Windows 10: High RAM usage when idle. How do I fix this?

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    High RAM usage when idle. How do I fix this?


    I have extremely high RAM usage when I have nothing open other than task manager. It's around 50-60% usage with nothing running, and I have 8 gigabytes of ram. I don't know how the small background processes could take up that much memory; they should only take up a few hundred megabytes when added together. I'm not sure where all my RAM is going because I've never seen the usage under 50% since I installed Windows 11. Is there a fix to this? If I just end task to the background processes, then they'll pop up again when I restart the device. The most memory any of my background processes uses

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    upiware, Mar 26, 2023
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    Hello, I'm Greg, here to help you with this.

    Try these fixes for Windows 10 high RAM usage when idle:

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    https://www.reddit.com/r/buildapc/comments/cwza...



    Let me know if you have any questions or I can help performing any of the above steps. Based on the results you post back I will have other steps to try if necessary.

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    Greg Carmack, Mar 26, 2023
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    JordanMihailov, Mar 26, 2023
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    RAM usage too high in idle ?

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    JordanMihailov, Mar 26, 2023
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