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Multiple chrome.exe processes in Task Manager

Fresh5 days ago
Mar 15, 202640749 views
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Problem

I know that each new tab on Google Chrome have its own process, but I have 14 processes running actually as I can see it on the Task Manager, and only two tabs are opened on Google Chrome. Could it be due to Chrome extensions? What other reason can open more process and how to avoid it?

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chrome.exe

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Fix for: Multiple chrome.exe processes in Task Manager

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You're always going to have at least n + 1 chrome.exe processes, where n is the number of unique domains you have open across all visible tabs. The +1 is for the "Browser" process coordinating everything else. (e.g. I have 5 tabs open, 4 for SuperUs…

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