Resize root partition from home partition space ubuntu 18.04

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I want to resize my root partition using Gparted but before doing it I want to make sure I'm doing it correctly. Here is a screenshot of my GParted:

I know this question has been answered before here: Link but the answer is too old and I want to know will that work in Ubuntu 18.04 or I have to try other method. And also is it better to mess around with Gparted or Uninstall and reinstall ubuntu

The answer you referenced will still work. The caveats are that moving and resizing partitions is not a very fast operation, and you should be prepared for it to take some time. Additionally, I would encourage you to backup the data in your home partition. — Charles Green, Apr 23 '19 at 15:50
I don't have anything important on my Ubuntu yet, so i can skip the backup process right? — manjyot, Apr 23 '19 at 16:10

score 3 · Accepted Answer · edited Apr 24 '19 at 07:31

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Gparted is the right tool, no need to reinstall. You need an Ubuntu Live USB, boot from it, choose try without installing and run gparted from there.

Resize your sda10 partition, move it to the right
Move your sda9 partition to the right as well
Then you'll be able to resize the root partition using the newly created unallocated space to the right of it

edited Apr 24 '19 at 07:31

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answered Apr 23 '19 at 15:52

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Can I instead use live Gparted usb instead? – manjyot Apr 23 '19 at 16:05
@manjyot Yes, it will work fine – LeonidMew Apr 23 '19 at 16:06
How much time will it take do you know? @LeonidMew – manjyot Apr 23 '19 at 16:08
It may take hours, depending on hardware, and size of partitions – LeonidMew Apr 23 '19 at 16:14
Do never interrupt this process – LeonidMew Apr 23 '19 at 16:16
no need for additional steps like editing fstab right? – manjyot Apr 23 '19 at 16:27
No. Partition devices remains the same, since you only resize/move, and also UUID of partitions may be used, which will not changed – LeonidMew Apr 23 '19 at 16:30

Resize root partition from home partition space ubuntu 18.04

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