

The advantage of the latter is that you do not need to restart the machine to free the used memory.


PHYSICAL MEMORY CLEANER WINDOWS
While it is true that in this case a simple reboot would solve the problem, you can also consider using a tool like Windows Memory Cleaner to free up memory. However, there might be times when certain programs do not release the cached memory and that makes your computer noticeably slower. Nowadays, most Windows computers use RAM to cache processes and prioritize them based on activity to ensure a smooth performance and high responsiveness.
