The genuine QtWebEngineProcess.exe file is a software component of Qt WebEngine by The Qt Company. Qt WebEngine is a web browser engine built for embedding web content into applications built using Qt. QtWebEngineProcess.exe runs the Qt WebEngine. This is not a required process and may be disabled if known to cause problems.
Qt WebEngine, based on the Chromium Project, enables content embedding from the Web into Qt applications on platforms that may not have provide a native web engine. The engine features QML types and C++ classes for rendering HTML, XHTML, and SVG documents, designed using CSS and programmed with JavaScript.
The Qt Company, founded in 1994, develops, licenses, and supports the Qt platform, a cross-platform development tool used by over 70 global industries to develop Qt-based applications for desktop, embedded and mobile platforms. The company currently develops all Qt projects under the open governance model. It presently conducts operations in 8 countries with over 200 employees worldwide.
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QtWebEngineProcess.exe file information
QtWebEngineProcess.exe process in Windows Task Manager
Description: QtWebEngineProcess.exe is not essential for the Windows OS and causes relatively few problems. QtWebEngineProcess.exe is located in a subfolder of "C:\Program Files (x86)" or sometimes in a subfolder of the user's "Documents" folder—e.g. C:\Program Files (x86)\Origin\ or C:\Program Files (x86)\Dropbox\Client\.
Known file sizes on Windows 11/10/7 are 30,024 bytes (12% of all occurrences), 21,824 bytes and 97 more variants. AdvancedMicroDevicesInc-2 AMDRadeonSoftware meets the requirements of the Windows Store, the package name is AdvancedMicroDevicesInc-2.AMDRadeonSoftware_0a9344xs7nr4m.
The program is not visible. It is not a Windows system file. There is no description of the program. The file is digitally signed.
QtWebEngineProcess.exe is able to monitor applications and manipulate other programs.
Therefore the technical security rating is 39% dangerous; but you should also compare this rating with the user reviews.
Uninstalling this variant:
You can uninstall the program using the Control Panel ⇒ Uninstall a Program ⇒ Origin or Dropbox or ask the software vendor, www.ea.com [1][2], for advice.
If QtWebEngineProcess.exe is located in a subfolder of the user's profile folder, the security rating is 67% dangerous. The file size is 506,864 bytes (24% of all occurrences), 30,024 bytes and 56 more variants.
The program is not visible. The QtWebEngineProcess.exe file is not a Windows core file. There is no description of the program. The file has a digital signature.
QtWebEngineProcess.exe is able to monitor applications and manipulate other programs.
Uninstalling this variant:
You can uninstall the program using the Control Panel ⇒ Uninstall a Program ⇒ Dropbox or MediaGet or ask the software vendor, www.dropbox.com [1][2], for advice.
If QtWebEngineProcess.exe is located in a subfolder of C:\, the security rating is 38% dangerous. The file size is 22,024 bytes (19% of all occurrences), 15,872 bytes and 8 more variants.
The program is not visible. The QtWebEngineProcess.exe file is a file with no information about its developer. It is not a Windows system file. QtWebEngineProcess.exe is digitally signed.
QtWebEngineProcess.exe is able to monitor applications.
Uninstalling this variant:
You can uninstall the program using the Control Panel ⇒ Uninstall a Program ⇒ Origin or Genshin Impact or ask the software vendor, www.ea.com [1][2], for advice.
If QtWebEngineProcess.exe is located in a subfolder of Windows folder for temporary files, the security rating is 56% dangerous. The file size is 22,600 bytes.
If QtWebEngineProcess.exe is located in a subfolder of "C:\Program Files\Common Files", the security rating is 42% dangerous. The file size is 592,136 bytes.
Important: Some malware camouflages itself as QtWebEngineProcess.exe, particularly when located in the C:\Windows or C:\Windows\System32 folder, for example Virus.Win32.Mkar.c or Virus.Win32.Hidrag.a (detected by Kaspersky), and TROJ_MKAR_0000000.TOMA or PE_JEEFO.E (detected by TrendMicro). Therefore, you should check the QtWebEngineProcess.exe process on your PC to see if it is a threat. We recommend Security Task Manager for verifying your computer's security. This was one of the Top Download Picks of The Washington Post and PC World.
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It is located in Origin catalog, but is not digitally signed. It also open random ports Michael
Its Admin tool for the Game Rust Matze
It was in use for a legitimate program that I installed. Antonio
origin, apex legends manipulated my windows for crashes in game online.
