Complete Guide on Gparted for all Linux Distribution

Gparted is a Graphical tool to manage Disk Partition. It is also one of the best tools to manage Disk. You can create Partition, Format, and many more.

In this guide, we will show you how to install GParted on all major Linux Distribution. Whether you are using ubuntu or arch, we give a complete guide for all Distribution.

How to Install GParted on Linux

Gparted is not preinstalled on Linux Distribution So, we need first to install GParted. We can easily Install GParted using the following command for the different distributions.

Before that make sure to update official repository.

Installing Gparted on Ubuntu/Debian

$ sudo apt install gparted

Installing Gparted on Centos/RHEL/Fedora

$ sudo yum install gparted

Installing Gparted on ArchLinux

$ sudo pacman -Sy gparted"

Installing GParted on Opensuse

$ sudo zypper install gparted

How to use Gparted

We have successfully Installed gparted on Our System. Now it’s time to explore gparted in depth.

You can run GParted for the terminal as well as from the App Manager, and Gparted requires sudo access to use.

To run type the command

$ gparted
Enter root password
Enter root password

Now enter the root password and click on Authenticate to use gparted. Wait for a second to start gparted.

Gparted Interface
Gparted Interface

Explore Gparted

When the gparted start, you will see the number of Options such as partition, Name, Filesystem, Mount Point, Label Size, Used space, Unused Space, and flags.

You can see the partition size in various colors with the size of the disk and partition name.

We will explore every option in detail. First started with Selecting the attached Storage device.

Select attached Storage Device

When you have more than 1 hard disk or any storage device to explore the attached disk, click on the drop-down menu option, and you will able to see all the storage disks.

To get this click on the drop down menu on the top-right corner
To get this click on the drop down menu on the top-right corner

If you have connected your external hard disk or USB drive to your system and still the device is not showing in the drop menu?

Press the Ctrl + R or Click on the Gparted menu option, which is on the top left side menu, and Click on Refresh Devices.

Press Ctrl + R to refresh devices
Press Ctrl + R to refresh devices

After this, again click on the drop-down menu options, and you will able to see other attached storage devices.

Format disk or partition using Gparted

In this step, we will format partition or disk /dev/sdb to fat32, which is currently in the btrfs file system.

To format a partition, you need to right-click on the partition name and go to the option Format to, select the partition you want for your disk.

In my case I want my disk format to be fat32 So, I have selected fat32 now click on the Apply Button.

Format storage device
Format storage device

It will ask for your consent, and this procedure will completely wipe your data. If you want to proceed, then click on Apply.

Click on Apply to format device
Click on Apply to format device

This process will take some time to complete, and it depends upon the size of the disk and file already stored.

Close
Close

You will get the confirmation “All Operations successfully completed”.To check, click on close.

Now you can see Disk is formatted to as per the our preference.

Disk formatting is completed
Disk formatting is completed

Read this:- How to Format USB Drive or Pendrive on Linux?

Create a New Partition Table using Gparted

In this step, we will create a new Partition Table for our Disk “/dev/sdb” and Make sure to select the right Disk; otherwise, and you can lose your data.

To create Partition Table go to the Gparted Menu Options > Device > Create Partition Table

Create Partition Table
Create Partition Table

Now you will get the options to select the type of partition table, Select the partition table as per your requirement.

Select Partition Table Type
Select Partition Table Type

I have selected gpt partition,and last click on the Apply button.

Click on Apply
Click on Apply

We able to create a gpt partition table to verify go the GParted menu option Click on View > Device Information, and you will get the completed Information about disk

Click on View to check Disk Information
Click on View to check Disk Information

That’s it to create a partition table on gparted. Now we will see how to create a partition.

Create New Partitions Using Gparted

To create a new partition, go the Gparted > Partition > New, or you can right-click on the disk name and select the New option.

Create Partition Using Gparted
Create Partition Using Gparted

On the next screen, you will get the option to set the size according to your requirement. In the New size (MiB), enter the size of the new partition to calculate. You can multiply like New Size = Required GB * 1024

You can set the File system, partition name, and Label name. After all, click on Add Button.

Customize as per your requirement
Customize as per your requirement

Click on Apply button to format

Click on Apply to see changes
Click on Apply to see changes

Again click on apply button to see changes

Click on Apply options
Click on Apply options

You can see now we have two partitions One partition size is 7.30GB and another 7.02GB, which is unallocated on a 15GB Disk.

After partition of Disk
After partition of Disk

You are able to create a new partition on your disk. Before making a partition, make sure you have the required space available.

Delete partition using Gparted

So far, we able to create a partition table and create a new partition using gparted. Now we delete to create a partition.

To delete a partition, select the partition which you want to delete and press the right-click button, or you can click on the Delete button from the toolbar.

Delete Partition
Delete Partition

Then click on the Apply button, and wait for some seconds or minutes to delete the partition.

That’s it you are to delete selected partition using Gparted.

I hope so you able to understand how to use Gparted on Linux. If you are facing any kind of issue while using, you can comment to us.

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  1. Dushyant

    One of the detail blog i ever read. Awesome explaination as well as easy to understand with proper methods!

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