<![CDATA[Opera using too much memory]]>I have Opera 45.0 on a Windows 10 laptop with 8Gb of memory.
While I love Opera as a browser, it is eating the memory on this laptop to the extent that even File Explorer fails to open until I shut down Opera. Task Manager is showing nearly 100% memory usage in this scenario.
All is good then for a while but when I re-open Opera, eventually I end up with the same problem.
I'm only talking around 6 or 8 tabs open when this happens and none of them are doing anything stressful like playing video for example.
Without Opera running, memory usage is usually around 40%.

There seem to be a number of posts on Google about fixing the problem but none of them are applicable to Opera 45.0.

]]>https://forums.opera.com/topic/21374/opera-using-too-much-memoryRSS for NodeTue, 12 May 2026 10:09:17 GMTMon, 12 Jun 2017 22:52:53 GMT60<![CDATA[Reply to Opera using too much memory on Sun, 31 Dec 2017 07:21:29 GMT]]>Hare some fix i found go to menu - settings (ALT+P) then go to Websites - Virtual Reality CLOSE IT name (Enable VR 360 player)
please tell me if it help Thanks

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/135814https://forums.opera.com/post/135814Sun, 31 Dec 2017 07:21:29 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Opera using too much memory on Sat, 16 Sep 2017 03:50:50 GMT]]>dev, beta or stable?

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/127691https://forums.opera.com/post/127691Sat, 16 Sep 2017 03:50:50 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Opera using too much memory on Fri, 15 Sep 2017 04:45:37 GMT]]>I have the same issue here, with a couple of tabs opened Opera is using more than 1Gb of RAM.

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/127647https://forums.opera.com/post/127647Fri, 15 Sep 2017 04:45:37 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Opera using too much memory on Fri, 15 Sep 2017 04:05:30 GMT]]>Just kill GPU process if it's much on RAM.

Also check app CleanMem (Win10) if you will.

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/127640https://forums.opera.com/post/127640Fri, 15 Sep 2017 04:05:30 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Opera using too much memory on Thu, 14 Sep 2017 21:19:12 GMT]]>This has been an on and off problem for the last 4 months, Memory problems and then it's fixed for a few weeks and then comes back. During that time I get windows updates and sometimes opera updates. Needs to get fixed permanently or I'm going back to firefox.

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/127635https://forums.opera.com/post/127635Thu, 14 Sep 2017 21:19:12 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Opera using too much memory on Tue, 24 Oct 2017 09:31:09 GMT]]>Welcome to Opera's forums @Moapp!

For memory problems just rest around 7 hours +/- and keep away from tech devices for an hour before going to bed...
Forgive...
and keep a healthy live... :rolleyes:

For Opera 45 Memory problems...
Do you use any extensions?

Try disable them, cleaning cache and also a clean profile and test it for a while, read the Back Up info too.

Edit:
Leo's suggestion could be faster... for Opera xD

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/123284https://forums.opera.com/post/123284Tue, 24 Oct 2017 09:31:09 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Opera using too much memory on Mon, 12 Jun 2017 23:03:40 GMT]]>Check in Opera's Task Manager what is using so much memory.

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/123282https://forums.opera.com/post/123282Mon, 12 Jun 2017 23:03:40 GMT