How do i completely remove parallels and windows xp off my mac?

I was lined up for a job that would require work on windows software so I bought parallels and xp, turns out the job fell through and i never bothered to remove it or the partition I made. How to I remove xp from my imac, delete the partition and remove parallels and all windows based programs?

Just uninstall it and throw the Parallels Windows disk image file away.
Please post further Parallels related questions on the Parallels forums, as Apple Discussions only provide support for Apple products:
http://forums.parallels.com

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