How to fix RAM usage issues

Question

My RAM usage always shows 85% to 90%, whereas my usage is so limited with browsers only. How can i fix this issue ?, as it slows down my laptop entirely.

Answer 1

Welcome Deepak Sankar,

I understand how frustrating it can be when your Windows 11 system is showing very high RAM usage (around 85–90%) even though you mainly use web browsers, and this is causing performance slowdowns. 

Before that, I need to narrow this down a bit: 

• Does the high memory usage still occur immediately after a restart, before opening Chrome or any other apps? 
• Is this a personal device using a local or Microsoft account, or is it managed by work or school? 

Building on the earlier suggestions, you might also consider the following options:    

Option 1: Check startup apps to reduce background memory usage 

• Open Task Manager from the Start menu 
• Go to Startup apps 
• Disable non‑essential apps and restart the device 

Option 2: Check virtual memory configuration 

• Open Settings > System > About 
• Select Advanced system settings 
• Under Performance, select Settings 
• Open the Advanced tab and select Virtual memory 
• Make sure Automatically manage paging file size for all drives is enabled 

Option 3: Scan for malware using Windows Security 

• Open Windows Security from the Start menu 
• Select Virus and threat protection 
• Run a Full scan 

Option 4: Check for memory pressure from background services 

• Open Task Manager from the Start menu 
• Go to the Details tab 
• Click the Memory column to sort by usage 
• Look for non‑browser processes consuming unusually high memory 

I really hope that the information I gave above was helpful to you. Please feel free to reply below and let me know if you have further concern on this matter.    

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Answer 2

1

Web browsers these days are very resource hungry, in your screenshot, Chrome is using nearly 6GB of RAM, how many tabs do you have open in Chrome, and how much RAM do you have on your PC.

2

Restart (not shut down) your PC to flush out your RAM.

Do not open any apps.

Open Task Manager, then select the Performance tab.

On the left, click Memory, please provide a screenshot of that Performance tab.