Install and preserve /home partition

Since you already have a separate / and /home partition, you can proceed to use the installer and select Something else... to point to the existing partitions.

If you use the same username - use the live session to delete the dot files from the home partition before you reboot to your new install. CTRL+H will reveal them. They'll be re-created when you next login.

If you use a different username - the old home folder remains intact, in which you can move the folders to the new user after the new installation is finished.

:warning: This is assuming, of course, this isn't an encrypted home folder.


For guidance, @wolfman has written a guide on this type of installation: