How to Force Close an App on a Chromebook
How to Force Close an App on a Chromebook
Google Chrome – Task Manager Panel
- Task – application name.
- Memory footprint – how much memory the task is using (in Kilobytes).
- CPU – the percentage of the computer processor dedicated to running the application.
- Network – how much internet the task is using (KB/s).
- Process ID – a number Chrome OS assigns the task.
TIP: You can sort the apps in the panel by clicking the column headers such as Memory footprint or CPU.
- Memory footprint: 300,000K or more
- CPU: 40% or more
- NOTE ON BROWSER APP: The Browser app cannot be closed. Browser is a system app that is responsible for making your Chromebook work. If you see that the Browser app is over 300,000K memory or 40% CPU, try closing some tabs or see if you can find a tab that may have some multimedia running in it.
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