# Trainer() and required\_grad=false

**URL:** <https://discuss.huggingface.co/t/trainer-and-required-grad-false/41230>\
**Category:** 🤗Transformers\
**Created:** [May 28, 2023, 4:34pm UTC](https://discuss.huggingface.co/t/trainer-and-required-grad-false/41230 "2023-05-28T16:34:56Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![Dampish](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/67e7ee/32.png) [@Dampish](https://discuss.huggingface.co/u/Dampish)\
**Post date:** [May 28, 2023, 4:34pm UTC](https://discuss.huggingface.co/t/trainer-and-required-grad-false/41230/1 "2023-05-28T16:34:56Z")

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hey guys i just have a quick question, if i freeze 12 out of 16 layers, does huggingface trainer() load everything into memory anyway?

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**Author:** ![sbchoi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecae2f/32.png) [@sbchoi](https://discuss.huggingface.co/u/sbchoi)\
**Post date:** [January 18, 2024, 8:06am UTC](https://discuss.huggingface.co/t/trainer-and-required-grad-false/41230/2 "2024-01-18T08:06:25Z")

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also curious @Dampish Did you solved the problem?