swapoff

Disable devices and files for swapping. Note: path/to/file can either point to a regular file or a swap partition. More information: https://manned.org/swapoff.

Disable a given swap area:
swapoff {{path/to/file}}
Disable all swap areas in /proc/swaps:
swapoff --all
Disable a swap partition by its label:
swapoff -L {{label}}

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