How delete all variables available in python to free memory?

Question

I trying to find out a way to free the memory in my python script before start.

How can I delete all created variables in python to make sure the script have all memory available?

Thanks in advance!

Marcel Wilson · Accepted Answer · 2016-06-09 13:47:46Z

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gc.collect() will release all unreferenced memory. (see https://docs.python.org/2.7/library/gc.html)

But to deliberately delete variables use del. Keep in mind you'll need to do this for all variables.

myvar1 = 1
myvar2 = True
del myvar1
del myvar2

answered Jun 9, 2016 at 13:47

Marcel Wilson

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