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Asked: 2026-05-28T15:43:57+00:00

I’m allocating memory using new as and when I receive data in one of

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I’m allocating memory using new as and when I receive data in one of my methods and in the destructor, I’m releasing all the allocated memory using delete.

However, after releasing the memory, from the task manager, when I look at mem usage under the process tab, the memory usage still remains the same. It doesn’t give an impression that the memory is being released.

So, when does the memory actually get released? And what is the best way to find out the actual memory being used by a process.

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  1. Editorial Team

    In most cases, it’s never given back to the OS while the app is running. Afterwards, of course, all resources are recovered by the OS.

    [Edited after the comments rightly pointed out that ‘never’ is a long time …]

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