[SOLVED] Swap partition

[Pretty Pixel]

I think i may have made my swap partition too large at 11.18GB. I have looked at shrinking/resizing the partition in GParted, but this option is greyed out. Can anyone advise me on a suitable swap partition size and whether I can resize the existing partition. I have an SSD fitted and would like to reclaim extra GBs if possible

[kukamuumuka]

You need to swapoff partition before resizing. Gparted -> right mouse click above partition -> swapoff. Also via terminal the same can do the next way:

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sudo swapoff /dev/sdxy  ## where x=HD and y=partition

[ofb]

Swap needs to be as great as RAM because your RAM is written to it for Hibernation.

Otherwise, you really don't use swap much anymore. People have plenty of RAM. (You haven't told us how much RAM you have. You should.)

Back in the day, the rule of thumb was make swap 1.5x the size of your RAM. This is obsolete & quaint advice now, but don't be surprised to find it still repeated in blogs and forums.

[Pretty Pixel]

Done. Thank you