How To Fix “Not Enough Memory to Open This Page” Error? [5 Detailed Solutions]

Google Chrome is one of the most used browsers all over the world because of so many reasons including its speed, the way it loads pages very quickly, tabs can be dragged to separate windows, convenient interface, and many more. But this doesn’t mean that it doesn’t have any problems.

Users report a lot of issues and one of them is the  “not enough memory to open this page” error. This error is displayed as shown in the image given below.

The error code states that it ran out of memory and you should try again by closing other tabs to free up memory.

Sometimes, the same error is also displayed as “Aw, Snap! Google Chrome ran out of memory while trying to display this page”. 

Why Does Chrome Take So Much Memory?

You might wonder why Chrome is using so much memory and how to resolve this issue. The error message itself says that it is because of the memory issue and the memory which it refers to is the Random Access Memory (RAM).

Google Chrome uses more RAM and CPU resources than other browsers. That’s why one of the many reasons for “Chrome not enough memory to open this page” issue is that there is not enough free RAM.

There are some other reasons also like unwanted extensions in the background, Cache not cleared, etc. In this article, we are going to show you some of the best fixes to solve this problem.

Method 1 – Update Your Chrome Browser 

If in your Google Chrome, not enough memory to open this page error is annoying you and you are not able to open a webpage then the first thing you should do is to check whether your browser is up to date or not. For doing so, use the following steps:

Step 1 – Open Google Chrome and then select the three dots in the top right corner.

Step 2 – Click on “Help” and then select “About Google Chrome”.

Step 3 – On the page that opens next, check if Google Chrome is up to date or not. If not, then select the “Update Google Chrome” option.

In this way you can fix “Chrome not enough memory to open this page” error in just 3 steps. If the issue persists, try out the following methods.

Method 2 – Close all the tabs and disable browser extensions

Sometimes, it may happen that you are getting the “Chrome not enough memory to open this page” error because a lot of tabs are open on your browser. Firstly, close all the tabs and then disable browser extensions to resolve the error.

Step 1 – After closing all the tabs, open Google Chrome again and click on the three dots icon at the top-right corner.

Step 2 – Now, click on “More Tools” and select “Extensions”. A tab will open which will show you all the extensions that you have installed on your browser.

Step 3 – Now, disable all the extensions one by one. You can do this by using the toggle button as shown in the image given below.

Step 4 – Now, check and try to load the page which was showing the error and see if the error is resolved or not. If it still shows “Chrome not enough memory to open this page” then you may try the below-given solutions.

Method 3 – Clear Cache To Fix Not Enough Memory To Open This Page Error

Are you still wondering “why is chrome using so much memory” and “how will I ever be able to use it” then don’t worry, we have got you covered with some more easy solutions. The first reason is not having enough memory, so let’s try by clearing out the cache files by following the given steps –

Step 1 – Open Google Chrome and click on the three dots at the top-right corner. Now, click on “More Tools”.

Step 2 – Choose the option for “Clear browsing data” as shown in the image.

Step 3 – On the next window, ensure that the tick marks are present on both the options of “Cookies and other site data” and “Cached image and files”.

Step 4 – After ensuring the tick marks, click on “Clear data” and all the cached images, files, and the cookies from various websites will be cleared.

Now, check for the “chrome not enough memory to open this page” error and see whether you can open a page or not. After following these steps too, if the problem has not been resolved, then we have one more fix for you. Just read the following process!

Method 4 – Disable Hardware Acceleration in Google Chrome

Hardware Acceleration can be enabled or disabled according to the user’s requirements. Sometimes, it helps to speed up several processes, and sometimes, it just slows down the performance of Google Chrome.

You can disable it by using the following steps –

Step 1 – Open Google Chrome and select the menu by clicking on the three dots icon. After this, select “Settings” as shown in the image.

Step 2 – Now, scroll to the bottom end of the page to find an option for “Advanced” settings.

Step 3 – Check if the toggle bar for “Use hardware acceleration when available” is turned OFF or ON. If it is on, then toggle it back to disable the hardware acceleration in Chrome. 

Through this simple method, the “chrome not enough memory to open this page” is solved all the time and the users report that they are not getting this error anymore. But if you are not one of these and the problem has not been solved yet, then you don’t have to panic as one more solution is waiting for you!

Method 5 – Expand Page Filling

Step 1 – Type “Advanced System Settings” in the search bar of Windows 10 as shown in the image. Click on the first result “View advanced system settings”.

Step 2 – A window will open showing the System Properties and it will automatically be opened through the “Advanced” tab.

Step 3 – In the performance section, click on the “settings” option.

Step 4 – A window showing the “Performance options” will open up. Click on the “Advanced” tab.

Step 5 – In the Virtual memory section, click on the “Change” button.

Step 6 – A new window will open on which you have to uncheck the box for Automatically manage paging file size for all drives. 

Step 7 – Select “Custom Size” and refer to the “Recommended” and “Currently allocated values” given at the bottom of the page to fill out the “Initial Size” and “Maximum size” box.

Step 7 – Click on “Set” and then “OK” to apply the changes. The window will be closed. You are done! Now, you can open any webpage without any such error.

Conclusion

These are some top and simple methods to resolve chrome not enough memory to open this page issue. We recommend you to use them in the order given above to get the best results!