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Windows 11's built-in Weather app wastes more than 1 GB of RAM
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The default Weather app in Windows 11 can consume over a gigabyte of RAM.
Such memory usage can noticeably shrink the pool available for other applications, especially on machines with limited RAM. Engineers responsible for performance tuning or system provisioning may need to account for this overhead or consider disabling the app. The issue also highlights the importance of monitoring built-in utilities that are often assumed to be lightweight.
Written by elseif from the cluster below · every claim links back to a sourceThe three things worth knowing
The Weather app can exceed 1 GB of RAM consumption during normal operation.
High memory usage may degrade overall system responsiveness on low-memory devices.
Disabling or replacing the app could reclaim resources without affecting core OS functionality.
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