How To Reduce RAM Usage Using Microsoft PC Manager

Microsoft PC Manager makes it easy to quickly clear the RAM and automatically reduce RAM usage. Here’s how.

Unless you have a ton of installed RAM (memory), it is very common to easily and quickly fill up the available RAM. This is especially true if you use many applications at once or run resource-intensive applications such as Photoshop, Premiere, or a code editor with a complex build. In situations like this, the ability to clear the RAM and automatically reduce RAM usage when it’s high is very useful. That is where the Microsoft PC Manager comes into play. It is an official Windows optimization utility by Microsoft.

In this quick and easy guide, I will show how to use Microsoft PC Manager to reduce RAM usage and boost your PC’s performance. Let’s get started.

Before You Start

• Before proceeding, make sure you’ve installed Microsoft PC Manager. Otherwise, this guide: Steps to install Microsoft PC Manager on Windows 11 & 10.

Steps to Reduce RAM Usage Using Microsoft PC Manager

1. Open the Start menu.
2. Search for “PC Manager” and click “Open”.
3. Click the “Boost” to clear RAM and boost PC performance.
4. Click the “Settings” option on the left sidebar.
5. Turn ON the “Smart boost settings” toggle.
6. Turn ON the “Start Microsoft PC Manager Automatically” toggle.
7. With that, PC Manager will automatically reduce RAM usage when it nears full.

Detailed Steps (With Screenshots)

First, we must open the Microsoft PC Manager. To do that, click the “Start” button on your taskbar to open the Start menu. Next, search for “PC Manager“, and click the result or “Open” option.

Once the PC Manager tool opens, ensure you are in the “Home” tab, then click the “Boost” option. This will immediately clear the RAM and delete temporary files to boost your PC’s performance.

After that, go to the “Settings” tab on the sidebar. Next, turn ON the following toggles:

• Smart boost settings: Enabling this toggle makes PC Manager automatically boost your PC when RAM usage is high.
• Start Microsoft PC Manager automatically when I sign in to Windows: This ensures that the PC Manager is running in the background to reduce RAM usage when needed.

That is it. You can close the PC Manager window.

It is that simple to boost your computer’s performance and reduce RAM usage using PC Manager. If you have any questions or need help, comment below. I’ll be happy to assist.

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