How to Delete Pagefile.Sys in Windows 10 [Tutorial]

This tutorial aims to show you how to delete pagefile.sys in windows 10. Basically pagefile.sys is a Virtual Memory File stored on your local hard drive. pagefile.sys or page file acts as a very important agent to speed up your computer as they are an add-on to the primary memory on which the system process runs.

Page files work along with the primary memory. The stagnant data placed are transferred to the secondary memory in the form of page files. These data are swapped back when needed by the primary memory again.

You can delete these files when you need some extra memory because they won’t harm your data in any way until and unless you have saved your unsaved data but windows doesn’t recommend to delete these files.

Survey after survey tells us that IT professionals and decision-making executives all over the world who work in enterprises of all sizes are most often concerned about security and protecting data. Whether it is enacting draconian access authentication procedures, deploying extraordinary efforts to close security vulnerabilities, or implementing unproven artificial intelligence (AI) systems, those IT pros say something must be done to protect the huge amount of data generated by modern businesses.

One often overlooked potential security vulnerability, albeit a small one, is the existence of the Microsoft Windows 10 paging file on just about every PC in an enterprise. Typically, the paging file (pagefile.sys) takes up space on your primary hard drive and acts as a form of virtual memory for the operating system, freeing up the physical RAM for higher priority applications, drivers, files, etc. Unless you change it, the Windows 10 paging file remains on your hard drive even after shutting down.

This tutorial will apply for computers, laptops, desktops,and tablets running the Windows 10 operating system (Home, Professional, Enterprise, Education) from all supported hardware manufactures, like Dell, HP, Acer, Asus, Toshiba,Lenovo, and Samsung).

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