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I have a dual-boot running Mint and Ubuntu. I want to uninstall the Ubuntu partition and use all the space for Mint, since I haven't used Ubuntu in a while.

Is GParted still the best way to rip out Ubuntu and increase the Mint partition?

EDIT: Thank you to everyone who commented and gave advice. In the end I just wiped the machine, installed a new instance of Mint, then restored my old data using Deja Dup (after downloading it). I'm back, so I guess it worked.

:-)

I have a dual-boot running Mint and Ubuntu. I want to uninstall the Ubuntu partition and use all the space for Mint, since I haven't used Ubuntu in a while. Is GParted still the best way to rip out Ubuntu and increase the Mint partition? **EDIT:** Thank you to everyone who commented and gave advice. In the end I just wiped the machine, installed a new instance of Mint, then restored my old data using Deja Dup (after downloading it). I'm back, so I guess it worked. :-)
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[–] • 2 pts

I recommend making sure to have a current backup before fiddling with the file system. Other than that, GParted should to the trick, like @level_101 said.

[–] • 2 pts

I just did a full backup and manually copied important files to my NAS. Worst case I just do a fresh install of Mint and go from there. ;-)

[–] • 1 pt

Yeah, it can be annoying to recover but as long as you have the data you care about its just... Annoying. Not a real problem at all.

Sometimes a full re-install is the best way to go anyway. It cleans out a lot of crap.