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chrome freezes every few minutes and goes not responding

the whole window locks up, then after 20 seconds or so it comes back. happens with only two tabs open. turned off extensions already and other browsers are fine on the same laptop.
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mukul87 Oct 29, 2026
nikhil_gadget
Use an Incognito window for a while too. Extensions are off there by default, so if it never freezes in Incognito, one of them is your problem. Shift+Esc opens Chrome's own task manager. Leave it open and you can see which tab or extension is eating CPU right before it locks up.
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vinithra.karunanidhi Oct 08, 2026
nikhil_gadget
Since other browsers are fine, I'd try graphics acceleration next. Chrome settings > System > Use graphics acceleration when available, switch it off and relaunch. Freezes that clear up on their own after 20 seconds are often the GPU side hanging. If that fixes it, updating the graphics driver from the laptop maker's site may let you turn it back on. If it doesn't, make a new Chrome profile and test there. A corrupted profile can do this too, and a new one rules it out quickly.
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