# Plex for Windows memory leak **URL:** \ **Category:** Plex Players\ **Tags:** player-windows\ **Created:** [March 22, 2024, 9:29pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/plex-for-windows-memory-leak/872924 "2024-03-22T21:29:26Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![smokex365](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/smokex365/32/152863_2.png) [@smokex365](https://forums.plex.tv/u/smokex365)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2024, 9:29pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/plex-for-windows-memory-leak/872924/1 "2024-03-22T21:29:26Z")
Server Version#: 1.40.1.8227 Player Version#: 1.89.1.107-20abacd1 I’m seeing plex using up massive amount of RAM if kept open across multiple computers. It was 12GB today before I closed it and I’ve seen it up to 100GB. I’m on the latest version (1.89.1.107-20abacd1). I’ve seen this issue occuring for years and it doesn’t seem to get fixed. ![plex memory leak - Imgur (3)](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/plex/original/4X/0/9/6/096c937ce46972a4aeddd0bb6bf94f9d077fd469.png) ![plex memory leak - Imgur (2)](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/plex/original/4X/2/5/7/257ed91b76d03fcee4b1b9ae6d99ec6d4396ee05.png) ![plex memory leak - Imgur (1)](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/plex/original/4X/1/b/a/1ba41347720840180755bc3cfe54b1af055cb887.png) ![plex memory leak - Imgur](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/plex/original/4X/7/a/5/7a5c9170112751670bc9695677f14aa931f5b621.png) ---
**Author:** ![BigWheel](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/bigwheel/32/78783_2.png) [@BigWheel](https://forums.plex.tv/u/BigWheel)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2024, 1:12am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/plex-for-windows-memory-leak/872924/2 "2024-03-23T01:12:02Z")
> [@smokex365](#): > > if kept open across multiple computers. not sure what this means. That you can reproduce on multiple computer? any chance of getting [desktop player logs](https://support.plex.tv/articles/windows-mac-app-logs/) ---
**Author:** ![smokex365](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/smokex365/32/152863_2.png) [@smokex365](https://forums.plex.tv/u/smokex365)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2024, 1:41am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/plex-for-windows-memory-leak/872924/3 "2024-03-23T01:41:32Z")
By multiple computers means I’ve seen the issue on multiple computers, across full windows reinstalls. [Logs.zip](https://forums.plex.tv/uploads/short-url/2cET22NDt6mraMwZYshcnpZQN76.zip) (1.3 MB) ---
**Author:** ![Atomatth](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/atomatth/32/314355_2.png) [@Atomatth](https://forums.plex.tv/u/Atomatth)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2024, 3:28pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/plex-for-windows-memory-leak/872924/4 "2024-04-03T15:28:44Z")
Thank you for reporting on this. Can you please check out [1.90.1](https://forums.plex.tv/t/plex-for-mac-windows-and-linux/446435/115) and report back. We’ve recently fixed some potential memory leaks on our Web and Desktop apps (not listed in release notes). Also, are there any specific steps you think contributes to this memory leak? Or just normal usage (watching stuff) or is this happening while idle? ---
**Author:** ![smokex365](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/smokex365/32/152863_2.png) [@smokex365](https://forums.plex.tv/u/smokex365)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2024, 3:55pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/plex-for-windows-memory-leak/872924/5 "2024-04-03T15:55:48Z")
It didn’t seem to matter what combination of idle/active use, just time open. Inevitably if left open the RAM usage would just continue to climb. I’ve updated on both of my windows machines and I’ll test them over the next day or two. ---
**Author:** ![system](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/plex/original/3X/2/a/2acb9765406f63293d357b4ec509ec39aa28f2ad.png) [@system](https://forums.plex.tv/u/system)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2024, 3:56pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/plex-for-windows-memory-leak/872924/6 "2024-07-02T15:56:49Z")
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