Opera RAM Usage: How Much Memory It Uses & How to Limit It

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Updated onJune 11, 2024

updated onJune 11, 2024

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Opera RAM usage is a critical aspect of its performance. It directly impacts your browsing experience. Today, we’ll explore what affects Opera’s RAM usage, why it matters, and how to limit it.

How much memory should Opera use?

Opera typically uses 300-700 MB of RAM with a few tabs open. If it goes beyond that, you may want to tweak your settings. High RAM usage might affect performance.

How do I tell how much RAM my Opera uses?

You can check RAM usage for Opera and other software in Windows 11/10 withTask Manager.

How do I make Opera use less memory?

Before starting with more complicated tweaking methods, let’s go through some basic means to restrict Opera’s memory usage:

If these preliminary steps are insufficient to fix the problem, start performing the solutions below.

1. Add OneTab to Opera

OneTab is a Google Chrome and Opera extension that can reduce tab memory usage by 95 percent.

Pressing thatOneTabbutton will move all open pages into a single OneTab tab. Moving pages to that tab will reduce Opera’s RAM usage. To send a single page, right-click theOneTabextension and selectSend only this tab.

2. Disable background processes with Opera’s Task Manager

Note that disabling more essential processes may cause some browser issues. However, it’s fine to disable high-memory pages and extensions with Task Manager.

3. Disable JavaScript

4. Disable all extensions in Opera

Reducing Opera’s RAM consumption with the above methods will free up memory for other active software and speed up your browsing.

Opera RAM Usage: How Much Memory It Uses & How to Limit It#

How much memory should Opera use?#

How do I tell how much RAM my Opera uses?#

How do I make Opera use less memory?#

1. Add OneTab to Opera#

2. Disable background processes with Opera’s Task Manager#

3. Disable JavaScript#

4. Disable all extensions in Opera#