Google Chrome is a Greedy RAM Hog. Here's How to Fix It.

Google Chrome is a Greedy RAM Hog. Here's How to Fix It.

Google Chrome may be most people's favorite browser, but it's far from perfect. One of its biggest flaws is how much of your computer's RAM it eats up.

Most laptops don't come with a huge amount of RAM; once the allotted memory is full, the computer can't process any more actions.

Each new tab that is opened in the browser will consume more RAM. In Chrome, 15 tabs can range from 1 GB to 2 GB of memory used, depending on the media content.

Take a look at how much memory your Chrome tabs and extensions by copying chrome://memory-redirect/ in your browser.

After doing a few tests with the same 15 tabs open in Mozilla Firefox, memory usage is 35 to 45% lower. Firefox appears to be a far more lightweight browser, a drastic improvement over older versions.

If you don't want to switch from Chrome, try downloading one of the following Chrome extensions to help reduce memory usage. I would recommend downloading only one, as more extensions will use more RAM.

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