Feeds is a process that can be seen in the Task Manager.
When you dig deeper into the process it can be seen that it is nothing but the search tool.
Microsoft Edge comes with new features from time to time.
Disable them using prefs and check memory usage.
News stories, Sports scores and News content on this surfing app can be showing high memory usage.
Windows 10/11 have a News widget on the Taskbar which makes use of the Feeds process.
it’s possible for you to reduce the high memory usage by disabling the News widget.
It links to the MSN feed in the background and this makesRAM usage high.
One should ensure that only minimal widgets are visible on the Windows 11 taskbar.
It will reduce the load a lot on the CPU and also on the RAM.
Lets see some of the ways by which we can reduce high memory usage of Windows 11 feeds.
In the latest release of Windows 11 as of June 2022, Feeds is not visible.
Once the indexing service is complete, the RAM usage will come down.
You should immediately see the memory usage come down.
Turn of Taskbar Items
By default Windows 11 will show many taskbar items.
Check the memory usage in Windows 11 again.
If it doesnt work out, then follow the next method.
It uses a lot of mini-processes which takes TOO MUCH RAM.
Anti Viruschecks the feed items from time to time.
This can also put some load on memory.
Increase the virtual memory if its too low.
Web browsers have a lot of memory leaks which can causeWindows 11/10feeds memory usage to go high.
End the Feeds Task
In the older versions,Windows 11 feedswere shown as a separate task.
Or probably its still there, which doesnt show in my Task Manager.
In that case, pressCtrl + Shift + Escto openTask Manager.
Then, right-press the Feeds process and End Task.
It should close and memory usage should come down on Windows 11.
Microsoft accountalso gathers a lot of background information with default options.
you might try the local account instead.
End Windows Widgets Task
News feeds keep on updating and giving notifications to the Windows 11 system.
Turn them off if required.
It can cause peak usage of memory.
Basically, MSN feeds constantly keeps on checking for news and other items.
This will pull the memory usage high.
When you disable that process or end the task, your memory usage should reduce down.
