I have currently have 6 Chrome tabs open, Task Manager tells me I have 38, why?

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#311497 21-Jan-2024 13:12

Hi there,

I'm just checking Task Manager and it says I have 38 Google Chrome Tabs (Apps?) open, which is using a chunk of ram.

On Chrome itself, I only have 6 tabs open currently.

Why is this happening, and how can I stop it?

Thanks!

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#3184769 21-Jan-2024 13:49

How many Chrome windows do you have? The other tabs may be in a different window.

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#3184770 21-Jan-2024 13:52

You can't?.

It's multi threading and processes (handles logins, plugins and account sync as well as tabs) pleasing everyone who wants speeeeeed.

So it opens lots of threads/processes ready, and sleeps your inert tabs etc.

And scripts if you have FB open will chew a lot.

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#3184771 21-Jan-2024 13:53

Does Windows task manager also report add-ons/extensions as individual instances of Chrome?

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#3184777 21-Jan-2024 14:08

Selecting chrome and going shift-esc appears to suggest yes.

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#3184782 21-Jan-2024 14:19

Chrome > More Tools > Task Manager

.. shows the relationships between pages/extensions and process memory use

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#3184894 21-Jan-2024 20:09

Maybe this?

There's an option in Chrome's settings to leave it running in the background if any apps or extensions require it

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#3186889 26-Jan-2024 14:00

Just getting back to this now, you can see in the Task Manager it says Chrome has 14 tabs (?) open, but all I have is SPCA website and now Geekzone to write this. Heading into the Windows Task Manager via Chrome - More Tools - Task Manager sheds some more details. I don't have MightyApe open, not sure why it's showing that? Also haveno idea what PressPatron website is, nor recaptcha.net

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#3186897 26-Jan-2024 14:28

Chrome splits up various tasks (such as rendering) into their own system processes, the idea is, if something goes wrong with a subcomponent it doesn't take down the whole browser. That's what all those jigsaw icons for instance are. In addition, extensions/etc often end up in their own processes.

It's not always a 1:1 tab to process either, I have quite a few tabs open, and often tabs from the same site end up in the same process.

Generally not something to worry too much about.

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#3186907 26-Jan-2024 14:47

Cheers mate,

So basically it is what it is, nothing is wrong and just carry on?

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#3186909 26-Jan-2024 15:02

So pretty much my first reply ;)

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#3186910 26-Jan-2024 15:05

Multiple Windows desktops?

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#3186911 26-Jan-2024 15:06

On the far left of Chrome there is a down button list searchable of all open tabs. Do any of those sites show there?

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#3186931 26-Jan-2024 16:13

the (14) is not tabs but processes that chrome runs, nothing to worry about here

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#3194325 12-Feb-2024 13:58

Are we 100% sure there's nothing to worry about? I literally have two tabs open, one for a page on Reddit, and Stuff.

My memory is at over 80%, with the bulk of this being Chrome? 100% certain it's normal? Just seems weird, but then again I don't know what's happening BTS as has been explained here.

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#3194363 12-Feb-2024 15:23

don't know how much memory you have in your system or what % is chrome from that image. so its hard to say.

1.15Gb is not much, I'm currently using 4.4Gb in Firefox with 23 tabs, one being live TV one being YouTube, the test geekzone.

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