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Why Is Monday.com So Slow? Boards Loading Slowly

Ongoing Web, Desktop Updated October 21, 2026

Quick answer

Monday.com slows down on boards with thousands of items, dozens of columns, many connected/mirror columns or heavy automations. Archiving old items, removing unused columns and automations, and a cache-clean browser session usually help most.

Most likely fix: Hard refresh and clear cache.

Symptoms

Boards take 10-40 seconds to load, item cards open slowly, dashboards spin, and the browser tab uses a lot of memory.

Why it happens

  • Boards with 1,000+ items or many columns
  • Connect-boards and mirror columns pulling thousands of linked items
  • Dashboards aggregating many boards
  • Lots of active automations on the same board
  • Browser cache, extensions, or a non-Chrome browser
  • Occasional platform incidents

How to fix it

Try these in order — the most common fix is first.

  1. 1. Hard refresh and clear cache

    1. Press Ctrl+Shift+R (Cmd+Shift+R on Mac)
    2. Clear cache and cookies for monday.com or try an incognito window
    3. Disable browser extensions to test

  2. 2. Use Chrome

    1. monday.com is optimized for Google Chrome; test there if you use another browser

  3. 3. Archive or split large boards

    1. Move completed items to an archive board
    2. Split one giant board into several by year, client or team

  4. 4. Remove unused columns and automations

    1. Delete redundant columns, especially unused connect/mirror columns
    2. Turn off automations you no longer need

  5. 5. Narrow dashboards

    1. Reduce the number of boards a dashboard pulls from
    2. Use filtered views instead of loading every group

  6. 6. Check status and report it

    1. Look at status.monday.com for slowness incidents
    2. Send support a screen recording of the slow load

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