If it does, usually theres just a tab open thats eating up a lot of speed.
Closeout the tabs that have multiple embedded videos, pop up ads, or are slow to scroll through.
You should notice an immediate difference.
There are many other reasons why your tabbed browsing experience may slow down that arent so obvious, however.
For the most part, these reasons have simple fixes.
If targeting heavy tabs doesnt work, check out the troubleshooting suggestions below.
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Sluggish Chrome or Sluggish Internet?
Before you blame Chrome for running slowly, check your Internet speed.
Once you initiate the website, tap on Go.
It will run a quick diagnostic and then tell you what your download and upload speeds are.
If theyre not as fast as they should be, try rebooting your modem.
Speedtest is available as a standalone app for most operating systems.
Chrome usually updates itself automatically, but double-check just in case.
Unwanted Extensions
Extensions are like phone apps.
You download a whole bunch of them, but how many of them do you use?
If your net web surfer is running slow, it may be time to clean house.
Unwanted Apps
Chrome comes preinstalled with various apps such as Gmail, YouTube, and so on.
And, of course, it lets you add apps yourself.
Again, do you need them all?
This will open up the apps page.
If, for example, you dont use Google Drive you could right-tap on the icon and remove it.
Clearing the cache can take a while, but all those old files will eventually be deleted.
This should speed up Chrome significantly.
In Conclusion
If you keep 10+ tabs open at any given time (and many people do!
), then it is not surprising that Chrome will slow down.
The more tabs you have kick off the slower Chrome will run.
