# JabRef 5.5 Memory Usage

**URL:** <https://discourse.jabref.org/t/jabref-5-5-memory-usage/3259>\
**Category:** Help\
**Created:** [February 22, 2022, 9:32pm UTC](https://discourse.jabref.org/t/jabref-5-5-memory-usage/3259 "2022-02-22T21:32:09Z")\
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**Author:** ![kn0xit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/eb9ed0/32.png) [@kn0xit](https://discourse.jabref.org/u/kn0xit)\
**Post date:** [February 22, 2022, 9:32pm UTC](https://discourse.jabref.org/t/jabref-5-5-memory-usage/3259/1 "2022-02-22T21:32:09Z")

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Hello, I am using JabRef 5.5 on Windows 11, with about 200 entries. The program is using around 800 MB to 1 GB of RAM. Is this normal? Is there any way to reduce this?

I tried to search the forum, but the posts I found were related to older versions.

I tried with an empty library as well, there I had about 300 MB usage, which jumped to 860 MB after pasting the first entry and went further up above 900 MB. This entry did find a PDF link automatically, but did not link or download it. I read about PDF full text indexing in other posts and other things that might happen right after creating a new entry, so I left JabRef open for another 20 minutes, to see if usage drops again, but memory usage remained at a high level. CPU usage was at just 0.8% every few seconds.

Appreciate any help, thanks!

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**Author:** ![ThiloteE](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/discourse.jabref.org/thilotee/32/1008_2.png) [@ThiloteE](https://discourse.jabref.org/u/ThiloteE)\
**Post date:** [February 25, 2022, 1:08pm UTC](https://discourse.jabref.org/t/jabref-5-5-memory-usage/3259/2 "2022-02-25T13:08:26Z")

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hey, in my experience, this memory usage seems about right. I know, in comparison to other programs it is pretty high…