034006500370030002d0061006300630031002d006600330032006200330034003400640034003700390035007d00000065000100000010000000040000007fff0400 Boot0008* EFI PXE 0 for IPv4 (00-E0-4C-68-2B-D2) PciRoot(0x0)/Pci(0x8,0x1)/Pci(0x0,0x3)/USB(1,0)/USB(3,0)/MAC(00e04c682bd2,0)/IPv4(0.0.0.00.0.0.0,0,0)RC Boot0009* EFI PXE 0 for IPv6 (00-E0-4C-68-2B-D2) PciRoot(0x0)/Pci(0x8,0x1)/Pci(0x0,0x3)/USB(1,0)/USB(3,0)/MAC(00e04c682bd2,0)/IPv6([::]:<->[::]:,0,0)RC Boot000A* EFI Hard Drive (7E5F073216FD00010336-PCIe SSD) PciRoot(0x0)/Pci(0x1,0x2)/Pci(0x0,0x0)/NVMe(0x1,64-79-A7-75-60-C0-01-94)/HD(1,GPT,9c940b5c-aa7a-5241-b8df-9c8e686f85e0,0x800,0x20000)RC Boot000F* SteamOS HD(1,GPT,9c940b5c-aa7a-5241-b8df-9c8e686f85e0,0x800,0x20000)/File(\EFI\steamos\steamcl.efi) Boot2001* EFI USB Device RC Boot2002* EFI DVD/CDROM RC Boot2003* EFI Network RC (deck@steamdeck ~)$

[jlobue10]

Hey jlobue10. my windows keeps going back to windows after shutdown. been trying to remove refind to fix things. i used the steam os recovery drive to remove the refind folder in boot/efi/ kind f lost now trying to find the entry number. heres my efibotmgr report.

(deck@steamdeck ~)$ efibootmgr BootCurrent: 0001 Timeout: 0 seconds BootOrder: 0001,000F Boot0000* EFI Hard Drive (7E5F073216FD00010336-PCIe SSD) PciRoot(0x0)/Pci(0x1,0x2)/Pci(0x0,0x0)/NVMe(0x1,64-79-A7-75-60-C0-01-94)/HD(1,GPT,9c940b5c-aa7a-5241-b8df-9c8e686f85e0,0x800,0x20000)RC Boot0001* Clover - GUI Boot Manager HD(1,GPT,9c940b5c-aa7a-5241-b8df-9c8e686f85e0,0x800,0x20000)/File(\EFI\clover\cloverx64.efi) Boot0002* Windows Boot Manager HD(9,GPT,1ddca223-eae5-43f5-a48c-c4ceb3c1085e,0x4ca82000,0x82000)/File(\EFI\Microsoft\Boot\bootmgfw.efi)RC Boot0003* EFI PXE 0 for IPv4 (00-E0-4C-68-2B-D2) PciRoot(0x0)/Pci(0x8,0x1)/Pci(0x0,0x3)/USB(1,0)/USB(3,0)/MAC(00e04c682bd2,0)/IPv4(0.0.0.00.0.0.0,0,0)RC Boot0004* EFI PXE 0 for IPv6 (00-E0-4C-68-2B-D2) PciRoot(0x0)/Pci(0x8,0x1)/Pci(0x0,0x3)/USB(1,0)/USB(3,0)/MAC(00e04c682bd2,0)/IPv6([::]:<->[::]:,0,0)RC Boot0005* EFI PXE 0 for IPv6 (00-E0-4C-68-2B-D2) PciRoot(0x0)/Pci(0x8,0x1)/Pci(0x0,0x3)/USB(1,0)/USB(3,0)/MAC(00e04c682bd2,0)/IPv6([::]:<->[::]:,0,0)RC Boot0006* Windows Boot Manager HD(9,GPT,1ddca223-eae5-43f5-a48c-c4ceb3c1085e,0x4ca82000,0x82000)/File(\EFI\Microsoft\Boot\bootmgfw.efi)57494e444f5753000100000088000000780000004200430044004f0042004a004500430054003d007b00390064006500610038003600320063002d0035006300640064002d0034006500370030002d0061006300630031002d006600330032006200330034003400640034003700390035007d00000065000100000010000000040000007fff0400 Boot0008* EFI PXE 0 for IPv4 (00-E0-4C-68-2B-D2) PciRoot(0x0)/Pci(0x8,0x1)/Pci(0x0,0x3)/USB(1,0)/USB(3,0)/MAC(00e04c682bd2,0)/IPv4(0.0.0.00.0.0.0,0,0)RC Boot0009* EFI PXE 0 for IPv6 (00-E0-4C-68-2B-D2) PciRoot(0x0)/Pci(0x8,0x1)/Pci(0x0,0x3)/USB(1,0)/USB(3,0)/MAC(00e04c682bd2,0)/IPv6([::]:<->[::]:,0,0)RC Boot000A* EFI Hard Drive (7E5F073216FD00010336-PCIe SSD) PciRoot(0x0)/Pci(0x1,0x2)/Pci(0x0,0x0)/NVMe(0x1,64-79-A7-75-60-C0-01-94)/HD(1,GPT,9c940b5c-aa7a-5241-b8df-9c8e686f85e0,0x800,0x20000)RC Boot000F* SteamOS HD(1,GPT,9c940b5c-aa7a-5241-b8df-9c8e686f85e0,0x800,0x20000)/File(\EFI\steamos\steamcl.efi) Boot2001* EFI USB Device RC Boot2002* EFI DVD/CDROM RC Boot2003* EFI Network RC (deck@steamdeck ~)$

From what you've shown me, you appear to be using Clover, not rEFInd. As for why Windows is booting straight back into Windows instead of Clover on next boot, that's not something I can answer or explain why as I haven't followed what that repo is doing about the firmware REALLY wanting to boot into Windows. My advice has been to just disable the Windows EFI entry enitrely and let the bootloader (rEFInd or Clover) control booting into Windows. I'd suggest opening an issue on that Clover repo, if you're not able to find a solution to your issue.

[ComfyPlacebo]

Yeah tried using Clover cause of said issue. I thought maybe it would fix my issue. So which one am i to delete? Boot0002 and boot0006? or just one? I read somewhere in here that you had to boot into ubuntu and use the console in there for it to stick?