{"id":219,"date":"2017-11-27T17:23:11","date_gmt":"2017-11-27T17:23:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/info.greatis.com\/guide\/?p=219"},"modified":"2017-11-28T05:46:22","modified_gmt":"2017-11-28T05:46:22","slug":"clear-pagefile-shutdown","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/info.greatis.com\/guide\/tweaks\/clear-pagefile-shutdown\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Clear Pagefile at Shutdown in Windows 10"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>https:\/\/winaero.com\/blog\/clear-pagefile-shutdown-windows-10\/<br \/>\nThe pagefile is where virtual memory that the operating system is using is stored when the physical memory (RAM) is not enough to fit all the running apps and system demands. Windows 10 creates a special file pagefile.sys in the root of your system drive. Clearing the page file on shutdown can be important if the PC is being used by another person. Here is how to clear pagefile at shutdown automatically.<\/p>\n<h3>Here is How to Clear the Pagefile at Shutdown using Registry Editor:<\/h3>\n<div class=\"w10steps\">\n<ul>\n<li>STEP 1: At first, open the <b>Registry Editor<\/b>. To do so, just press Win+R keys, type <b>regedit<\/b> and press OK.<br \/>\n<img src=\"http:\/\/info.greatis.com\/guide\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2017\/11\/windows-10-open-registry-editor.png\" alt=\"windows-10-open-registry-editor\" class=\"responsive-img\" \/><\/li>\n<li>STEP 2: Then go to the following Registry key. If you don&#8217;t have it &#8211; just create it.<br \/>\n<i><b>HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SYSTEM\\CurrentControlSet\\Control\\Session Manager\\Memory Management<\/b><\/i><br \/>\n<img src=\"http:\/\/info.greatis.com\/guide\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2017\/11\/windows-10-find-ClearPageFileAtShutdown-key.png\" alt=\"windows-10-find-ClearPageFileAtShutdown-key\" class=\"responsive-img\" \/><\/li>\n<li>STEP 3: After that, create or modify a 32-bit DWORD value <b>ClearPageFileAtShutdown<\/b>.<br \/>\n<img src=\"http:\/\/info.greatis.com\/guide\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2017\/11\/windows-10-change-key-ClearPageFileAtShutdown.png\" alt=\"windows-10-change-key-ClearPageFileAtShutdown\" class=\"responsive-img\" \/><\/li>\n<li>STEP 4: At last, set it to 1 to clear the pagefile at shutdown.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<h3>Here is How to Clear the Pagefile at Shutdown using Local Security Policy:<\/h3>\n<div class=\"w10steps\">\n<ul>\n<li>STEP 1: At first, press Win+R keys, type <b>gpedit.msc<\/b> and press OK.<br \/>\n<img src=\"http:\/\/info.greatis.com\/guide\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2017\/11\/windows-10-run-group-policy.png\" alt=\"windows-10-run-group-policy\" class=\"responsive-img\" \/><\/li>\n<li>STEP 2: Then Local Security Policy Editor will be opened. Go to <b>Local Policies<\/b> \\ <b>Security Options<\/b> on the left pane.<br \/>\n<img src=\"http:\/\/info.greatis.com\/guide\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2017\/11\/windows-10-find-security-options.png\" alt=\"windows-10-find-security-options\" class=\"responsive-img\" \/><\/li>\n<li>STEP 3: At last, enable the policy option <b>Shutdown: Clear virtual memory pagefile<\/b> on the right pane as shown below.<br \/>\n<img src=\"http:\/\/info.greatis.com\/guide\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2017\/11\/windows-10-set-clear-virtual-memory-pagefile-policy.png\" alt=\"windows 10 set clear pagefile policy\" class=\"responsive-img\" \/>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Here is How to Clear Pagefile at Shutdown in Windows 10<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":226,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[5],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v20.0 - 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