The changes are now available to insiders who are selfhosting Windows 11 and are in the Edge 94 Stable release.
With that in mind, we have made improvements to how Microsoft Edge is represented in Windows Task Manager.
Not understanding what is happening on your computer can be a very frustrating situation and we want to improve this experience for you while using Microsoft Edge. When you open Windows Task Manager, you struggle to understand what is using your browser’s resources, so you find yourself randomly closing tabs in hopes that it will fix your performance issue. You’re not sure what’s causing the issue, so you open Windows Task Manager to try and diagnose the issue. Let’s imagine that one day you are browsing the internet and suddenly your computer starts to slow down, your fan turns on and your computer gets hot. We’re also working to help you understand how Microsoft Edge is using the resources on your device to deliver fast, efficient web browsing. To help ensure the browser doesn’t slow you down, we always keep performance in mind as we continue to improve Microsoft Edge.
Select Add, type in the full URL, and then click Add.Performance is essential to your success, which makes it core to ours. Make sure Save resources with sleeping tabs is set to On. In Microsoft Edge, select Settings and more > Settings > System and performance. You can also add sites you never want to sleep to a block list in Settings: We'll continue to evolve this list as needed. The page is on the user’s block list in Settings The page is currently being mirrored (casting, etc) The page is currently capturing user media (webcam, microphone, etc) The page is currently capturing a window or screen
The page is currently being inspected by DevTools The page is your company’s internal (intranet) site The page is sharing its BrowsingInstance with another page The page is currently holding a Web Lock or an IndexedDB transaction The page is currently visible (active tab) To help you stay on task and limit potential compatibility issues, the following activities prevent sites from going to sleep: The tab will un-fade and your content will be immediately available. To resume a sleeping tab, click on it like a normal tab.
Sleeping tabs will fade to indicate they’ve released resources. You can adjust the time interval by going to edge://settings/system.
The sleeping tabs feature in Microsoft Edge makes background tabs sleep after two hours of inactivity in order to free up resources for active tabs, new tabs, and other applications on your device. To improve memory and CPU utilization of the browser, we've developed a feature called sleeping tabs. The following are our latest performance features. We continue to deliver on our commitment to make Microsoft Edge faster, leaner, and more efficient than ever before. We believe in having both productivity and performance.īrowser performance is essential to your success and is core to ours. In fact, it’s our mission to create a browser that never slows you down. When it doesn’t, it can be deeply frustrating. With everything being online these days, it’s essential that your browser is fast, reliable, and keeps up with you. Get help for the legacy version of Microsoft Edge. Note: This article is for the new Microsoft Edge .