Techssocial | Are you terrified with Google Chrome helper? Is this consuming huge memory of your MAC? Or are you seeking google chrome slowing down the speed of MAC? Whatever your reasons with Google chrome, you just need to stop google helper immediately. But how? In this article, we have covered everything for you.
If you are using Google chrome helper for Mac, then you may observe that is consuming vast memory of the CPU. It is just like a parasite that more likely to consume memory of the computer. This also sometimes gives unwanted issues on your mac like noisy CPU and low system memory.
Now, you are wondering why this consumes so much memory and disturbs the entire PC?
So, let us dive & get complete details.
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Google Chrome helper- A brief introduction!
Google Chrome helper starts when you open your browser. Well, it is not a problem. It will create a problem when you download google chrome extension from the untrusty sites. The other issue is when google chrome plugin settings are set to default and everything is running.
Well, you have countless options to download chrome plugins from different sources. But make sure the plugins create issues only when they work with flash content only. For example, you visit online to listen to music or watching a movie and you have to download adobe flash player first for viewing.
After downloading the flash player, the chrome will allow you to watch and enjoy streaming. Some websites create troubles with flash player and Google chrome does not respond.
So, the Google Chrome helper is an embedded content that displayed when the content is out of the source or browser reach. In other words, it sets a correlation between the embed browser and a remote server. And it runs automatically by default.
Whenever the content is not responded by the browser, it displays google chrome helper to let you know the issues.
How it affects Mac?
This gives an extremely bad impact on MAC. When google chrome shoots up it starts consuming CPU memory. You can say that it starts using a CPU that affects the monitor and speed of Mac. Sometimes the issues occur after a couple of minutes and you’ll see the message like “the helper etas too much RAM”
If you are completely unaware of how this happens and how to overcome it then continue reading. I will suggest you some best tips to stop this and get back to your work.
How to stop Google Chrome helper?
There are a few ways that can help to kill google chrome helper, in which only a few are working. At here, I would share the best trick of mine that still working for a long.
There are two different methods to do this. One is you stop the google chrome helper or other is to evade its performance. Let us try both.
When you use a browser and it shows up google chrome helper, first you should go and kill the helper. After killing it, remember you have to do a few settings so you can avoid come back from the helper.
So what are the steps to killing it?
Remember the killing option could work only if you are seeing the popup of chrome helper otherwise it won’t work. Whenever you see the popup immediately kill it. Now, follow the given steps:
- Open the Google browser and on the right side and top of the corner, you’ll see three vertical dots.
- Click on the dots and it will open a drop-down box where numbers of options listed.
- Click on more tools and it will take you another drop-down box having 6 options. Now, choose the task manager option.
- At the task manager, you’ll see the tab/website/pages using too much CPU.
- Now choose the entity which is using much CPU and kill it with the task manager and end the task.
How to inactivate it forever?
If you would like to disable it forever then follow the give steps:
- Open google chrome and reach to preferences option.
- In preferences, click on Show advanced settings option.
- Now click on Content settings under the privacy menu. Check for the plugins and find out checkbox with google chrome helper (run automatically).
- Uncheck the run automatically box and save the settings.
- Once you have done, it will not pop you further.
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