Valgrind Memcheck is a tool for detecting memory-usage problems such as leaks, invalid memory access, incorrect freeing, and referencing undefined values.
Valgrind integration in CLion works on Linux, macOS, and Windows with WSL (see Valgrind on WSL).
Optionally, configure the list of the suppression files. For example, you may want to add a suppression file to turn off the Valgrind checks for some particular libraries.
Configure Valgrind on WSL
To use Valgrind on Windows via WSL, provide the 'subsystem' path to Valgrind, which is /usr/bin/valgrind by default, instead of the actual Windows location of the Valgrind binary. However, this path will not be valid until you select the CMake profile connected to the WSL toolchain. For this, do one of the following:
Set the WSL toolchain as default. This way, it will automatically connect to the default CMake profile:
Create a separate CMake profile, connect it to the WSL toolchain, and select this profile in the configurations switcher:
Run targets
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Make sure to run Valgrind on a build with debug information. Otherwise, the Valgrind report might be incomplete or inaccurate.
To run a target (application or test) with Valgrind Memcheck, do one of the following:
Click the gutter icon and select Run 'your_target_name' with Valgrind Memcheck option from the menu:
Select the desired Run/Debug configuration and call Run | Run 'your_target_name' with Valgrind Memcheck from the main menu or click the dedicated toolbar icon:
If Valgrind was not configured previously, CLion will open the configuration dialog.
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Valgrind might not work correctly when run on a project with Google sanitizers. CLion will warn you about that:
Explore results
When the launch is finished, open the Valgrind tab in the Run tool window.
The left-hand pane shows the list of all problems found by Valgrind Memcheck. Each entry includes the instruction pointer, problematic function name, and (if possible) the source file where the problem is located.
In the right-hand pane, you can find full stack frame description and the corresponding code preview (when possible).
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Press F4 to jump back to the source code.
Use the context menu action to copy the warning data to clipboard:
Export and import results
To export the results, click the Export icon in the left pane of the Valgrind tab and specify the destination XML file:
Note that the Export button is unavailable during execution.
To import the results, select Run | Import Valgrind XML Results from the main menu and choose the XML file to import from.
gutter icon and select Run 'your_target_name' with Valgrind Memcheck option from the menu: 
icon in the left pane of the Valgrind tab and specify the destination XML file: 