How do i make brave not use so many processes

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jlhillhouse,

In September 2020, Brave Community member @KatrinMaea created a report in detail, but was never answered by Brave Support:

Brave using up way too many processes and memory

Description of the issue: So Brave has always worked fine for me up until the last couple of days. After having problems with my beta version of Windows 10 I had to reset my computer with a clean install of Windows and subsequently a clean install of Brave (meaning it has no added extensions or data other than what it was packaged with). Then I was still wondering why, after eliminating the many Lenovo bloat wares, was my idle RAM usage high. So I looked at Task Manager for any further unnecessa…

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If you do a search, using criteria “Brave many processes”

https://community.brave.com/search?q=brave%20many%20processes%20order%3Alatest

you will see search results about there being too many Brave processes and using too much CPU / RAM.

Processes:

Brave processes remain open after closing Brave

Description of the issue: When I close Brave on Windows 10, multiple processes running under the Brave name remain open. While the main process disappears from the Process tab of Task Manager, I still see 6-8 processes under the Details tab. Sometimes, I can close all remaining processes by just closing one of the left behind processes, but at other times, I have to close all left behind processes one by one. Steps to Reproduce (add as many as necessary): 1. 2. 3. Run Brave. Close Brave Sta…

Do not use multiple processes

Brave uses over a dozen different processes. Right now, for example, it shows 17 processes on my System Monitor. Two of them using about 100MiB memory, one 88, one 79, etc. Right now they use little of CPU. In this way, I have difficulty assessing the overall resource usage by Brave. Normally, if I suspect my system is low on memory, I sort processes by memory and see who are the greediest. With brave spreading its usage over multiple processes, it would not pop up even if it is the greedi…

Multiple Sessions of Brave Running when Initially Launched

Problem: I open the brave browser, with no additional tabs running but have 13 browsers running under processes in Task Manager. As I open more tabs the number increases from there. Is there a way to start with only one browser session to reduce the resources Brave uses? [image]

Brave Browser Update Service:

Why does Brave keeps running the BraveUpdate process in the background even when closed?

It checks for updates to the brave browser you can turn it off in services Start menu - search for services look for Brave update service (brave) Brave update service (bravem) To disable Right click on it go to properties Under general tab Stop the service if already running Select disable from the dropdown menu beside startup type hit apply then ok [25] You can also disable the Continue running background apps when Brave is closed option in Settings. it allows websites to delive…

Brave Browser Cosmetic Filtering:

Megathread: For users seeing high CPU spikes/usage

For any users still encountering this issue: We apologize for the inconvenience and hope it helps to know that we believe we’ve found the issue – we should have a new version with the fix out as soon as we can. In the interim, if you go to: brave://flags/#brave-adblock-cosmetic-filtering , enable this flag and relaunch, you should see CPU usage improve. Please let us know if this is not the case. Thank you.

Brave Browser Task Manager:

Megathread: For users seeing high CPU spikes/usage

@pinc, In this context, when we say task manager, we’re referring to your browser task manager, as opposed to your OS’s task manager. You can view this by going to Menu --> More tools --> Task manager [image]

Brave Browser Hardware Acceleration:

Megathread: For users seeing high CPU spikes/usage

@psm1, There’s a chance that you are experiencing something different entirely – Can you try disabling Hardware Acceleration in settings to see if this resolves the issue? You’ll find this in Settings --> Additional Settings --> System --> Hardware Acceleration

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CPU / RAM:

High CPU usage in Brave when watching youtube videos

Do you have Hardware Acceleration disabled in Brave? That could potentially drive-up CPU usage in many scenarios. You can also check which process (the Brave app, a specific tab, or an extension) is responsible for the increased usage via ☰ › More Tools › Task Manager in Brave. You can enable additional columns for greater insight.

Why does Brave use more RAM than Chrome?

Great question, @shmuga9! There are a few things to consider here. Currently, Brave (the application) uses more baseline memory than Chrome. What I mean by this is if you are engaging in light usage, Brave is likely to use a bit more. We’re working on identifying areas wherein memory use can be further reduced. Where Brave begins to shine is when you are engaging in medium-to-heavy usage of the browser, with several tabs and web-apps opened. Brave, by default, blocks third-party ads and tracke…

Megathread: For users seeing high CPU spikes/usage

For any users still encountering this issue: We apologize for the inconvenience and hope it helps to know that we believe we’ve found the issue – we should have a new version with the fix out as soon as we can. In the interim, if you go to: brave://flags/#brave-adblock-cosmetic-filtering , enable this flag and relaunch, you should see CPU usage improve. Please let us know if this is not the case. Thank you.