Remove windows on mac lion

is there any way i can remove windows without goin through the boot camp option coz on my bootcamp i don't have a option to uninstall it...plz help

absolutely yes.
boot from recovery partition
run disc utility
select your whole drive
go partition on right panel
usually bootcamp partition is last - if so:
select bootcamp partition
press small '-' below
confirm everything, apply, wait a moment - partition will be deleted
select main mac partition
take it by small triangle in lower right corner
drag to the bottom
apply
wait
Now you have BC partition removed and main partition resized to utilize space
reboot from repair partition again
run disk utility
repair the whole drive
reboot as usual
use uoyr mac
be happy

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