# How to turn garbage collection off?

**URL:** <https://forums.unrealengine.com/t/how-to-turn-garbage-collection-off/365413>\
**Category:** Debugging, Optimization, & Profiling\
**Tags:** Optimization, unreal-engine, UE4, CPP, question\
**Created:** [July 28, 2016, 1:58pm UTC](https://forums.unrealengine.com/t/how-to-turn-garbage-collection-off/365413 "2016-07-28T13:58:52Z")\
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**Author:** ![Shadowriver](https://d3kjluh73b9h9o.cloudfront.net/original/4X/2/8/5/28502927f1d97ba1051b3b47ccfe17233bf41ef0.png) [@Shadowriver](https://forums.unrealengine.com/u/Shadowriver)\
**Post date:** [July 31, 2016, 3:05am UTC](https://forums.unrealengine.com/t/how-to-turn-garbage-collection-off/365413/5 "2016-07-31T03:05:18Z")

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Well check this out

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You can disable object from auto deleting by adding it to root

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