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How can I resize and shrink a BTRFS partition?

rated 0 times [ 16] [ 0] / answers: 1 / hits: 69746 / 2 Years ago, thu, february 10, 2022, 2:24:00

I have my /home on a BTRFS partition and I need to shrink it.

Unfortunately, Gparted does not have the resize option for this FS.

Can I resize it in any other way without losing my data?

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answered 2 Years ago amencisiv · Accepted Answer

According to the GParted features page, btrfs shrink is supported. If the option isn't available, installing the btrfs-tools package may fix it. If that doesn't work, it could be because Ubuntu includes an older version of GParted, in which case you could use the GParted Live CD:

http://gparted.sourceforge.net/livecd.php

(which is also how Ubuntu recommends using it anyway)