# How to change home partition
1. Create a New Partition
2. Copy Home Files to New Partition
```
$ sudo cp -Rp /home/* /mount/location
```
NOTE: You’ll see an error about a .gvfs directory – this is normal; you can ignore it.
You should check the new home directory to verify it contains your files.
3. Locate the New Partition’s UUID
The long, random-looking string above is actually the partition’s UUID, and we’ll need it to add the partition to our fstab file, which tells Linux where to mount partitions when it boots. You can also locate the partition’s UUID by running the following command in a terminal:
```
$ sudo blkid
```
4. Modify the fstab File
```
$ sudo cp /etc/fstab /etc/fstab.backup
$ sudo vim /etc/fstab
```
Add the following text to the fstab file on a new line, replacing the _____ portion with the full UUID of your new home partition from the sudo blkid command above:
```
UUID=_____ /home ext4 nodev,nosuid 0 2
```
Save the file after adding the line.
5. Move Home Directory & Restart
```
$ cd / && sudo mv /home /home_old && sudo mkdir /home
$ sudo shutdown -r now
```
6. Clean Up
After restarting your computer, you should be able to log in normally. Ubuntu is now using the separate home partition. After making sure that everything went okay and you still have all your files in your /home directory – just in case – you can you can remove your /home_old directory to free up space:
```
$ sudo rm -rf /home_old
```