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Urmis1405
Jun 09, 2024Copper Contributor
Windows 11 just started to chew up RAM. ~15 GB unaccounted for.
Hey guys, possible this is a known thing, but in the last few days, I've noticed a huge amount of memory getting consumed by seemingly nothing or some background service. Which I only really noticed ...
C_the_S
Jan 21, 2026Bronze Contributor
Task Manager is indicating you are only using 57% of your RAM. Why worry about that? If it was in the 85-95% might then be of concern.
Also, after using computer for a very long time and one of those that used to watch all the stats in Task Manager, trust me, just use your computer and let Windows manage it. Watching memory use (or any of the other stats) is just a time waster. I finally woke up to that a number of years ago.
Of course if that's what you want to do, by all means do.