# How to extend/shrink partition in Disk Management

1\. Right-click **My Computer** and choose **Manage** -> **Storage** -> **Disk Management**.

2\. Select the adjacent disk of the disk you want to extend, right click and choose **Shrink Volume** to create some free disk space.

3\. Select the disk you want to extend, right click and choose **Extend Volume** to expand the partition.

![](http://web.archive.org/web/20191112225917im_/https://quanlyvps.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/extend-win7-b.gif)

While please note that there must be unallocated space behind the partition which you are going to expand if you want to expand partition with Windows built-in Disk Management utility. Otherwise, you might find that the Extend Volume option is greyed out and not available. At this moment, you have two choices to solve this problem: delete a partition or expand partition with third-party partition manager software.


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