# How do you change the amount of memory allocated to Ignition?

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**Category:** Ignition\
**Created:** [February 8, 2024, 3:51pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/how-do-you-change-the-amount-of-memory-allocated-to-ignition/85442 "2024-02-08T15:51:13Z")\
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**Author:** ![Marco\_Cisneros](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/94ad74/32.png) [@Marco\_Cisneros](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Marco_Cisneros)\
**Post date:** [February 8, 2024, 3:51pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/how-do-you-change-the-amount-of-memory-allocated-to-ignition/85442/1 "2024-02-08T15:51:13Z")

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> [@Gateway with many mobile clients (hardware reqs, feedback)](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/gateway-with-many-mobile-clients-hardware-reqs-feedback/6339/4):
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> Ignition will use 2 GB of memory by default

Hi there,  
how do you change the ignition default memory in order to increase this value ?

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**Author:** ![Kevin.Herron](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/kevin.herron/32/7259_2.png) [@Kevin.Herron](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Kevin.Herron)\
**Post date:** [February 8, 2024, 3:52pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/how-do-you-change-the-amount-of-memory-allocated-to-ignition/85442/2 "2024-02-08T15:52:49Z")

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You change this in the `ignition.conf` file.

See [Gateway Configuration File Reference - Ignition User Manual 8.1 - Ignition Documentation](https://docs.inductiveautomation.com/display/DOC81/Gateway+Configuration+File+Reference#GatewayConfigurationFileReference-GatewayMemoryAllocation)

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**Author:** ![Marco\_Cisneros](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/94ad74/32.png) [@Marco\_Cisneros](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Marco_Cisneros)\
**Post date:** [February 14, 2024, 5:24pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/how-do-you-change-the-amount-of-memory-allocated-to-ignition/85442/3 "2024-02-14T17:24:22Z")

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Thanks Kevin,

I recently started to work with Ignition....

Regards

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**Author:** ![keithms](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/keithms/32/58243_2.png) [@keithms](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/keithms)\
**Post date:** [February 16, 2024, 5:15pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/how-do-you-change-the-amount-of-memory-allocated-to-ignition/85442/4 "2024-02-16T17:15:03Z")

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> [@Kevin.Herron](#):
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> [Gateway Configuration File](https://docs.inductiveautomation.com/display/DOC81/Gateway+Configuration+File+Reference#GatewayConfigurationFileReference-GatewayMemoryAllocation)

Updated URL since that one doesn't seem to be working anymore:

> **[Gateway Configuration File Reference | Ignition User Manual](https://www.docs.inductiveautomation.com/docs/8.1/appendix/reference-pages/gateway-configuration-file-reference)**
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> This section details the various configuration changes that can be made to the Gateway's configuration file: ignition.conf. Before the Gateway starts, a wrapper service checks the configuration file for parameter values, and then attempts to start...