I suspect that tabs are not sleeping, although when I click on a tab that has been dormant (not accessed) for 5 minutes or more, the first 1/4 second the page is blank, then apparently finishes loading from cache. If that's a symptom of a sleeping tab, I can't see any of the tabs are faded. If I click on tabs recently accessed, the page is immediate. I have efficency, sleeping tabs, and fading tabs all enabled. The sleep tab option to change timing is greyed out, and I can't change it from 5 min. This is Edge used in W11 Home. I originally enabled sleeping tabs to see if memory usage goes down. I noticed a "High Memory Usage" notification sometimes when I have 6 or more tabs open. If there are several apps running, the memory usage sometimes hits 95%. So far, sleeping tabs enabled doesn't look like it's having any effect on mem usage. Also, I disabled preloading new tab, but it doesn't seem to have an effect on mem usage either. I also have nothing under "never sleep" tab option.
Is this high memory usage common with 8GB ram in w11? I never noticed it in w10 using the same set of apps, except I was using Google Chrome at the time.
What does tab fading look like, and what is the symptom of a sleeping tab when you click on it to wake it up? (how long does it take to load the page)
Does anyone know how to tweak Edge to reduce memory usage? (I've been searching for 3 hours on the web and found nothing).
Is this high memory usage common with 8GB ram in w11? I never noticed it in w10 using the same set of apps, except I was using Google Chrome at the time.
What does tab fading look like, and what is the symptom of a sleeping tab when you click on it to wake it up? (how long does it take to load the page)
Does anyone know how to tweak Edge to reduce memory usage? (I've been searching for 3 hours on the web and found nothing).
- Windows Build/Version
- w11/22621.1992
My Computer
System One
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- OS
- Windows 11 Home
- Computer type
- PC/Desktop
- Manufacturer/Model
- ASUS S500TD
- CPU
- 12th Gen Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-12400 2.50 GHz
- Motherboard
- D500TD
- Memory
- 8GB DDR4
- Graphics Card(s)
- Intel UHD 730
- Sound Card
- RealTek onboard
- Monitor(s) Displays
- LG 27"
- Screen Resolution
- 1920X1080
- Hard Drives
- 500GB SSD Micron MTFDHBA512QFD
- PSU
- GPS-300JB
- Keyboard
- logitech wireless
- Mouse
- logitech wireless
- Internet Speed
- 50Gb ATT vdsl
- Browser
- Edge
- Antivirus
- Defender
- Other Info
- External USB DVD, BD