Brave keeps crashing due to high RAM usage

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Description of the issue:
How can this issue be reproduced?

  1. It froze and crashed suddenly while 4 tabs were open.

Expected result: it fixed itself

Brave Version: 1.87.191

Additional Information: Four tabs were open that didn’t consume much RAM, but Brave suddenly froze and consumed over 9 GB of RAM, freezing my computer. I waited 10 minutes for it to recover. I never experienced this issue even with 20 tabs open.

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Hello!

Brave’s sudden RAM spike and crash can often be fixed by clearing cache/cookies, disabling hardware acceleration, and checking extensions for memory leaks. Make sure you’re on the latest Brave version, enable Memory Saver to reduce tab usage, and use Brave’s Task Manager (Shift + Esc) to openskycc com close any tab or extension consuming excessive resources. If the issue persists, try creating a new user profile to rule out corruption.

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@nigga

Might be worth trying:

On Windows OS 10/11 you “prefer” the iGPU in the Graphics settings for each app, not with a single global switch.

I would Exit / Quit everything, and then (steps according to Perplexity.ai):

Per‑app iGPU preference

  1. Open Settings → System → Display.
  2. Scroll down and click Graphics (sometimes “Graphics settings”).
  3. Under “Custom options for apps”:
    • Choose Desktop app or Microsoft Store app, click Browse to add the app if needed.
    • Click the app in the list → Options.
  4. In the popup, select Power saving (this is the iGPU), then click Save.

Restart computer.

Where brave.exe is usually located:

64 architecture, system level installation:
C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\brave.exe

x86 architecture, system level installation:
C:\Program Files(x86)\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\brave.exe

64 / x86 architecture, user level installation (NOTE: you must substitute your Windows OS user account name for [UserName]):
C:\Users\[UserName]\AppData\Local\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\brave.exe

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