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Negrito
Asked: 2019-03-17 22:28:18 +0800 CST

Can I delete /swapfile after I reassigned new larger swap on other partition?

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My swapfile at / was installed long time ago and since I need larger amount of swap now I assigned it on another partition for swap, so I would like to know that if I can delete the older one.

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  1. Best Answer

    First check/verify that the old swapfile is not in use
    Show a summary of swap device(s) in use

    swapon -s

    If the old swapfile is in use:
    - disable swap on it
    - remove -if exists- the /etc/fstab entry for this old swapfile

    swapoff /old/swapfile
## and edit /etc/fstab to remove the line referring to /old/swapfile

    Then it is safe to delete the old swapfile

    sudo rm /old/swapfile

    More information: https://help.ubuntu.com/community/SwapFaq

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