Google Chrome Helper Renderer High CPU Usage: 5 Ways to Fix

Disabling hardware acceleration can fix this

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Dealing with high CPU usage from Google Chrome Helper (Renderer) can be frustrating, especially when it slows down your entire system. Fortunately, there are several effective solutions to tackle this issue and improve your browsing experience.

How can I fix Helper Renderer high CPU usage in Google Chrome?

Before we start, a few users suggested that using an adblocker can help, so be sure to download and install one. Also, ensure that you have the latest Chrome updates installed.

1. Disable hardware acceleration

  1. Open Chrome and click the three dots (menu) at the top right corner of the browser.
  2. Select Settings from the dropdown menu.
    google chrome settings menu
  3. Scroll down and click System on the left-hand side.
    system settings chrome
  4. Find Use hardware acceleration when available and toggle it off.
    use hardware acceleration when available disable
  5. Click the Relaunch button to restart Chrome and apply the changes.

2. Clean up extensions

  1. Open Google Chrome, and open the menu.
  2. Navigate to Extensions and click Manage Extensions.
    extensions manage extensions chrome
  3. Review the list of installed extensions.
  4. Toggle off or click Remove for extensions you no longer need or use.
    remove or disable extensions

3. Disable Google Chrome Helper

  1. Open the Chrome menu and go to Settings.
  2. Click Privacy and Security on the left sidebar.
    privacy and security chrome
  3. Scroll down and choose Site Settings.
    site settings optionchrome most visited sites not showing
  4. Go to Additional permissions and click Unsandboxed plug-in access.
  5. Toggle the option Do not allow any site to use a plugin to access your computer.

4. Monitor and end high-usage processes

  1. Open Google Chrome and click the Menu icon.
  2. Navigate to More tools and click Task Manager.
    more tools task manager
  3. Identify processes consuming high resources.
  4. Select the process and click End process.
    end process chrome

5. Clear browser cache

  1. Open Google Chrome.
  2. Click the three dots (menu) at the top right corner.
  3. Navigate to More tools and click Clear browsing data.
    clear browsing data chrome
  4. Choose All time as the time range.
    clear browsing data in google chrome
  5. Check the boxes for Cached images and files and Cookies and other site data.
  6. Click Clear data.

By following these steps, you will minimize the CPU usage of Google Chrome Helper, enhancing your browsing experience.

Unfortunately, Chrome is known for its resource consumption, and we already wrote about high CPU usage in Chrome as well as high memory usage by Chrome.

That’s not all, many also experienced high disk usage in Chrome, but we have a guide that addresses this issue.

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Milan Stanojevic

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Milan has been enthusiastic about technology ever since his childhood days, and this led him to take interest in all PC-related technologies. He's a PC enthusiast and he spends most of his time learning about computers and technology. Before joining WindowsReport, he worked as a front-end web developer. Now, he's one of the Troubleshooting experts in our worldwide team, specializing in Windows errors & software issues.

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