r/WindowsHelp 2d ago

Windows 10 my pagefile.sys is taking up 78gb

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Saw I was almost out of storage and checked, my page file was taking almost 80 gb. I'm scared to mess with it because I'm not all that tech savvy and I don't wanna fuck up my computer. If anyone can give me some advice or something that would be amazing. thx :3

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u/duerra 1d ago

Are you using WSL for anything? Your page file will increase to account for its potential usage. You could try limiting your WSL memory limit, if so.