--- title: Microsoft Edge will let you control how much RAM it uses... description: Microsoft Edge is developing a new feature that allows users to limit the amount of RAM the browser consumes. This feature, aimed at PC gamers, includes a... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/microsoft-edge-will-let-you-control-how-much-ram-it-uses-soon-f4hh27qph twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Microsoft Edge will let you control how much RAM it uses soon | daily.dev og:description: Microsoft Edge is developing a new feature that allows users to limit the amount of RAM the browser consumes. This feature, aimed at PC gamers, includes a... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/microsoft-edge-will-let-you-control-how-much-ram-it-uses-soon-f4hh27qph og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/F4HH27Qph.png og:image:alt: Microsoft Edge will let you control how much RAM it uses soon og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Microsoft Edge will let you control how much RAM it uses soon **[The Verge](https://daily.dev/sources/theverge)** · 1 min read · 1 upvotes · 1 comments ## Summary Microsoft Edge is developing a new feature that allows users to limit the amount of RAM the browser consumes. This feature, aimed at PC gamers, includes a slider to adjust the RAM usage. However, setting a low limit may affect browser speed. The feature is currently in testing and no release date has been announced. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: ## Community discussion Top comments from developers on daily.dev. **@randy** · 0 upvotes > Just in the TLDR: > > However, setting a low limit may affect browser speed. > > No!! You don't say!!! 🤦‍♂️ Sorry, this is the dumbest idea, ever. Some idiot is going to set that too low and wonder why websites and webapps stop working. Gamers just need to learn not to open a million tabs. --- Tags: [#gaming](https://daily.dev/tags/gaming), [#microsoft-edge](https://daily.dev/tags/microsoft-edge) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/microsoft-edge-will-let-you-control-how-much-ram-it-uses-soon-f4hh27qph) ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180},"sameAs":["https://twitter.com/dailydotdev","https://github.com/dailydotdev","https://www.linkedin.com/company/daily-dev-ltd"]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https://daily.dev/#website","url":"https://daily.dev","name":"daily.dev","publisher":{"@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization"},"potentialAction":{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https://daily.dev/search?q={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"TechArticle","headline":"Microsoft Edge will let you control how much RAM it uses soon","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/microsoft-edge-will-let-you-control-how-much-ram-it-uses-soon-f4hh27qph","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/microsoft-edge-will-let-you-control-how-much-ram-it-uses-soon-f4hh27qph"},"datePublished":"2024-04-04T12:30:52.705Z","dateModified":"2024-05-09T08:39:06.345Z","description":"Microsoft Edge is developing a new feature that allows users to limit the amount of RAM the browser consumes. 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