MATLAB toolboxes and Simulink freeze and eat up memory, crashing computer. How to fix ?

I have MATLAB 2020b with a Student Licence with several toolboxes, maily on signal, antenna, and communication systems.

I haven't tested all toolboxes, but my problem began when using the Antenna Designer and Antenna Array toolboxes. I can't change parameters, see graphs, mainly anything with these apps. While monitoring with the Resource Manager of Windows 7, the memory allocation for MATLAB is normally below 2 GBs. When applying changes on parameters the memory shoots up to 6-7 GBs and stays there forever. If the parameter change doesn't freezes it, any usage of plotting tools shoots up the memory to 12-16 GBs and stays there forever, lagging and crashing my computer.

The same happens sometimes with Simulink.

Actions taken to try and fix:

1. Stopped all non-essential processes, closed all other programs trom the Task Manager ----> no fix
2. Re-installed MATLAB ----> no fix

My computer is a Dell Inspirion 15 5000 Series, Intel i7, 16 GB RAM, Windows 7 Pro

GraphicsRenderer: 'OpenGL Hardware'

Vendor: 'ATI Technologies Inc.'

Version: '4.4.13084 Compatibility Profile Context 14.301.1002.1001'

RendererDevice: 'AMD Radeon R7 M270'

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I've used the OpenGL functions for hardware and software for rendering, and didn't fixed it

Answer 1

[Shantanu Dwivedi]

I understand that you are having issues with the memory consumption of MATLAB. Here are some best practices that you can follow for efficient use of memory.

https://in.mathworks.com/help/matlab/matlab_prog/strategies-for-efficient-use-of-memory.html

If you still face the same issue, you can go through the discussion in this question and follow the steps provided in the answers-

https://in.mathworks.com/matlabcentral/answers/111060-after-allocating-a-large-variable-and-crashing-matlab-is-forever-slow?s_tid=answers_rc1-1_p1_Topic