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So after going through all these gyrations trying to get out of 100% disk space I've (Original Post) Maraya1969 Dec 2019 OP
My son always says he is disappointed in me, when I have a bunch open.🙄. dewsgirl Dec 2019 #1
get Chrome 79 NJCher Dec 2019 #2
Thanks.🤗 dewsgirl Dec 2019 #3
It's funny! Perfect for us lazy people. LeftInTX Dec 2019 #7
Have you cleaned... Newest Reality Dec 2019 #4
Thanks for reminding me. I have CCleaner. Going to run it now Maraya1969 Dec 2019 #5
Cool! Newest Reality Dec 2019 #6

NJCher

(37,838 posts)
2. get Chrome 79
Wed Dec 11, 2019, 08:19 PM
Dec 2019

And it will do this for you:

Freeze unused tabs so they stop sucking your system resources
A fun new “tab freezing” feature in Chrome 79 will help prevent your browser’s overflowing tabs from running background actions and eating up your CPU. They’ll still use system memory, so be diligent about how many tabs you really need to keep in your browser. This automatic “freezing”—which kicks in after five minutes of inactivity on a tab—won’t happen unless you flick on a Chrome flag, though.

Link: https://lifehacker.com/enable-these-hidden-security-and-performance-features-i-1840363078

LeftInTX

(29,989 posts)
7. It's funny! Perfect for us lazy people.
Fri Dec 20, 2019, 05:07 PM
Dec 2019

10 years ago, who would have thought having 100 browser tabs open would not only be "a thing", but for me a norm??

Newest Reality

(12,712 posts)
4. Have you cleaned...
Wed Dec 11, 2019, 08:27 PM
Dec 2019

Excuse my French, have you cleaned your crap out?

I don't know what OS you are using. If it is Windows, you have two places where temp files may be camping out and taking up space, (which, in some cases can be significant) and, of course, the recycle bin, as well.

There are often also many log files on machines with old installations that can build up.

There was a great tool called CCleaner, (Crap Cleaner) but I hesitate to recommend it because it has become bloated, very commercial and rather controlling

Just some ideas for getting a little more room on the HD.

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