{"id":6413,"date":"2018-08-04T20:49:52","date_gmt":"2018-08-04T15:19:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/198.58.113.91\/blog\/?p=6413"},"modified":"2023-07-31T18:53:50","modified_gmt":"2023-07-31T13:23:50","slug":"google-chrome-high-disk-usage-100-percent","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.winhelponline.com\/blog\/google-chrome-high-disk-usage-100-percent\/","title":{"rendered":"Fix Google Chrome High Disk Usage (100%) Problem"},"content":{"rendered":"

Every once in a while you may have definitely encountered a problem where one particular application uses 100% disk usage (or CPU, or memory usage). Many users reported “high disk usage” problem on their systems when Google Chrome is launched. Chrome may totally stall your system showing the status “waiting for cache”.<\/p>\n

This post tells you how to fix the Google Chrome 100% disk usage problem in Windows.<\/p>\n

Fix Google Chrome High Disk Usage Problem<\/h2>\n

\"handFirst, make sure that your Google Chrome is up-to-date<\/strong>. The disk usage problem may have been fixed in a recent release. While Chrome updates automatically using Task Scheduler, it’s advisable to do a manual check.<\/p>\n

Visit\u00a0chrome:\/\/settings\/help<\/code> to know if you’re running the latest release. If you already have the latest build and yet the problem happens, follow these steps one by one and see if that fixes the 100% disk usage problem.<\/p>\n

Step 1: Use Chrome Task Manager<\/h3>\n

While in Google Chrome, press Shift<\/kbd> + Esc<\/kbd> to load the Chrome Task Manager. Chrome Task Manager shows the list of open web pages and Chrome Extensions that are running. For each entry, the CPU and memory footprint is displayed.<\/p>\n

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If you find one webpage or pages under a particular website using more CPU or Memory, terminate those pages. It’s possible that those pages may be using heavy javascript files and stylesheets.<\/p>\n

Step 2: Turn off Preload pages for faster browsing and searching<\/h3>\n

While the high disk usage (usually 100%, as reported on Task Manager’s Processes tab) is mostly caused by some bad programming practices, at the same time, the age of the computer hardware is to be blamed equally. Sometimes, newer features may not play well with old hardware. You can turn off a couple of settings (“prefetch” features) to reduce the disk usage by Chrome.<\/p>\n

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  1. Start Google Chrome, and open Settings (chrome:\/\/settings\/<\/code>)<\/li>\n
  2. Click “Cookies and other site data”<\/li>\n
  3. Disable the toggle button for “Preload pages for faster browsing and searching”. Note that in Chrome versions earlier than v73, this option was called “Use a prediction service to help complete searches and URLs typed in the address bar.”<\/li>\n
  4. Close and reopen Google Chrome.\n
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    Here is the explanation<\/a> for the prefetch settings, by Google.<\/p>\n

    Preload pages for faster browsing and searching:<\/strong> Browsers use an IP address to load a webpage. When you visit a webpage, Chrome can look up the IP addresses of all the page’s links and load the ones you might navigate to next. If you turn this setting on, websites and any embedded content that are preloaded can set and read their own cookies as if you had visited them, even if you don’t.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    While these Page prefetching \/ Link prefetching or prediction features help you load subsequent linked webpages quickly, they not only consume extra bandwidth but also additional CPU\/Disk usage cycles.<\/p>\n

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    \"tipsAs a side note, you may have observed if you’re using the excellent\u00a0uBlock Origin<\/strong> Chrome extension, the “Preload pages for faster browsing and searching” or “Use a prediction service to load pages more quickly” will be disabled by default. This setting corresponds to uBlock Origin’s setting named “Disable pre-fetching (to prevent any connection for blocked network requests).”<\/p>\n