How to see which Chrome website tabs are making your computer slow
Follow this one-stop guide to Chrome Task Manager to rid the browser of power-draining tabs
IS your PC feeling a bit sluggish? Google Chrome may be the culprit.
Specifically, the amount of tabs left open on the browser and the number of extensions (the modification tools you can download from the Chrome Store) in use, which can gobble up RAM and hog your computer's processor.
The best way to pinpoint power-munching tabs is through Chrome Task Manager.
This handy tool displays the CPU, memory and network usage of each open tab and plug-in.
It also lets you kill individual processes with one click in the vein of the Windows Task Manager.
Here's how to use it on PC and Mac:
How to open Chrome Task Manager
Here's what you need to do:
- Open Chrome
- Click on the Chrome menu button in the upper-right corner of the browser window (the icon is three vertical dots)
- When the drop-down menu appears, hover your cursor over the "More tools" option
- On the sub-menu, click on the option labelled Task Manager to access the tool on screen
- Alternatively, you can access the Chrome Task Manager on Mac by clicking Window in the Chrome menu bar at the top of the screen with the browser open
- When the drop-down menu appears, click Task Manager to open the option
The following keyboard shortcuts will also launch the tool:
Shift + Esc for Windows.
Search + Esc for Chrome OS.
How to use Chrome Task Manager
With the Chrome pop-up bar open, you should be able to see how much, memory, CPU, and network each tab is using.
If your computer is noticeably slow, you can then select the worst offenders from the list and close them with one move.
Just highlight the tab you want to kill on Task Manager and click "End process" to remove it.
To find out more about how each tab is impacting you computer, right click on one to view more info.
This will include shared memory, private memory, image cache, script cache, CSS cache, SQLite memory and JavaScript memory.
Plus, in Windows you can click the Stats for Nerds link at the bottom of Task Manager for more in-depth statistics.
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