{"id":918525,"date":"2026-10-06T19:36:12","date_gmt":"2026-10-06T19:36:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/918525\/"},"modified":"2026-10-06T19:36:12","modified_gmt":"2026-10-06T19:36:12","slug":"windows-11-users-report-up-to-3gb-less-ram-usage-after-this-update","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/918525\/","title":{"rendered":"Windows 11 users report up to 3GB less RAM usage after this update"},"content":{"rendered":"

Summary<\/p>\n

Windows 11 26H2 is mainly security\/bug fixes, but users report noticeably lower RAM use after install.<\/p>\n

Many on Reddit see ~2GB freed RAM at startup, some up to 3GB \u2014 results vary by machine and setup.<\/p>\n

Microsoft didn’t promise RAM gains with the update, and the reports are purely user-based.<\/p>\n

Microsoft’s 26H2 update for Windows 11 is mostly targeting security updates and bug fixes. But now, many users are reporting a noticeable change in RAM usage after installing the update.<\/p>\n

On Reddit, many people are attesting to around 2GB of freed RAM, with a few users reporting up to 3GB<\/a> on their computers. The original poster said RAM usage at startup sat around 6.9GB before the update \u2014 that number dropped to 4.8 after installing the update. These are the kind of numbers we’d love to see!<\/p>\n


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Related<\/p>\n

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\n\t\t\tWindows 11\u2019s latest update quietly added 7 great new features
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Microsoft quietly made Windows 11 smarter, safer, and more polished.<\/p>\n

Windows might finally leave some RAM for your apps<\/p>\n

A quieter desktop could matter more than another shiny feature<\/p>\n

\"HP<\/p>\n

If you frequently bottleneck your RAM with several Chrome tabs and messaging apps, you know how much breathing room lower background memory consumption can unlock on your PC. Especially if you use a laptop with under 32GB of RAM, where adding another memory stick isn’t an option, 2\u20133GB of RAM can be a game-changer.<\/p>\n

That said, it’s worth mentioning that some other users on the same Reddit thread reported seeing no noticeable improvement after installing the 26H2 update. Even if you’re among the lucky group who sees a drop in RAM usage in Task Manager, that won’t necessarily guarantee faster multitasking capabilities. If your computer usually struggles with RAM, the reports alone are interesting enough to update and run a personal test to see if familiar workflows feel smoother, but don’t expect miracles.<\/p>\n

According to Microsoft’s announcement<\/a>, 26H2 arrived on September 29 as a small update for PCs running 23H2 or 25H2 versions of Windows. Rather than making major changes to the operating system, it activates some features that were previously delivered through monthly updates. Also, Microsoft itself hasn’t announced any specific RAM reduction for this update, so treating these reports as guaranteed RAM savings would be premature.<\/p>\n

The reports, nevertheless, arrive during a welcome stretch of Windows improvements. Previously, September’s updates restored taskbar and Start menu functionality<\/a> that users lost when Windows 11 launched. We’ve also covered Microsoft bringing back desktop customization controls<\/a>. For the most part, it’s safe to say September was a good month for Windows users.<\/p>\n

To check whether 26H2 is available, open Settings > Windows Update and enable \u201cGet the latest updates as soon as they’re available.\u201d If you compare memory usage afterward, use similar startup apps and workloads, and allow the same settling time after each restart.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Summary Windows 11 26H2 is mainly security\/bug fixes, but users report noticeably lower RAM use after install. Many…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":918526,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[64,63,105],"class_list":["post-918525","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-technology","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-technology"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/918525","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=918525"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/918525\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/918526"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=918525"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=918525"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=918525"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}