Epic web helper still running and using memory after epic launcher was closed. It will just sit in the background and continue consuming memory and using my internet upload…Why?
Hey there @WickeD-of-OZ! Welcome to the community! Are you fully exiting the launcher? If you just use the exit button (The X), the launcher remains in the background in your tray. You can fully close it by right clicking the tray icon and selecting exit:
This is happening to me too, UE5.5.4 April 2025. Hopefully it doesn’t persist but I raised a separate bug for this. Haven’t tried since, fingers crossed it went away. I haven!’t even touched Visual Studio for it to happen.