A browser extension leaks memory through the day
Some extensions, especially content blockers and tab managers, quietly grow to gigabytes. Restarting the browser fixes it temporarily but solves nothing.
Try this first
- 1Open the browser's task manager, Shift+Esc in Chrome, and sort by memory
- 2Identify the extension or tab that grows the most
- 3Disable suspect extensions and remeasure after an hour
- 4Update or replace the extension, some have known leaks in older versions
When to bring us in
For multiple concurrent leaks: build a fresh profile without extensions and re-add selectively.
See also
- My laptop is suddenly slowThree main suspects: a runaway background process, near-full disk, or a Windows update in progress.
- One specific application is slow for everyoneIf an app is slow for one person: local. For everyone at once: server side or vendor side.
- Opening files from the file server takes minutesOften the server itself is fine and the issue is network routing or stalling DNS resolution.
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