The program works silently by scheduling a task in Windows Task Scheduler. According to the developer, this is better than allowing Windows to manage memory on its own. To help reduce the amount of RAM used by software, CleanMem calls the Windows memory management API every 15 minutes to steal back unused RAM. But will this really speed up your PC? Let's take a look.ĬleanMem is a free tool that supposedly helps with memory management in Windows. We reviewed free tool CleanMem years ago, and found it to have an effect on Windows' RAM usage. This is perhaps most rampant in PC speed.Įveryone wants to make their computer run faster without having to purchase an upgrade or remove some software. While some issues are fixed pretty easily, others require more involvement. Computer users love one-click fixes to problems.