How to monitor memory usage of each Chrome process

I have installed too many Google chrome extensions and irrespective of my usage of these extensions, all these extension consume memory. Same is the case with chrome store apps and new tabs. Each of these will run as a separate process. There is a way to monitor memory usage for each of these processes.

By monitoring memory usage you will come to know as to what app or extension is consuming more memory and you can take action on each of these processes. To view all the active processes in chrome:

1. Just type "chrome://memory-redirect/" in the address/URL field or


2. Go to Settings >> Tools >> Task Manager >> "Stats for nerds" or


3. Shift+Esc >> "Stats for nerds"

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All three will take you to 'About Memory' page. This page is all about measuring memory usage in a multi process browser. The summary of the memory usage details shown here is not just about Chrome browse, but all other browsers that are installed and running put together. This page shows the detailed and exact usage of each of the processes that are running currently.

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Under process you will find each of the process and it's memory details like memory (sum of private and shared resident memory sizes put together) and virtual memory. Processes are Google Chrome specific where as Summary is about all currently active browsers. The total memory used only by chrome is summed together at the end of processes.

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This data is useful to know how an app is performing. Say, if you have installed two apps or extensions which can perform the same task and if one of the two apps is consuming more memory than the other than you can uninstall the apps or extension which is consuming more memory. By doing so, you will save memory and this can be used by other apps or extension.