# Huge RAM usage

**URL:** <https://discourse.joplinapp.org/t/huge-ram-usage/23612>\
**Category:** Support\
**Created:** [9 February 2022 14:59 UTC](https://discourse.joplinapp.org/t/huge-ram-usage/23612 "2022-02-09T14:59:02Z")\
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**Author:** ![Urs\_Berger](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex028/user_avatar/discourse.joplinapp.org/urs_berger/32/12023_2.png) [@Urs\_Berger](https://discourse.joplinapp.org/u/Urs_Berger)\
**Post date:** [9 February 2022 14:59 UTC](https://discourse.joplinapp.org/t/huge-ram-usage/23612/1 "2022-02-09T14:59:02Z")

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Hi @laurent

I encounter often the problem to run out on memory (see screenshot below). It does appear even if I have all plugins deactivatet and uninstalled.

At the moment I have the following plugins installed:

- Agenda
- repeating To-Dos
- Markdwon table colorize
- hotfolder
- makeanneo
- Backlinks to not
- convvert to note
- convert to new note
- Spoler card
- Table formater
- afmonition
- Toggle sidebars
- markdown calculation
- rich markdwon
- better Markdown viewer
- joplin Ocr
- Linksystem

I did, as mentioned above, uninstall al plugins. then I did run it for some time with out the plugins. But after a week or so, I run in to the same problem again.

I do synchronize with onedrvive. So I copied all the file to the local harddisk, uninstalled joplin fully, including registry and purged all files too. Then I installed everything again, pulled the .enex files from EN newly in to joplin. But after some 14 days I did again encounter the same problems.

After that I did switch my NB to the Mac Book. Surprisingly I did had at the beginning the same Issues, but after three days it worked really well with no limitations. Even Syncing was as fast as never before on the PC.

So I did a test on Linux too, I had no problem at all there. It startet out of the box with lightning speed 🙂

I then checked back on my NB. Happily I have two diffrent to test it out. Both are runing with 8 GB Ram, Intel 5 4Ghz.

On both Notebook I had the same result as on the screenshot bellow.

I do running the latest Joplin Version 2.7 on W10 and one on Win11.

Could it be, that there is a Bug on the Win version of joplin?

Cheers  
Urs

 ![joplin ram](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex028/uploads/cozic/original/2X/6/606a985f187a5088037e99b816691cf69fbc80af.png)

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**Author:** ![graphit0](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex028/user_avatar/discourse.joplinapp.org/graphit0/32/3435_2.png) [@graphit0](https://discourse.joplinapp.org/u/graphit0)\
**Post date:** [9 February 2022 15:14 UTC](https://discourse.joplinapp.org/t/huge-ram-usage/23612/2 "2022-02-09T15:14:34Z")

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Hi Urs,

It's been discussed a while ago but apparently not much could be done about it, since it most likely related to upstream electron (mostly on windows) memory leak.

> [@Joplin RAM usage and too resource consuming](https://discourse.joplinapp.org/t/joplin-ram-usage-and-too-resource-consuming/15213):
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> Before Joplin I used notepad++ to store notes and other stuff, it usually consumed maybe 35 MB of RAM and was very quick and I leave it running 24/7. [image] But I noticed Joplin consumes from 250 - 800 MB of RAM! At one point I was editing settings and it was around 800 MB. That is as much as an additional Chromium browser running in background without any plugins.. When clicking on a note and editing, it goes up to 450MB and stays that way as long as window is open. When clickin…

Perhaps for some it may be the straw that would break the camel's back pushing new users towards Linux. Keep it up, Microsoft! 😉

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**Post date:** [11 March 2022 15:15 UTC](https://discourse.joplinapp.org/t/huge-ram-usage/23612/3 "2022-03-11T15:15:27Z")

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