How To Increase Virtual Memory In Windows 11 PC | Increase Virtual Memory / Virtual RAM / Page File / Swap In Windows 11

The virtual memory (or paging file) is an area on your hard disk that Windows uses like memory.

In this video, I will show you, how to increase Virtual Memory on Windows 11 PC.

Increase Virtual Memory in Windows 11 PC

To increase virtual memory on Windows 11 PC:

• Right-click on the Start menu and select System.
• On System settings, under the "Device specifications" section, click on "Advanced system settings".
• On the "System Properties" window, select the Advanced tab, then in the Performance area, click on Settings.
• On the "Performance Options" window, select the Advanced tab, then in the "Virtual memory" area, click on Change...
• On the "Virtual Memory" window, clear the "Automatically manage paging files size for all drives" option. and select the "Custom size" option.
• Enter the initial and maximum size for the paging file in megabytes [1024 MB = 1 GB]
  Typically, it is recommended to use a number 1¹/₂ times the total available memory for the "Initial size" and 3 times of available memory for the "Maximum size" when possible. You can confirm the total amount of memory available on the About settings page.
• When done, click on the Set button.
• Click on OK. Again click on OK.
• And then Restart your PC.

After you complete the steps, the device will restart, and you should then notice a boost in performance while using apps. When configuring the page file in a Solid-State Drive, the performance will be more noticeable.

If the new settings are causing issues or performance does not improve, you can always revert the changes with the same instructions outlined above. However, on the "Virtual Memory" window, select the "System managed size" option and check the "Automatically manage paging files size for all drives" option.

And that's how you can increase virtual memory on Windows PC.