Location: C:\EVE\Launcher Web engine for EVE online game Van
QTwebengineprocess.exe is a file associated with one program that I know of: Hipchat. https://www.hipchat.com Tim (further information)
This is a part of SimulationCraft, a downloadable for World of Warcraft to help a player figure out their character's damage per second. Closing SimulationCraft also closed all open applications of this exe. Chris
I do not have Origin or Web screen picture. Instead, the process is pointing to C:\Program Files (x86)\Raptr Inc\PlaysTV RuggyRat
I could not complete installing OpenOffice 4.1.3 because this file was opened and even after I killed it by the task manager it kept opening when I told OpenOffice Installation to retry. I found it in "c:\users\my user name\QtWebEngineProcess.exe and after I deleted it I successfully completed the OpenOffice Installation. punchcard (further information)
Navigating to Task Manager and right-clicking the process QtWebEngineProcess.exe shows a menu with an option to open file loction. This allows one to see where this process sits /what it's a part of. In my case, it's part of Dropbox (so I will leave it alone for stability's sake as I use files in my Dropbox daily). The right-click reveals two further options: end process and end process tree. These will obviously end the process for your current session, but not permanently. I therefore rated it important. Finding the file location will very quickly let you ascertain whether the software it's a part of is important to you or not. A. A. ALEXANDER
Navigating to Task Manager and right-clicking the process QtWebEngineProcess.exe shows a menu with an option to open file loction. This allows one to see where this process sits /what it's a part of. In my case, it's part of Dropbox (so I will leave it alone for stability's sake as I use files in my Dropbox daily). The right-click reveals two further options: end process and end process tree. These will obviously end the process for your current session, but not permanently. I therefore rated it important. Finding the file location will very quickly let you ascertain whether the software it's a part of is important to you or not. A. A. ALEXANDER
The year 2017: it belongs to WesternDigital's "SSD Dashboard", version 2.0.1.0, their program to monitor their SSD hard drives. James Lacey (further information)
mine is running from adaware and is located in the adaware file folder greg
As far as I know is it a program from origin to log in with your account. domolka
Found in 'My Drive Connect' which is an app for downloading updates and maps on Tom Tom sat nav products. Bruce Kain
Linked to the Origin client on my PC, Had to exit the Client to stop it. End it in task manager just pops it up again. It kept my HHD busy and halted performance on my PC! jalla
after civilization 5 most recent update that changed the launcher to promote civ 6 I noticed even after the game was closed it still ran in the background 2 processes of it and ate up about 50% cpu usage I opened file location and it went to civ 5 directory not sure why they need it they never used it before but meh wolfe
Is apparently also run by the Mendeley application for Windows. Closing the process does not close the Mendeley application. May be unnecessary... Stefan Thaler
Chat program called Paltak also uses it. Chris Roubis
found it in my DropBox folder dukerider1290
My "QtWebEngineProcess.exe" file is inside of the "Dropbox\Client" folder. Weight is 30 024 octets Rémi
Viber windows app is using it for web calls. Seems safe , even though my firewall didn't give it access to webcam unless i changed it . Ben
QtWebEngineProcess.exe runs in conjunction with both Dropbox and "TomTom My DriveConnext.exe". Copies of QtWebEngineProcess.exe are found in: C:\Program Files (x86)\MyDrive Connect C:\Program Files (x86)\Dropbox\Client\73.4.118 I. Hublou
I have two, apparently benign, versions on my machine. One is used by Adaware 22.4kB 13/02/19 and one used by Dropbox 29.3kB 30/07/19. Both appear essential to the functioning of the software they relate to. Seb H
It is in my microsoftedge folder. It races and makes a lot of noise, so I removed it after reading the comments by others. I don't use Edge, but the noise is annoying. Not sure why it even runs since I don't use edge. Mubaashir
its to support the audio if you end the task you cant watch youtube or hear anything James
It caused issues when the new Steam Client went to download and stayed loaded. Use task manager to end all instances of it to clear error 11580. Now launch a steam game or steam itself and the new client download will run and install the new client. All issues should be resolved... John Ricker
Since QtWebEngineProcess.dll was updated on 6 December 2019, my machine keeps on crashing with random errors. One particular error is linked to QtWebEngineProcess.exe which throws a Hard Error. It is linked to Dropbox. It affects my display engine where I get a black screen and have to cold boot my Windows 10. Raymond de Kock
It uses up a lot of my CPU space. Matthew
It is also used for some games on Steam including Civilization 5. Closing the process closes the game immediately. Brad
Part of the Plex Desktop application
It is part of anaconda 3 on my win 7 system McGregor the Farmer
I got this task from the AMD Adrenaline Software on the update 10 20.3.1 Lucas
QtWebEngineProcess.exe can also be found in Mihoyo’s new game - Genshin Impact.
Comes with ANSYS
This file is part of the Qt development frame work. It is used to show web and local content (text, graphics...) in software based on Qt Thomas von Aquin (further information)
I've had times where my computer will start lagging like crazy. When I open the task manager, QtWebEngineProcess is eating up 95% of my CPU power for some reason. Most of the time, it's fine, but those spikes give me serious spyware/mining vibes.
