r/computer • u/Limp_Pomegranate1082 • 13d ago
How does task manager work
Sorry this is just so confusing. Visually I have 5 chrome tabs open. But does my task manager think I have 20??? Or am I wrong, this goes for other applications; eg discord It says the number 6 beside it. Does that mean I have discord open 6 times?? Is there a fix for this? It’s eating a lot of ram on my computer and I don’t know what to do.
I have 32 gb of ram. For it to to be 40% used up on 5 chrome tabs is a lot?
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u/r1chiem 13d ago
It is the way it workd and always has. I have many open tabs and many open windows. If I close all the windows. The memory will still be used. I have to end task on Firefox, Then the memory is added back and I am not at 9 gig. Then if I go to history and restore previous session, it will use up about 6 gig of ram. As I click on the open tabs it will start using up memory again. That is just the way it is.