The innocent app that eats up your computer's memory

When you try to understand why your computer is lagging, you probably look for the usual suspects: open browsers, heavy games, or video editing software. But it turns out there is a quiet and particularly surprising culprit sitting right under your nose. The built-in Windows weather app is capable of consuming almost an entire gigabyte of RAM just while you scroll through it to check if you should take an umbrella tomorrow morning.

Why does it need so much memory?

The reason for this is simple: the built-in app is actually a web app disguised as a Windows program. Under the hood, it runs on the Chromium engine (yes, like Chrome), and every part of it runs as a separate and isolated process in the Task Manager, just like opening half a dozen tabs in a browser. In addition, it displays animated radar maps, air quality indices, and many data points that burden the system and inflate memory consumption without any real justification.

If that's not enough, the app also displays ads in almost every area, which adds to the memory load and is particularly annoying in a paid operating system, unlike the equivalent and clean app on Mac. Furthermore, its interface feels scattered and inconsistent. For example, the home page is designed differently from the other tabs, and if you switch the app to dark mode, the built-in map will still continue to appear in a bright and blinding mode.

How to easily solve the problem

The good news is that you don't have to put up with this situation. You can remove the app completely from the computer without the need for complex tools by deleting the application itself or by uninstalling it through the system settings. Removing it will not affect the weather widget on your taskbar. If you want to check the forecast, you can simply open the widgets panel or go directly to weather websites through your regular browser and get the exact same information.