Pagefile.sys is Huge

[Legitgamer1261]

So I just got home and saw my primary drive (128gb ssd) was full with less then 500mb left. I was like wtf because I had about 28-30gb left yesterday. I opened it and clicked date modified to check what is was. Apparently yesterday it created Pagefile.sys which is 20gb. I have 24gb of physical ram. Why did this happen and how do I delete it.

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[rgd1101]

because you didn't set a max size. don't let windows decide how much page file it need.

here a explanation
http://www.tomshardware.com/answers/id-2308999/pagefile-sys-hiberfil-sys.html

 

[Legitgamer1261]

because you didn't set a max size. don't let windows decide how much page file it need.

here a explanation
http://www.tomshardware.com/answers/id-2308999/pagefile-sys-hiberfil-sys.html

How do I kill it

 

[USAFRet]

because you didn't set a max size. don't let windows decide how much page file it need.

here a explanation
http://www.tomshardware.com/answers/id-2308999/pagefile-sys-hiberfil-sys.html

How do I kill it

Assuming Win 10:

Right click This PC
Select Properties
Advanced System Settings
Advanced tab - Performance - Settings
Advanced tab - Virtual memory - CHange

Set the Initial size and Max size to what you want.

Mine is set to 1024MB Initial and Max