How to view applications that take up a lot of memory on your computer is extremely easy

Has your laptop gone through a long period of operation and you notice that it is running slowly and often encountering application crashes and unresponsiveness? This situation has many causes, one of which is that an application is using too much memory. So, this is the time you need to apply the method of viewing applications that take up a lot of memory on your computer to know the specific software. Don't worry, whether it's Win 10 or Win 11, it's extremely easy to do. It's all in the next part!

Instructions on how to view applications that take up a lot of memory on your computer very quickly

Basically, the method of viewing applications that take up a lot of memory on the device in Windows 10 and Windows 11 is not too different. However, the interface as well as the steps are a bit different. First, I will introduce some general measures. After that, the admin will reveal how to do it specifically on Win 10/11!

Learn how to view game capacity on your computer

Many of you like playing games and download/install many games to your computer to experience. But you are worried that these game applications are heavy and take up a lot of space. So, the way for you to check the capacity of the game application is as follows (Applies to both Windows 10 and 11)

1. Step 1 : Open settings by pressing the key combination Windows + I > Click on Apps .
2. Step 2 : For Windows 11 , click on Installed apps > Here, installed applications will be displayed and you will see next to these applications the capacity of that application.

1. For Windows 10 , click on Apps & features > Similarly, the applications available on the device will be displayed along with the capacity of the application next to them.

Besides, depending on the platform you download the game on, you can check the game's capacity on these platforms. Depending on where you download the game, for example Steam or Epic Games , the way to do it is different. Please learn how to quickly check the game capacity.

Learn how to view file size on your computer

How to check the capacity of files in drive C or other drives is also a need of many Windows users. How to do it is also super simple. First, press Windows + E to open File Explorer. Then, you open the drive you are testing.

Continue, look at the top right corner of the screen and you will see a search box. You enter the keyword size:Large and press Enter to search for files with sizes from 128MB to 1GB. Or you enter size:Huge if you want to search for files with sizes from 1GB to 4GB. Depending on your needs, you can enter commands as shown in the illustration.

How to check application capacity on Windows 11 laptop in detail

Note: This is also a way to check Windows 10 laptop capacity to know which applications are taking up a lot of memory. But the interface on Win 10 will be a little different.

Check in Task Manager

1. Step 1 : The user right-clicks on any empty space on the taskbar > Select Task Manager > Click on Processes in the list on the left.

1. Step 2 : Click on Memory at the top to sort the applications that are using the device's memory > Right-click on the application that uses the most memory > Select End Task .

Check with Resource Monitor

1. Step 1 : Click the Start icon or click on the search bar on the taskbar > Type resource monitor > Open this application.
2. Step 2 : In the newly displayed interface, click on the Memory tab above > Then, click Commit (KB) > Applications will be arranged in order of memory usage > If you want to terminate an application somewhere, right-click on this application and select End process .

Isabella Humphrey

Update 17 January 2024