How to delete and clear pagefile.sys | Windows 10

Опубликовано: 04 Август 2026
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In this tutorial I will show you how to delete the pagefile.sys file in Windows 10.

To see what your current paging file settings are, follow these steps:

1. Open File Explorer and right-click Computer.

2. Select Properties.

3. Click on Advanced system settings

4. Click the Settings button under the Performance section and then click the Advanced tab. Your current settings for the Windows 10 paging file will be displayed under the Virtual Memory section. In the example, the paging file is currently set to be about 16 GB.

5. Click OK a couple of times to close those screens.

6. Start the Registry file tweaking process by typing "regedit" into the Cortana search box on the Windows 10 desktop.

7. Click the entry in the search results that refer to the Registry Editor program (regedit.exe).

8. With the app open, navigate to this specific key.

Computer\HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Session Manager\Memory Management

9. In the right-hand window, double-click the ClearPageFileAtShutdown key and change the current default value from zero ("0") to "1"

From this point on, until you change it back to zero ("0"), the paging file will be completely deleted on shutdown and then restarted fresh each time you start Windows 10.

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