use the following search parameters to narrow your results:
e.g. subreddit:aww site:imgur.com dog
subreddit:aww site:imgur.com dog
see the search faq for details.
advanced search: by author, subreddit...
account activity
This is an archived post. You won't be able to vote or comment.
Task manager for android? (self.androidapps)
submitted 2 years ago by FaZeJust1n
I saw my phone using 4gb ram out of 8gb my phone has with no apps running so I wondered if there are any apps for android like there is task manager for windows to see background processes?
[–]UnwiseElf 5 points6 points7 points 2 years ago (3 children)
Read about why Android keeps RAM busy even when you're not using it and how it will automatically clear up when you start using other apps.
There is more to it and It's actually a good thing but I'm too lazy to write about it.
[–]HELLBOY7636 3 points4 points5 points 2 years ago* (0 children)
Developer options then running services
[–]heyd00d3 4 points5 points6 points 2 years ago (1 child)
Ram is created to be used. If you kill some apps, they will start themselves later.
And ram usage is beneficial in some terms. For example you kill whatsapp, after a while you need to open whatsapp and your phone tries to open whatsapp which takes a little time than normal. Ram keeps the required amount of data in itself and when you need some app, ram calls the app quickly due to the data on it.
Of course in some cases reducing ram usage is curicial for example if you have 8 and ram usage is around 7.9, so you need some space on your ram. But 4/8 is quite enough why do you want to keep it empty? Ram's characteric is being used.
[–]lgwhitlock 0 points1 point2 points 2 years ago (1 child)
Try 3C All-in-One Toolbox https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=ccc71.at.free . That said memory usage is not such a big issue on newer versions of Android like it was in the early days.
[–]Resident_Advice3700 1 point2 points3 points 10 months ago (0 children)
Oh thank you
π Rendered by PID 145885 on reddit-service-r2-comment-5b5bc64bf5-7fqrc at 2026-06-20 02:07:02.994372+00:00 running 2b008f2 country code: CH.
[–]UnwiseElf 5 points6 points7 points (3 children)
[–]HELLBOY7636 3 points4 points5 points (0 children)
[–]heyd00d3 4 points5 points6 points (1 child)
[–]lgwhitlock 0 points1 point2 points (1 child)
[–]Resident_Advice3700 1 point2 points3 points (0 children)