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I recently removed the Windows part of my dual boot drive. I now just have Ubuntu 16.04 LTS.

I now want to maximize the amount of disk space my remaining Ubuntu partition has and to tidy things up.

I am looking at Gparted:

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I see that:

  • Ubuntu seems to be installed on sda5

  • The swap-space is on sda6 and is 15.88 GB. Is this too large?

  • I have RECOVERY on sda7. Is this related to Windows? Do I still need this.

  • I have lots of free space after removing Windows

I want to remove anythings that I don't need and want to maximize the space for my Ubuntu partition.

I'm aware that I need to make any changes while using a bootable USB drive version of Ubuntu.

Any help in the steps to do this would be gratefully received.

K7AAY
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    It seems you are asking [How to resize partitions?](https://askubuntu.com/questions/126153/how-to-resize-partitions) The RECOVERY on `sda7` is probably Windows, and you won't need it, unless you want to erase everything and reinstall Windows. Even then, I don't know if the "recovery" will work after all the changes. – user68186 May 07 '18 at 21:05

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