Removing a partition

Support & Help Requests
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Hi,
I have an old HP5310m laptop, it has a 120Gb HDD, which I partitioned to try out both Ubuntu Mate and Linux Mint.
I am happy with Mate, it does all I need it to do.
How can I remove the Linux Mint partition and free up 60Gb of HDD space?

Thanks

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You can boot your laptop via a live usb stick and use gparted to manipulate partitions.

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Hi :slight_smile:
Ubuntu mate have a disk manager called "Disks" - you can find it in the menu of mate.

Once there, select your partition you want to delete and use the buttons to stop & remove it :

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(here i have only one data partition, but you will see also your other where i made the rectangle.

Delete it and nor extend the ubuntu mate partition or create a new one for some data.

Good luck ! :slight_smile:

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pavlos_kairis is correct Sand319, partition management is best done from outside your MATE install using your live USB flash drive. Gparted is an excellent tool.

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Make sure you know where your boot loader is, if you delete/shrink/move the wrong partition it could delete the boot manager. Which OS was installed first? Which OS occupies the first part of your disk?