Resize or Extend a Linux Partition/Volume/Disk (Swap - Ubuntu - Gparted)

Tutorial on How to Resize/Extend a Linux Partition, Volume, or Disk using Ubuntu with Gparted. This applies to all versions of Ubuntu and most Linux Distros with a Linux Swap partition. You can extend or resize your storage by using the Gparted utility.

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[sharonlima]

In this tutorial, the author explains how to resize a Linux partition using GParted when you have unallocated space on your hard drive. They demonstrate the process using an Ubuntu system, covering steps from creating a bootable live image to resizing the root file partition and managing swap.

Highlights
📟 To resize Linux partitions, create a bootable live image using tools like Balena Etcher.
🖥 Boot into the live environment and use GParted, a disk management tool, to make the changes.
💾 Carefully select the correct disk to avoid making changes to the wrong one.
🔄 If you have a swap partition, turn off swap, resize or move it, and turn it back on.
📊 Extend the root file partition to utilize unallocated space.
🔒 Always back up your data before making changes to your disks.
🚀 After completing the process, restart your system and ensure the changes took effect.

[CasJarAI]

Man!!! I wasted my day looking for how to do that, and you solve so easy!!! Thanks for sharing. The best video!

[Phoenix-jfrx]

Yeah. Finally I did it. I was reading articles about it, but really didn't want to do it through the terminal. They said Gparted only will work if free partition is on the right, but it did work for me. Thank you!

Thank you! I've looked at many videos on this topic and you just nailed it with the safest and easiest way to achieve this. I really appreciate it!

[ryanbezuhly]

Thank you very much! I’ve resized partitions many times in the past, I had the issue where I shrunk one partition to add onto another, and my unused space wound up on /dev/sda9, but I couldn’t figure out how to move it over, you covered this topic very well, unlike everyone else!

[programmer]

Thank you! I was searching for hours to know how to do this

[swellequation]

Thanks for the clear and easy to follow tutorial! Helped me a lot

[efosabeloved]

Easy and straight to the point. Nice video

[xGasPer]

You saved me from having to format my work laptop, you're a legend!

[atMagnusKnight]

Thank you for this! I couldn't figure out why I couldn't resize my partition, and it was because other partitions were in the way. I moved those one by one and then I could resize the one I wanted.

[mchi]

Thank you again Nik! My disk looks great and uncluttered.

[eqerlhd]

Thank you! It worked out for me! you r the only one who showed this

[chibuikeoffu]

I suffered all round the internet till I met this. Freaking legend

[sirflappington]

This really helped me. I need to move ubuntu server from a 2tb hdd to a 1tb ssd and i needed to downsize the partition in order to do that.

[BlindManBert]

Great video… saved me a bunch of time in transferring three Linux systems to larger 1TB drives. I’ve been using gparted for years, but in such specific ways that I didn’t realize the move/resize function existed, much less would be so easy to use.

Truly the Swiss Army knife of Linux partitioning utilities, and together with Balena Etcher or other ‘dd’-based to clone partitions you really can do what you want without too much hassle (not counting the time required to move very large partitions). I use a custom script to do the dd work, but only because Balena Etcher is hardwired to run only a single verification pass. For older drives, and especially older SSD drives, I prefer four to six verification passes just to be on the safe side, but that’s just me. It’s not so important if you’re Etching a temporary boot drive, as in this video, but it might make a difference if you’re cloning truly vital data that you want to assure isn’t corrupted.

Thanks for posting this video!!

[baba_tj]

Thanks a lot brother, I have been wondering so long for this solution but nowhere found this great solution

[Limyang]

This work for me
And without any those ads third party tool
Thanks

[NeilCorke]

Thanks for posting this - did exactly what I needed!

[parikshitsinghrathore]

It took hardly 10 min to understand. Thank you so much!!!

[QuackerJack]

God dammit, watched so many tuts and every time the same nonsense and no solution. And finally... i found yours. Thanks man! Helped me out - pretty easy to solve if you know what do to :D. Moving swap fixed it. Couldnt expand main drive.