After exiting MATLAB, it doesn't truly terminate in the Task Manager.

After exiting MATLAB, it doesn't truly terminate in the Task Manager.

Even after closing the MATLAB software (including using the exit command), the memory usage remains the same as when MATLAB was running, and the related processes don't exit.

When MATLAB is reopened, new related tasks are created.

Consequently, after repeatedly opening and closing the software several times, the memory becomes completely full, causing the computer to malfunction.

[Heran Wang]

[Heran Wang]

What on earth is going on? Why can't I completely shut down MATLAB?

[Matt J]

Is this Windows 11?

[dpb]

Are there any processes after a reboot, maybe?

There seem to be so many issues from R2024 on, I've not ventured past R2022b and am still on Win10 so no direct applicability to compare, but I wonder if Mathworks has tried to do something clever about having a "fast start" stub remain in memory that has issues.

I don't see any processes left after opening/closing either R2021b or R2022b in Win10 for comparison with earlier releases/OS(?) behavior.

[Heran Wang]

Windows 11

[dpb]

What about any processes loaded on starrtup?

I think your only chance here is to call Mathworks support directly. It would seem if this were a universal problem, it would have raised a large number of complaints before...

[Heran Wang]

I encountered the same issue on two computers running Windows 11: high memory usage that couldn't be turned off, which made it impossible to use them smoothly. I had no choice but to reluctantly roll back to the 2024 version.

[Stephen23]

Contact technical support. Make a bug report:

https://www.mathworks.com/support/contact_us.html

If you do not tell TMW what problems you experience with R2025a, then they cannot fix them.

[Heran Wang]

Is there anyone else with a similar situation? Or am I the only exception?

[dpb]

Certainly nobody else has chimed in with a "Me, too!" and as I observed previously, it would seem if this were a widespread phenomenon it would have been a major issue. As also noted, I think the only possible solution here is to contact TMW support; the Answers forum is not the official support channel.

[Alireza Esmailnezhad]

I recently installed Matlab 2025a, and I have the same trouble, not only that, it also consumes higher RAM than the previous releases. I think it is because of New Desktop (theme) of Matlab.

[dpb]

As suggested, above, submit this to Mathworks as an official support request/bug at <Product Support Page>