# Clear Memory
**URL:** https://discourse.paraview.org/t/clear-memory/15920
**Category:** ParaView Support
**Created:** [December 30, 2024, 4:06pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/clear-memory/15920 "2024-12-30T16:06:47Z")
**Posts on this page:** 4
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### Author:  [@lucas.lanham](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/lucas.lanham)
#### Post date: [December 30, 2024, 4:06pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/clear-memory/15920/1 "2024-12-30T16:06:47Z")
How do I clear memory from ParaView? I recently removed a file but it did not change the amount of available memory.
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### Author:  [@mwestphal](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/mwestphal)
#### Post date: [December 30, 2024, 4:10pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/clear-memory/15920/2 "2024-12-30T16:10:05Z")
System can reclaim memory whenever it wants. Just read another file or two, and memory usage should update.
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### Author:  [@lucas.lanham](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/lucas.lanham)
#### Post date: [December 30, 2024, 4:15pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/clear-memory/15920/3 "2024-12-30T16:15:42Z")
What kind of files does ParaView account for that take up memory? Only ParaView files, or all the files located in that user drive?
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### Author:  [@mwestphal](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/mwestphal)
#### Post date: [December 30, 2024, 4:26pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/clear-memory/15920/4 "2024-12-30T16:26:43Z")
ParaView just ask the system for RAM usage, its not related to files or ParaView at all.