Microsoft Edge--the Ram Hog

I've been having high RAM usage issues recently. I opened Task Manager and noticed that Microsoft Edge was running multiple entries (see attached screenshot.) I had 2 tabs open in the browser: one was a Bing search and the other was a website about high RAM usage. Is this a common thing? Is there a way to stop Edge from being such a RAM hog? It is really starting to get annoying!

Device name LAPTOP-6Q21ITPQ
Processor AMD Ryzen 3 3200U with Radeon Vega Mobile Gfx 2.60 GHz
Installed RAM 8.00 GB (5.88 GB usable)
Device ID 14E39232-EA74-4801-BCEE-10DEBE27526E
Product ID 00356-02071-37369-AAOEM
System type 64-bit operating system, x64-based processor
Pen and touch No pen or touch input is available for this display

 

Do you have any extensions in Edge? every extension and tab get its own resource just in case if the tab crashes it won't crash the whole browser. only way to not use many resources is to delete extensions you don't use.

 

Just an ad blocker.