What is chrome_crashpad_handler on Mac?
By Junaid, maker of Taskglass · Last reviewed
Crash reporter for Chrome and many Chromium/Electron apps; waits quietly in case of crashes.
Crashpad is the crash-reporting tool from the Chromium project. Chrome, Edge and many Electron apps (like Slack, Discord or Obsidian) start a crashpad handler that waits in the background and records a report if the app crashes. It normally uses almost no CPU and little memory. Check its file path to see which app it belongs to.
- Category
- Third-party
- Made by
- Google (Chromium)
- Safe to quit:
- Yes
Shown in Activity Monitor as chrome_crashpad_handler, crashpad_handler, msedge_crashpad_handler
Why is chrome_crashpad_handler using so much CPU or memory?
- The app it belongs to is crashing and reports are being written
- Uploading crash reports
What to do
- 1Check the file path to see which app owns it
- 2If that app keeps crashing, update or reinstall it
- 3Quit the parent app; its crashpad handler exits too
Safe to quit? Yes.
Safe to quit; the app just won't record a crash report until it restarts.
Related processes
Part of the Taskglass Process Library