Found A Swap File By The Name .Swp How To Delete Swapfile

Swapfile.sys is something similar to a swap file pagefile.sys, but it is used as a virtual memory for temporary storing data of universal applications (Metro Store apps).

In this article we will take a closer look on whether its possible to delete Swapfile.sys in Windows 10.

There is no much of official information about swapfile.sys, but if we will take a look on the comments of Microsoft employees, a separate page file was required due to the specific architecture of universal applications.

And two separate paging files simplify the job for application developers.

READ ALSO Whats the Desktop Window Manager (dwm.exe) Process in Windows 10 With similar objectives the pagefile and swapfile file in Windows 10, however, is different from each other by minimum requirements for disk space, a readwrite processes, the ability to dynamically expand etc.

Found A Swap File By The Name .Swp How To Delete Swapfile

Many people wonder whether it is possible and how to delete swapfile.sys Generally, you can do this, but it is not recommended, especially because of its control mechanisms are closely related to the main page file.

And the meaning of its removal is almost there, even on small SSD-drives volume.

Swapfile.sys maximum size is typically less than 256 MB, so there is almost nothing to save in case it will be removed.

Swapfile.sys file is controlled by Windows only together with pagefile.sys.

If you disable the paging file for the volume, you will disable swapfile.sys too.

Note. You can disable swapfile.sys, but it is strongly not recommended and if you have any issues with the system performance after that, it is necessary to revert the changes.

How to delete swapfile.sys in Windows 10 Press WinX and select Control Panel Select System - Advanced system settings On the Advanced tab in the section Performance press Settings button Switch to the Advanced tab and press Change Uncheck the checkbox Automatically manage paging file size for all drives Select drive you want to remove swapfile.sys and pagingfile.sys and choose No Paging File Press Set and OK to save changes; Reboot your Windows.

READ ALSO SmartScreen Filter in Windows 10 After the system boot, files Pagefile.sys and Swapfile.sys are removed from the root of the system drive.

This allows, for example, to extend SSD life due to transfer swap files on a mechanical hard drive.

Disable paging file as described above Run this Administrators privileges mklink c:swapfile.sys k:swapfile.sys where K: the drive letter on which you want to move the file Enable paging Author Recent Posts Cyril Kardashevsky I enjoy technology and developing websites.

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But moving the hiberfil.sys file would make more sense as that one can grow quite quickly.

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