What is garbage collecting and when should I manually do it and when is it automatic?

[RuizuKun_Dev (Kitsune)]

You don’t have to worry about GC, on Roblox we don’t have any control over it.

Worry about other things that would be best for your interest.

And don’t forget to use the search bar next time…

Garbage Collection and Memory Leaks in Roblox - What you should know

This article is meant to teach you how to prevent memory leaks and how the Roblox lua garbage collector works. What is garbage collection? Garbage collection, for those who are new to the term, is the process that a lot of languages such as JavaScript, python, and lua use to clean up memory. When values are no longer being used, they get garbage collected thus freeing up any memory they used. What are memory leaks? Memory leaks may sound like something scary. It might sound like it means infor…

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