Page File: Clear

Here’s a social media post (suitable for LinkedIn, Facebook, or a tech blog) about clearing the page file:

When enabled, Windows overwrites the page file with zeros at shutdown. This removes any leftover data (passwords, sensitive info, etc.) that might have been written to disk. clear page file

You’ve probably heard of the page file (pagefile.sys) – it’s the hidden system file Windows uses as virtual memory when your RAM gets full. Here’s a social media post (suitable for LinkedIn,

But here’s a question that comes up often: Should you clear it every shutdown? clear page file