It is used by Plex for Windows, too. Cameron McGehee
It is used by DropBox, most likely to provide access to files in DropBox in a web browser J. O. Cox (further information)
For me it was involved in running Sid Meier's Civ 5. I don't know what it does exactly, but it failed to close after the game did and was eating my CPU pretty badly. It also opened a duplicate of itself after i closed and relaunched the game. Manually closing them fixed the issue, and CPU usage returned to normal. Looks pretty safe, though multiple instances will SHRED your CPU usage, and has some problems closing properly i guess. A MC
seems to really be a massive resource hog(~12% constant CPU usage while app is minimized(origin)) I force closed it and still was able to use origin afterwards, so at least there is a solution! Big bonus for gaming as that 12% CPU can be needed at times plus it saves on electricity and lowers stress/heat of CPU. mike
The file has recently been put into use by Scopely for Star Trek Fleet Command and is located C:\Users\XXXX\AppData\Local\Star Trek Fleet Command I do not know what it's being used to do. But it causes the main application to Not unload when you exit the game in Windows 11. You have to use Task Manager to quit. MrJoatMon
I found it to be an integral part of AMD Radeon software, it's probably used for the built-in browser. Rokas
Part of Genshin Impact launcher Olihinator
Found in an EA arts folder I installed. Will disable for now check results, shows 2 running J Brown
It is a program for displaying web pages inside of another program. It is not a virus. Games or other programs need to display websites so it often comes bundled. Steven
I get up to four copies of QTWeb running simultaneously. Takes up up to 50% of the cpu. Cooling fan runs non-stop. In fact, that's how I notice it's presence. I stop the process and wait for it to show up again. Worse than useless. Trying to figure out how to stop it from showing up. Peter Hiebert
AppData\Local\VortxEngine\app-2.4.9\Signal-x64 Part of SignalRGB - but it uses a LOT of CPU resource
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Summary: Average user rating of QtWebEngineProcess.exe:
based on 50 votes with 49 user comments.
18 users think QtWebEngineProcess.exe is essential for Windows or an installed application.
16 users think it's probably harmless.
7 users think it's neither essential nor dangerous.
6 users suspect danger.
3 users think QtWebEngineProcess.exe is dangerous and recommend removing it.
6 users don't grade QtWebEngineProcess.exe ("not sure about it").
Best practices for resolving QtWebEngineProcess issues
A clean and tidy computer is the key requirement for avoiding problems with QtWebEngineProcess. This means running a scan for malware, cleaning your hard drive using 1cleanmgr and 2sfc /scannow, 3uninstalling programs that you no longer need, checking for Autostart programs (using 4msconfig) and enabling Windows' 5Automatic Update. Always remember to perform periodic backups, or at least to set restore points.
Should you experience an actual problem, try to recall the last thing you did, or the last thing you installed before the problem appeared for the first time. Use the 6resmon command to identify the processes that are causing your problem. Even for serious problems, rather than reinstalling Windows, you are better off repairing of your installation or executing the 7DISM.exe /Online /Cleanup-image /Restorehealth command. This allows you to repair the operating system without losing data.
To get your computer running as fast as it did on day one, you can 8reset your PC. Your personal files will remain intact, but any programs you installed will need to be reinstalled.
To help you analyze the QtWebEngineProcess.exe process on your computer, the following programs have proven to be helpful: ASecurity Task Manager displays all running Windows tasks, including embedded hidden processes, such as keyboard and browser monitoring or Autostart entries. A unique security risk rating indicates the likelihood of the process being potential spyware, malware or a Trojan. A good Bantivirus software detects and removes sleeping spyware, adware, Trojans, keyloggers, malware and trackers from your hard drive.
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Michael
Matze
Antonio
Van
Tim (further information)
Zeus (further information)
Chris
RuggyRat
punchcard (further information)
A. A. ALEXANDER
A. A. ALEXANDER
James Lacey (further information)
greg
domolka
Bruce Kain
jalla
wolfe
Stefan Thaler
Chris Roubis
dukerider1290
Rémi
Ben
I. Hublou
Seb H
Mubaashir
James
John Ricker
Raymond de Kock
Matthew
Brad
McGregor the Farmer
Lucas
Thomas von Aquin (further information)
Cameron McGehee
J. O. Cox (further information)
A MC
mike
MrJoatMon
Rokas
Olihinator
J Brown
Steven
Peter Hiebert
Summary: Average user rating of QtWebEngineProcess.exe: based on 50 votes with 49 user comments. 18 users think QtWebEngineProcess.exe is essential for Windows or an installed application. 16 users think it's probably harmless. 7 users think it's neither essential nor dangerous. 6 users suspect danger. 3 users think QtWebEngineProcess.exe is dangerous and recommend removing it. 6 users don't grade QtWebEngineProcess.exe ("not sure about it").