Chrome uses 40-50% of CPU in background.

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I’m using Chrome browser since very long.
But now facing some problem.

From around last 1 month whenever i start chrome(after turning on computer) it starts using CPU 40-60% in background. Even after closing chrome.
I tried many things disabled all extensions , did a fresh install but nothing helped.
Now I just open window task manager close chrome running in background.
It’s pretty annoying as i use stock cooler on my core i5 it gets pretty loud.

Anybody else facing above mentioned issue or something similar?
Or found some solution?
Please share.

Thank-you.

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IIRC there is a setting in Chrome to disable background processes… and another to disable background updates?

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Thanks
but it didn’t help.
still had to manually end task from task manager(Windows).

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Could it be another app you installed or so called webapp or electron based app that uses chrome web engine to render the UI?

Try right click the process in task manager and select the show folder location which might reveal the offending app?

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Move to Edge browser, since Edge is also chromium based every extension that works with Chrome also works with Edge

Edge has some cool features like Collections, Screen capture, vertical tab browsing

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Edge is so underrated! It’s been my go to browser since it launched and Chrome has not found a place on any of my system refreshes!

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It’s opening Chrome’s folder.

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I like chrome.
and it’s in sync with my phone and PC with google account.
I use edge just to open pdfs lol, but ill give the edge a shot.

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okay, ill try it.

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Me too using Edge & Opera now. I have left Chrome long back.

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Chromium Edge is the browser to use on Windows right now. It’s from the OS provider itself (one less party to trust as you are already trusting the OS provider), feature rich (Vertical Tabs, Collections, etc) and more secure than Google Chrome (WDAG, better sandboxing, better integrated with Windows Defender).

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The only thing makes Edge difficult to migrate to for me is that it uses Outlook account to sync all the shit to. If one’s already using Chrome from years they have all their shit on Google account synced. You can’t just migrate that all over to Outlook as your primary Email. I know it’s possible and easy but hard to do practically.

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If Edge is a no-go, would highly recommend Brave Browser as well

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I am waiting for Bromite Browser to come to Desktop. It’s my go to browser on mobile. GitHub - bromite/bromite: Bromite is a Chromium fork with ad blocking and privacy enhancements; take back your browser!

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Sync with Chrome, then ask it to import all of chrome data. Also if passwards are an issue then you can export them to csv and import to outlook.

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I know the process mate, that’s not the issue. The issue is to switch your primary mail to Outlook and maintain that too across devices alongside your previous one.

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What

what is this outlook thing you are talking ? for Edge u just need a MS account, just move all the Bookmarks and history to Edge and login with MS account.. thats it

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Why shift primary email to outlook? Just maintain both..

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Thanks for all suggestions.
Actually i have chrome opera gx firefox edge brave all installed on my PC from long time.
But i mostly use chrome and opera gx sometimes for inbuilt VPN.
But now will try edge too since most of you are praising it.

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even Edge can do all this, can sync across multiple devices without any issues
it is just that you login with Google account for Chrome and MS account for Edge…

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