If your PC is slowing down significantly, it might be due tohigh system memory usage. The more RAM you have to spare, the smoother your PC runs. So, if you want to make your PC run faster, you may free up its memory.
I personally like to free up my memory before playing games, as this gives me better performance. However, this might not be ideal in all cases, as your system naturally uses the RAM to optimize your Windows. Unused RAM is basically a wasted resource.
you may free up your memory by disabling startup applications and closing background programs. In this article, we’ll go through these ways, and other tried and tested methods to ensure your computer stays speedy.
The RAM is a volatile memory which means that it maintains its data only while the device is running. So, a simple computer restart should clear all your system memory. To restart your computer, you may go to thestart menu, select thepower icon, and selectRestart.
However, the RAM eventually gets filled up after some time due to startup applications, active processes, and background applications. So, I’ll also show you how to stop such processes from consuming your RAM again.
Startup apps are basically applications that are set to run automatically when your computer starts. As soon as the startup apps run, they start consuming your system memory. So, if you havestartups that you don’t need, you may directly disable them.
Disable Background Applications
Another thing that hogs up your system memory is applications running in the background. While you won’t see their active windows, those apps will still be consuming your system resources. So, here’s how to disable them.
Close Memory Hogging Apps from Task Manager
The Task Manager displays all the active processes running on your computer and how much system resources they are utilizing. you may check which processes are hogging your system memory and exit the unnecessary ones to free up your RAM. So, let’s see how you can do so.
Update Your Applications
you may also try updating your applications to free up some memory on your computer. While updating your application can cause them to use more system resources, it is better overall as updates carry bug fixes and help optimize the app’s memory usage.
Furthermore, if you find that an application is using a lot of RAM in Task Manager., it might be due to amemory leak. A memory leak happens when an application isn’t coded properly to return the system memory it has used.
In such cases, updating the app is very handy as this issue might be fixed in the later versions of the app.
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