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I'm trying to install WSL2 for work, and I think it has gone well. However I seem to have two Ubuntu versions. I only need Ubuntu 20.04. Does it matter if the Ubuntu 18.04 is listed? I can also see that 18-04 has a "*" next to it. Does this matter? If needed, how can I remove the 18.04 version?

  NAME            STATE           VERSION
* Ubuntu-18.04    Stopped         1
  Ubuntu-20.04    Running         2

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  • It doesn't matter if 18.04 is listed. I have two versions too.
    – cup
    Commented Nov 6, 2021 at 17:00
  • You can remove the same way you installed it. The asterisk means it’s the default distribution.
    – Daniel B
    Commented Nov 6, 2021 at 17:05

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You can freely uninstall Ubuntu-18.04. The asterisk just means that it's your default distribution and will be used whenever you will not specify the distribution. If you want to uninstall Ubuntu-18.04, just remove the distribution from the store, or type wsl --unregister Ubuntu-18.04
But if you want you can keep it, and just set Ubuntu-20.04 as your default distro by using wsl -s Ubuntu-20.04 for ease, as this is the distro you need.

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  • Thank you! That's helpful. Just set 20.04 as default :)
    – Kristina
    Commented Nov 8, 2021 at 9:10

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