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Free up memory in Chromium with a single click
You may not have played with Chromium's (or Google Chrome's) task manager before. It's really more intended for developer use, but it does provide some valuable functionality for the rest of us as well.
One which has been added recently is the ability to free up memory. Like other browsers, Chrome and Chromium can get a little RAM-hungry after extended browsing sessions. By adding the --purge-memory-button switch to your command line, you'll get exactly that -- a purge memory button on the Task Manager screen.
Once you've made the change, your shortcut's target should look like this (on Windows, of course):
This is a fairly recent addition to the Chromium nightly builds, so it has yet to arrive in the developer or beta versions of Chrome. Keep your eyes peeled, though - it's sure to arrive soon, at least on the dev channel.
One which has been added recently is the ability to free up memory. Like other browsers, Chrome and Chromium can get a little RAM-hungry after extended browsing sessions. By adding the --purge-memory-button switch to your command line, you'll get exactly that -- a purge memory button on the Task Manager screen.
Once you've made the change, your shortcut's target should look like this (on Windows, of course):
C:\Users\[username]\AppData\Local\Chromium\Application\chrome.exe --purge-memory-buttonPress shift + ESC after you've been browsing for a little while in Chromium top bring up the task manager. Press the purge button, and you'll notice several of your memory figures drop (some quite drastically).
This is a fairly recent addition to the Chromium nightly builds, so it has yet to arrive in the developer or beta versions of Chrome. Keep your eyes peeled, though - it's sure to arrive soon, at least on the dev channel.
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Subscribe to commentsAdam EDec 3rd 2009 11:37AM
I get what purging is but what does it do to free up the memory? Will there be a hit in performance?
I wonder if this could be written in as a feature, or something that it does automatically after a period of time....
LooieDec 4th 2009 10:02AM
When I try this, I get an error msg:
The name ... specified in the Target box is not valid. Make sure the path and file name are correct.
Do I need to do something more to my address than add
"--purge-memory-button"?
Thanks for any help!
jaseffDec 5th 2009 6:09PM
I got the same error. I think there is supposed to be a space between chrome.exe and --purge-memory-button. I no longer get the error but I don't see the button in task manager either.
mixxskyFeb 20th 2010 4:39PM
For those of us with a space in our user name who are getting the error above, the Target box should read:
"C:\Users\[user name]\AppData\Local\Chromium\Application\chrome.exe --purge-memory-button" -purge-memory-button
This made the error go away for me, and game me the button. The problem is that if the path has a space, quotes need to be used, and the double-dash -- is invalid when quotes are used.