Best way to disable swap in Linux
- Identify configured swap devices and files with
cat /proc/swaps
. - Turn off all swap devices and files with
swapoff -a
. - Remove any matching reference found in
/etc/fstab
. - Optional: Destroy any swap devices or files found in step 1 to prevent their reuse. Due to your concerns about leaking sensitive information, you may wish to consider performing some sort of secure wipe.