What is the Memory Saver Notification?
Google Chrome recently introduced a “Memory Saver” feature that automatically puts inactive tabs to sleep to free up RAM on your computer. When you eventually click back onto one of these sleeping tabs, it quickly reloads the page.
To let you know this system is working, Chrome flashes a notification at the right end of your address bar (the Omnibox) that says “Tab active again” and tells you exactly how many megabytes of memory were saved. While interesting the first few times, seeing this pop-up animation every single time you switch tabs quickly becomes a visual distraction. You can keep the memory-saving feature on but turn off the annoying notification.
How to Hide the Memory Saver Pop-up in Chrome
You can manage this feature directly within Chrome’s Performance settings.
- Open Google Chrome on your desktop.
- Click the More (three dots) icon in the top-right corner of the window.
- Select Settings from the dropdown menu.
- In the left-hand sidebar, click on Performance.
- Look for the section at the top labelled Memory Saver. (Ensure the main toggle is actually turned on).
- Right below the main toggle, you will see a series of checkboxes or radio buttons dictating how the feature behaves.
- Find the option related to “Visual indicators” or “Show memory saved in tab.”
- Uncheck the box or toggle it off.
The Memory Saver feature will continue to run silently in the background, suspending inactive tabs to keep your browser fast, but the address bar will no longer flash distracting notifications every time you switch back to an older page.