Can I delete MEMORY.DMP file?

Question

The MEMORY.DMP file in C:\Windows directory seems to occupy much disk space, I don't like looking at this mess. On my old device, it's around 580MB size, whereas on my new device, it has a size of 900MB. Both of them had BSOD a while ago, not going to tell what stop code it was, because I am not talking about BSODs here.

I searched in the internet, apparently they're telling me that Yes, I can delete those, but to confirm that this is safe to do, I decided to ask a question here (because the answer wasn't from Microsoft website or Independent Advisors, MVPs or anything).

I can delete this file through Disk Cleanup Tool built in Windows, but I have a feeling that something might go wrong if another blue screen happens randomly after deleting this 1 single type of junk.

As far as I know, in Windows 7 or older versions of Windows, every single blue screen dump that has advanced information and details gets stored as DMP file in the Windows directory, whereas in Windows 10/11, if it's not that much critical blue screen error, it gets stored in C:\Windows\Minidump, unless it's a critical dump, it gets saved in C:\Windows\MEMORY.DMP file, which has even more advanced information, details, reasons, and even memory issues.

So my question is, can I delete this huge file MEMORY.DMP occupying much disk space? It seems to be very huge.

Please do not give anyone fake information.

Answer 1

Hi Abdulqadir,

I'm Paul and I'm here to help you with your concern.

Yes, it is definitely safe to delete Memory.dmp file.

It is only used to identify the cause of system crashes so If the system crash was already fixed or the system is already stable then you don't have any use for this dmp file.

But if you still need troubleshoot the BSOD error it is best that you upload the Memory.dmp or minidump files to a cloud drive before deleting them

I hope this helps. Feel free to ask back any questions and keep me posted.

Answer 2

Palcouk, I think the only and the best use for you is to stop attempting to fix users' issues.

This really seems that you're the tech support scammer. When replying, you should act like an Independent Advisor. You should first get a Virtual Machine and test everything before replying, because by giving someone tips that weren't tested may severely damage their device. Next, you should provide more details, like what would happen, what is recommended to do, and what does that file do. At least you did provide a little bit information about what it does do - but they're just DMP files. Like if a program crashes, you can use the DMP file to inspect with it, so you can find more details about an error. MEMORY.DMP hovewer isn't as you may think of, it's a blue screen dump.

If you're a tech support scammer, you should not be replying to anyone.

Answer 3

Use disk cleanup

The dmp file is for use by someone whom you may use that needs to diagnose the reason