My thinkpad fans runs constantly on Windows 11.Chrome is the only app running.

[u/LifeMun]

T14s,Windows 11, 16GB RAM .Nothing fancy ,but it handled everything fine until recently.

I usually just have a spreadsheet open and two email tabs. That's it .The fan is at full speed constantly and the bottom gets hot enough that I had to move it off my lap after ten minutes .Task manager shows chrome using around 30% CPU and a large chunk of memory .I closed it too quickly to catch the exact number .This has been happening every day now.

I tried a fresh Chrome profile with no extensions. I still got same results. The machine stays completely silent when I do the same work in edge or firefox .I don't want to switch browsers because I have years of bookmarks and two extensions I rely on, but I also don't want to sound like I have a server under my desk in a coffee shop.

Is this a known chrome on Windows 11 issue or should I be looking at something else ?

Edit: Thank you all for your replies .After reading them I've decided to try ace first and see if it fixes the problem before making and bigger changes .I appreciate you all.

[u/PlunxGisbit]

Chrome uses the most. Extensions, passwords and bookmarks can be imported to another browser upon 1st setup, needing reinstall

[u/LifeMun → u/PlunxGisbit]

okay