[Tip] Add Secret “Purge Memory” Button in Google Chrome Task Manager - There is no doubt that Google Chrome is the youngest but one of the most popular and widely used web browsers. There are many people who have switched from
The --purge-memory-button switch no longer works in the current version of Chrome. If you really want to save memory (100MB+ of memory at that!), then add these switches instead: --disable-3d-apis --disable-accelerated-2d-canvas --disable-accelerated-video-decode --disable-gpu --disable-gpu-compositing --disable-gpu-rasterization.
On my last-gen i5 laptop with integrated graphics, adding these switches made no noticeable difference in my browsing experience, including watching YouTube, while reducing Chrome's memory footprint significantly.
(UPDATE: Added additional switches.)
