# Massive memory leak on Plex Desktop for Windows

**URL:** <https://forums.plex.tv/t/massive-memory-leak-on-plex-desktop-for-windows/880218>\
**Category:** Plex Players\
**Tags:** player-windows\
**Created:** [June 16, 2024, 4:17pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/massive-memory-leak-on-plex-desktop-for-windows/880218 "2024-06-16T16:17:10Z")\
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**Author:** ![Jaynator495](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/jaynator495/32/272079_2.png) [@Jaynator495](https://forums.plex.tv/u/Jaynator495)\
**Post date:** [June 16, 2024, 4:17pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/massive-memory-leak-on-plex-desktop-for-windows/880218/1 "2024-06-16T16:17:10Z")

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Server Version#: 1.40.3.8555  
Player Version#: 1.94.1.155-f1e7f457  
\<If providing [server logs](https://support.plex.tv/articles/200250417-plex-media-server-log-files/) please do NOT turn on verbose logging, only [debug logging](https://support.plex.tv/articles/201643703-reporting-issues-with-plex-media-server/#toc-1) should be enabled\>

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If I leave plex desktop for a few days open, it will use all available memory. In this case, it is using a whopping 25gb of memory.

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**Author:** ![system](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/plex/original/3X/2/a/2acb9765406f63293d357b4ec509ec39aa28f2ad.png) [@system](https://forums.plex.tv/u/system)\
**Post date:** [September 14, 2024, 5:45pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/massive-memory-leak-on-plex-desktop-for-windows/880218/3 "2024-09-14T17:45:30Z")

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