# Possible Memory Leak in Plex

**URL:** <https://forums.plex.tv/t/possible-memory-leak-in-plex/855352>\
**Category:** Plex Players\
**Tags:** player-windows\
**Created:** [September 30, 2023, 9:12am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/possible-memory-leak-in-plex/855352 "2023-09-30T09:12:30Z")\
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**Author:** ![danny19901](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e9c0ed/32.png) [@danny19901](https://forums.plex.tv/u/danny19901)\
**Post date:** [September 30, 2023, 9:12am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/possible-memory-leak-in-plex/855352/1 "2023-09-30T09:12:30Z")

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In picture Plex app will only be using so much memory but while open over time it starts to eat upto 3gb+ and it seems coming from 1 of the C++ Development Frameworks I hope this can be fixed and unsure why it shows up twice.

My Server I use as my PC also and specs are.  
Win 11 Pro, i9 10850k, rtx3090, 32gb ram I hope a dev can get in touch about this as it’s fairly annoying how much it uses.

I will add another pic to show the difference.

 ![image](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/plex/original/4X/3/f/e/3fe7ac41e0c749b07b75c8d1a4cb44c82881ac72.png)

![383784744_1996763767341813_6989751590037630261_n](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/plex/optimized/4X/d/c/c/dcce778675292834883cf34af8dc686fd9a5b42c_2_690x13.jpeg)

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**Author:** ![Mitzsch](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/mitzsch/32/308163_2.png) [@Mitzsch](https://forums.plex.tv/u/Mitzsch)\
**Post date:** [September 30, 2023, 2:22pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/possible-memory-leak-in-plex/855352/2 "2023-09-30T14:22:28Z")

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Something like this also happens in Plex HTPC when changing the theme background music volume… The “C++ Development Framework” leaks memory (4gig+) and then crashes resulting in a black screen… Only restarting the app resolves this.

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**Author:** ![danny19901](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e9c0ed/32.png) [@danny19901](https://forums.plex.tv/u/danny19901)\
**Post date:** [October 1, 2023, 1:57pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/possible-memory-leak-in-plex/855352/3 "2023-10-01T13:57:18Z")

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Yeah I noticed restarting the app fixes this I hope it can get fixed however.

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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:** [December 30, 2023, 1:58pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/possible-memory-leak-in-plex/855352/4 "2023-12-30T13:58:03Z")

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