Policy
Set limit on megabytes of memory a single Microsoft Edge instance can use
Microsoft Edge
Policy overview
Key metadata and intent for this policy.
Supported OS tags: Windows7
Configures the amount of memory that a single Microsoft Edge instance can use before tabs start getting discarded to save memory. The memory used by the tab will be freed and the tab will have to be reloaded when switched to. If you enable this policy, the browser starts to discard tabs to save memory once the limitation is exceeded. However, there's no guarantee that the browser is always running under the limit. Any value under 1024 is rounded up to 1024. If you don't set this policy, the browser only attempts to save memory when it has detected that the amount of physical memory on its machine is low.
Registry values
How enabled and disabled states update the registry.
No explicit registry values are set for enabled or disabled states.
Policy elements
Inputs and configuration options exposed by this policy.
| Scope | Element | Type | Registry mapping | Constraints & behavior | Copy |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Set memory limit for Microsoft Edge instances: ID TotalMemoryLimitMb | decimal | Path Software\Policies\Microsoft\Edge Value name TotalMemoryLimitMb Type REG_DWORD | Range: 1024 to 2000000000 |