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I want to install Ubuntu in my laptop. I have /home as a separate partition. I want to keep all data stored in my /home but I don't want old configuration and old settings.

I want to install clean Ubuntu without formatting /home. But then my old configuration will remain unchanged.

What files should I remove from /home? There are lots of hidden config file in my /home.

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Also I am using Ubuntu with Arc them installed.

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  • Linux Mint is off-topic here. Ask at Unix & Linux.
    – Pilot6
    Jul 7, 2017 at 15:58
  • @Pilot6 But I am asking to remove old config file of Ubuntu mate.
    – rahul
    Jul 7, 2017 at 16:04
  • @Pilot6: I'd argue that the question would be the same if the newly installed OS was Ubuntu. I'm going to edit the question to remove the reference to Linux Mint.
    – David Foerster
    Jul 9, 2017 at 11:23

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You don't need any of the files beginning with a period, so you could just move them all into a directory to get them out of the way. Then if you find that you really want something, like your firefox bookmarks stored under .mozilla, you can retrieve them. A better solution might be to let /usr/home be a normal system created directory, and mount your "/home" directory under /home/user/data instead. That would avoid potential problems if ever trying to dual boot two different Ubuntu releases with a common home directory.

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If you are doing a full install, you can delete everything except your personal data.
the files required for desktop configuration will be reproduced when you install the system

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