This is where the Chrome Task Manager comes in handy.

Open your Chrome internet tool.

Selectmenu(three vertical dots).

Task Manager menu item in More Tools menu via the Chrome 3-vertical dot menu

When the drop-down menu appears, hover your mouse overMore tools.

When the submenu appears, selectTask managerto bring up the task manager.

On a Mac computer, selectWindowfrom the top menu bar, then selectTask Manager.

Image cache item in right-click menu in Chrome task manager

When your browsing activity slows down significantly, check the Task Manager to identify whether a website has crashed.

To end any open process, select its name and then selectEnd Process.

The screen also displays the memory footprint for each process.

If you’ve added a lot of extensions to Chrome, you may have several running at once.

Assess the extensions andif you aren’t using themremove them to free up memory.