diff --git a/imgui.cpp b/imgui.cpp
index 6a8cc176..89541b2f 100644
--- a/imgui.cpp
+++ b/imgui.cpp
@@ -3851,7 +3851,7 @@ void ImGui::NewFrame()
 
     // Mark all windows as not visible and compact unused memory.
     IM_ASSERT(g.WindowsFocusOrder.Size == g.Windows.Size);
-    const float memory_compact_start_time = (g.IO.ConfigWindowsMemoryCompactTimer > 0.0f) ? (float)g.Time - g.IO.ConfigWindowsMemoryCompactTimer : FLT_MAX;
+    const float memory_compact_start_time = (g.IO.ConfigWindowsMemoryCompactTimer >= 0.0f) ? (float)g.Time - g.IO.ConfigWindowsMemoryCompactTimer : FLT_MAX;
     for (int i = 0; i != g.Windows.Size; i++)
     {
         ImGuiWindow* window = g.Windows[i];
diff --git a/imgui.h b/imgui.h
index 28c7d20d..a2701739 100644
--- a/imgui.h
+++ b/imgui.h
@@ -1360,7 +1360,7 @@ struct ImGuiIO
     bool        ConfigInputTextCursorBlink;     // = true           // Set to false to disable blinking cursor, for users who consider it distracting. (was called: io.OptCursorBlink prior to 1.63)
     bool        ConfigWindowsResizeFromEdges;   // = true           // Enable resizing of windows from their edges and from the lower-left corner. This requires (io.BackendFlags & ImGuiBackendFlags_HasMouseCursors) because it needs mouse cursor feedback. (This used to be a per-window ImGuiWindowFlags_ResizeFromAnySide flag)
     bool        ConfigWindowsMoveFromTitleBarOnly; // = false       // [BETA] Set to true to only allow moving windows when clicked+dragged from the title bar. Windows without a title bar are not affected.
-    float       ConfigWindowsMemoryCompactTimer;// = 60.0f          // [BETA] Compact window memory usage when unused. Set to 0.0f to disable.
+    float       ConfigWindowsMemoryCompactTimer;// = 60.0f          // [BETA] Compact window memory usage when unused. Set to -1.0f to disable.
 
     //------------------------------------------------------------------
     // Platform Functions
diff --git a/imgui_demo.cpp b/imgui_demo.cpp
index 568da3b9..8485f7c9 100644
--- a/imgui_demo.cpp
+++ b/imgui_demo.cpp
@@ -3049,7 +3049,7 @@ void ImGui::ShowAboutWindow(bool* p_open)
         if (io.ConfigInputTextCursorBlink)                              ImGui::Text("io.ConfigInputTextCursorBlink");
         if (io.ConfigWindowsResizeFromEdges)                            ImGui::Text("io.ConfigWindowsResizeFromEdges");
         if (io.ConfigWindowsMoveFromTitleBarOnly)                       ImGui::Text("io.ConfigWindowsMoveFromTitleBarOnly");
-        if (io.ConfigWindowsMemoryCompactTimer > 0.0f)                  ImGui::Text("io.ConfigWindowsMemoryCompactTimer = %.1ff", io.ConfigWindowsMemoryCompactTimer);
+        if (io.ConfigWindowsMemoryCompactTimer >= 0.0f)                 ImGui::Text("io.ConfigWindowsMemoryCompactTimer = %.1ff", io.ConfigWindowsMemoryCompactTimer);
         ImGui::Text("io.BackendFlags: 0x%08X", io.BackendFlags);
         if (io.BackendFlags & ImGuiBackendFlags_HasGamepad)             ImGui::Text(" HasGamepad");
         if (io.BackendFlags & ImGuiBackendFlags_HasMouseCursors)        ImGui::Text(" HasMouseCursors");