How to Fix Microsoft Edge High Memory Usage on Windows

Although it's less resource-heavy than Google Chrome, Microsoft Edge does consume a lot of system resources to boost its performance. When this happens, Edge’s memory usage on Windows may shoot up, affecting the overall performance. If you've faced a similar issue on your Windows PC, here's how to fix that.

[Lou-hubx]

So great - you solved my problem of the last 6 yrs!! I'm a tab hog & your video took care of that, esp. @2:00 with turning off "use memory accelerator"!! Thank you, thank you!!

[originaljoshuabryant]

Thank you! I had a rogue extension that was sucking up a lot of ram.