Google Chrome and Microsoft Edge browsers have a Sleeping Tab or Memory Saver feature that automatically freezes inactive tabs. It will reduce the memory consumption of the browser. An open tab becomes “inactive” when you are not using it for a certain amount of time, but you can also manually put any tab into sleeping mode.
Sometimes you may want to manually put an open browser tab into sleep mode to save system resources. For example, if you have Gmail open in one tab, but you want to put another open tab into sleep mode without closing it completely.
There is a way to manually put any active tab into sleep mode in the Chrome and Microsoft Edge browsers. Here’s how to do it:
Steps to Manually Put a Tab into Sleep Mode in Chrome and Edge Browsers
1. Open Google Chrome or Microsoft Edge browser on your computer.
2. Type chrome://discards in the address bar and hit Enter.
3. Microsoft Edge users type edge://discards in the address bar and hit Enter.
4. It will open a page that shows a list of all your open or running tabs.
5. Next to the tab or web page you want to put into sleep mode, click on the “Urgent Discard” or “Proactive Discard” option under the “Action” section.
6. This will remove the tab from your computer’s memory and put the tab into sleep mode.
7. To use the tab again, just click on the tab in the tab bar and your web browser will reload the page.
That’s how you can put any tab in Google Chrome or Microsoft Edge into sleep mode to save your computer’s resources. You can do this for any tab you want, how much time you need to.
Just so you know, having too many tabs open in your web browser can affect your computer’s performance. But when a tab is put into sleep mode, it uses less memory on your computer. This helps reduce the overall memory used by the web browser. As a result, the browser can run more efficiently, which makes it perform better.
