Comments on: How to Change Linux Partition Label Names on EXT4 / EXT3 / EXT2 and Swap

By: Eric

Eric — Fri, 07 Jun 2024 23:09:11 +0000

Thanks, Gunjit. I couldn't find how to do that with GNOME Disks initially. To change the partition label, you don't need to use 'Edit Partition' but rather 'Edit File System.' Duh! Thank you, GNOME people, for always making thaings easier for everyone. So yes, thank you for this extensive and useful article.

By: Prakash Jose K

Prakash Jose K — Fri, 25 Nov 2022 00:01:51 +0000

In order to remove a disklabel for blank, you may run:

# e2label /dev/sda1 “” ⏎

By: Lev

Lev — Sun, 08 May 2022 10:55:56 +0000

exfatlabel may corrupt filesystem, especially if not umounted before removed.

By: kde35

kde35 — Wed, 09 Jan 2019 17:39:53 +0000

Hi, this is exactly what I was looking for, but, you have a couple of questions. i) you advise to unmount the partitions before changing labels for reiserfs, but not for ntfs or extfs. Did you just forget, or is it safe for these fs’s? ii) is there a cli utility to do this for hfs partition?

By: Ravi Saive

Ravi Saive — Wed, 02 Jan 2019 06:40:11 +0000

In reply to Melvin G. Lewis.

@Melvin,

Yes, it should be /dev/sda1, thanks for correcting..