Microsoft Edge is using too much memory and slowing your PC
Edge with dozens of tabs open will drain your RAM. Close unnecessary tabs and restart Edge completely. If you are still seeing high memory use with just a few tabs open, disable your extensions one by one to find the bad one. This fixes it for people.
Edge keeps each tab running in memory, so 20 tabs use 20 times more RAM than one. This slows your whole PC because other apps cannot get the memory they need. Closing unnecessary tabs and restarting Edge help immediately. If the problem continues with just a few tabs, an extension is hogging memory.
- ✓Open Task Manager by pressing Ctrl+Shift+Esc and look at the Memory column to see how much RAM Edge is using
- ✓Count how many browser tabs you have open in Edge right now
- ✓Check your total available RAM by opening Task Manager. If you only have 4 GB and Edge is using 2 GB, that is the problem.
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Skip, I just want a technicianCommon mistakes to avoid
- Closing one tab at a time instead of using Close other tabs. Do it in bulk to save time.
- Keeping extensions you do not recognize because you are not sure what they do. If you did not install it, remove it.
- Not restarting Edge after making changes. Restart it to see if the fix actually worked.
Signs you need professional help
- If memory is still over 1 GB per tab even after closing other tabs and restarting, or if resetting Edge did not help and memory is still climbing, give us a call. We can look for specific misbehaving extensions or websites causing the problem.
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