How to Change Paging File Size in Windows 10

In this tutorial, we are going to see how to change paging file size windows 10. If you think the virtual memory file is too large and occupies a lot of space, do the following to change the size of the virtual memory.

Virtual memory, also called swap file, is a system file that is mainly used to expand system memory, store rarely accessed pages or files, and even dump crash logs and other information. There is no set size for the virtual memory file. Windows automatically decides the size of the swap file based on factors such as the amount of RAM in your system and the size of the hard disk.

However, this does not mean that the virtual memory will be the same size for every system. In general, virtual memory does not consume more bytes of hard disk space.
 

 
To check the size of your current virtual memory, open the computer Settings application, go to System, in the left pane click on Storage and click on the System and Reserved option. You will see the size of the swap file under Virtual Memory.
 

 
If you think that the size of your virtual memory is too small or too large, you can change the size of the swap file with a few clicks.
 
 

How to Change Paging File Size in Windows 10

Step 1: In the search box, type Control Panel and then press it to open it.
 

 

 
Step 2: In the control panel, search for System and click on it.
 

 
Step 3: Here, click on the Advanced System Settings link that appears on the left panel.
 

 
Step 4: The above action will open the advanced properties window. Here, make sure you are in the Advanced tab and click the Settings button.
 

 
 
Step 5: Now go to the Advanced tab and click on the Edit button under the Virtual Memory section. You can also see the current paging size for all devices in this section.
 

 
Step 6: Here, follow the steps below one after another.

• Uncheck the box Automatically manage swap file size for all drives.
• Select the “C” drive from the list.
• Select the option Custom size.
• Enter the minimum size in MB in the “Initial Size” field (Must be equal to or greater than 2 GB).
• Enter the maximum size in MB in the “Maximum size” field (Must be equal to or greater than 4 GB).
• Click on the Set button.

 
Step 7: Finally, click on the Apply and Ok buttons to save the changes.
 
That’s All! Restart your computer to apply the changes.