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Ubuntu – Turning off swap for resizing

I am trying to re-partition my harddrive and my new install has a swap at the end of the drive but I want to merge it with another partition at the end.

Warning: Partitioning, resizing, and formatting can and most likely will destroy all data.  I’m not responsible if you lose everything.  Proceed at your own risk!  (Unmounting your swap may make your computer run slow too.)

Open terminal
type:
sudo swapoff -a

This will turn off all swaps.

Now open gparted and resize to your hearts content.

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