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Postman desktop app is slow on Windows 10

I had an issue with Postman desktop app and the issue was it became so slow that made it almost useless, I had to restart it after making each request.

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Khasha Avatar asked Jul 29 '20 03:07

Khasha


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To add to this I had a similar issue but it was because I had turned on the Postman Interceptor which was feeding all my browser requests into Postman history. Deleting Postman history fixed all my issues.

Just wanted to leave this here for someone else in case that is their issue as I couldnt find anything on it when I was looking

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nstaab1 Avatar answered Oct 29 '22 09:10

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I found the cause of the issue and though that might be helpful for others as well. It was caused by Postman Chrome extension! I removed the extension and Postman desktop as now back to normal. Hope it was helpful.

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Khasha Avatar answered Oct 29 '22 07:10

Khasha


I have the same issue. None of the above solution works. Basically it has something to do with the GPU. I tried upgrade the Nvidia video driver but still no luck.

Finally, I found a Postman support thread that solved my problem. All you have to do is to add a parameter POSTMAN_DISABLE_GPU = true in your Windows environment variable for your Account (or system account).

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Mason C Avatar answered Oct 29 '22 07:10

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All you have to do is to add a parameter POSTMAN_DISABLE_GPU = true in your Windows environment variable for your Account (or system account).

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Awais Azeem Avatar answered Oct 29 '22 07:10

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