wsl -- shutdown Open PS and do the following. [These are two lines] Write-Output "[wsl2] memory=10GB" >> "${env:USERPROFILE}\.wslconfig" # to see Get-Content "${env:USERPROFILE}\.wslconfig" To see total memory: top htop free -h Components of the command: Write-Output "[wsl2] memory=26GB" : This writes the string [wsl2] memory=10GB . [You must write [wsl2] in one line and memory=10GB in another line] [wsl2] indicates that the settings being configured are for WSL2, which is the second version of WSL with better performance and more advanced features. memory=26GB sets the maximum memory that WSL2 is allowed to use to 10 GB. >> "${env:USERPROFILE}\.wslconfig" : >> is the append operator, which adds the output to the specified file, instead of overwriting it. If the file doesn't exist, it will create one. ${env:USERPROFILE} is a PowerShell expression that references the current user's profile directory. For m