What are the Sleeping Tabs in Microsoft Edge?
Sleeping Tabs is a feature that is built into the Microsoft Edge browser, which helps to reduce the system resources (RAM and CPU) needed for the browser by freezing or sleeping the unused tabs. This is done by pausing inactive tabs after a certain amount of time and freeing up the resources required for those tabs. Thus, it improves the performance of the system. According to Microsoft, a sleeping tab on average saves about 85% of RAM and 90% of processor. If the tab is sleeping, then it will be displayed as faded. If you want to open a sleeping tab, you can click on it as normal, and it will be displayed immediately. Sleeping tabs are handy for reducing the memory and processor, especially while using multiple tabs.
If you have a low-end PC, then you can enable it in Microsoft Edge, as it helps to reduce resources consumed during browsing and improve the performance of your PC. You will get a better multitasking and browsing experience if you enable it on low-end PCs. If you have a better PC where you find no need for Sleeping tabs as your system performs smoothly without any hiccups, then you can disable sleeping tabs in the Microsoft Edge. Generally, Edge identifies such websites and will not freeze them.
How to enable or disable Sleeping Tabs in Microsoft Edge Browser?
Have you heard of sleeping tabs in Microsoft Edge? Wondering what sleeping tabs are? Modern-day browsers enable us to multitask easily by opening several tabs. Each tab has its own memory and CPU requirements. When you open multiple tabs, the memory consumed by each tab adds up and if your system does not have adequate memory, then your system will slow down. To reduce memory and processor usage by multiple tabs, additional features are introduced in browsers. One such feature in Microsoft Edge is Sleeping Tabs. In this article, we will discover how to enable or disable sleeping Tabs in Microsoft Edge.
Table of Content
- What are the Sleeping Tabs in Microsoft Edge?
- How to enable or disable Sleeping Tabs in Microsoft Edge?
- How to enable sleeping tabs
- How to disable sleeping tabs
- Conclusion