---
id: performance-battery.can-i-make-storage-studio-use-less-memory
url: https://storagestudio.us/faq/performance-battery/can-i-make-storage-studio-use-less-memory
category: "Performance & battery"
subcategory: "Measuring Storage Studio's own footprint"
question: "Can I make Storage Studio use less memory and CPU?"
alt_questions:
  - "Reduce Storage Studio's resource use"
  - "Make Storage Studio lighter"
  - "storage studio lower memory"
  - "How do I minimise Storage Studio's footprint?"
short_answer: "Yes. Choose Light in the Storage Profile's performance menu, close Storage Profile when you're done, or choose Minimum to stop non-essential services. Watch the result in Storage Studio's own footprint graph."
tags: ["memory", "cpu", "light mode"]
related: ["https://storagestudio.us/faq/performance-battery/what-are-storage-studio-performance-modes", "https://storagestudio.us/faq/performance-battery/does-keeping-storage-profile-open-use-more-resources", "https://storagestudio.us/faq/performance-battery/how-much-memory-and-cpu-does-storage-studio-use"]
applies_to: "all"
last_reviewed: 2026-10-01
---

# Can I make Storage Studio use less memory and CPU?

Yes. In order of how much they help:

1. Choose **Light** in the Storage Profile's performance menu — no live graphs or animations, and very gentle background work.
2. Close the **Storage Profile** window when you're done — it's the busiest screen, and closing it stops cloud-account analysis.
3. Choose **Minimum — core only** to stop non-essential services (Bridge sharing, the Junk Yard, background cloud transfers, scheduled backups and background duplicate scans).

You can watch the effect in **Storage Studio's own footprint**. On **Automatic**, Storage Studio already does much of this itself whenever your Mac is busy. See [all performance modes](https://storagestudio.us/faq/performance-battery/what-are-storage-studio-performance-modes).