# Limiting RAM Use

**URL:** <https://help.nextcloud.com/t/limiting-ram-use/239822>\
**Category:** ℹ️ Support\
**Tags:** snap, nc32, php83\
**Created:** [February 5, 2026, 1:07pm UTC](https://help.nextcloud.com/t/limiting-ram-use/239822 "2026-02-05T13:07:50Z")\
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**Author:** ![scubamuc](https://help.nextcloud.com/user_avatar/help.nextcloud.com/scubamuc/32/63165_2.png) [@scubamuc](https://help.nextcloud.com/u/scubamuc)\
**Post date:** [February 5, 2026, 1:16pm UTC](https://help.nextcloud.com/t/limiting-ram-use/239822/2 "2026-02-05T13:16:52Z")

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Hey @Joel_Madero, welcome to the Nextcloud community and thanks for supporting Nextcloud snap 🤝

Sorry to hear you are having issues with your Nextcloud snap installation. If you’ve come this far, you’re on the right track!

In order to help you we’ll need some Information to get an Idea of your setup, so [run the debugging script](https://help.nextcloud.com/t/how-to-manage-nextcloud-snap-logs/216226#p-649886-issue-debugging-script-11) and post the result here.

Below are some links to how-to’s answering frequently asked questions and may help you help yourself;

- [How to install Nextcloud snap](https://help.nextcloud.com/t/how-to-install-nextcloud-snap/216058)
- [How to configure Nextcloud snap](https://help.nextcloud.com/t/how-to-configure-nextcloud-snap/216036)
- [How to edit config.php for Nextcloud snap](https://help.nextcloud.com/t/how-to-edit-config-php-for-nextcloud-snap/218564)
- [How to use OCC management console for Nextcloud snap](https://help.nextcloud.com/t/how-to-use-occ-management-console-for-nextcloud-snap/216111)
- [How to revert Nextcloud snap after failed update](https://help.nextcloud.com/t/how-to-revert-nextcloud-snap-after-failed-update/216034)
- [How to manage failed automatic update in Nextcloud snap](https://help.nextcloud.com/t/how-to-manage-failed-automatic-update-in-nextcloud-snap/230652)
- [Nextcloud snap wiki and support](https://help.nextcloud.com/t/nextcloud-snap-wiki-and-support/197783)

> [@Joel\_Madero](#):
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> I believe it’s possible to throttle php by editing my www.conf file within the snap shell for php-fpm but I’m hitting this error when I try:

nope that won’t work… you’ll not be able to change anything there…

> [@Joel\_Madero](#):
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> /var/lib/snapd/snap/nextcloud/51966/config/php/php-fpm.d/www.conf

as that is read only

pay special attention to this: [Configure Nextcloud snap · nextcloud-snap/nextcloud-snap Wiki · GitHub](https://github.com/nextcloud-snap/nextcloud-snap/wiki/configure-Nextcloud-snap#php-memory-limit-configuration)

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