Power Query (Excel) Resource Hog

[ovetteabejuela]

Why is power query eating up SO MUCH resources - I am not even refreshing anything I have just the Excel file open nothing is being refreshed,

[watkinnc]

Are you querying the folder that the file is in, as opposed to just the file directly? 

[ovetteabejuela]

Yes, in that workbook I have queries that point to folders (or files in a folder) and some that are directed to the files itself.

Is that what is causing it and why. Also, is there a proper way to do it or how should we stop it from acting that way - using resources even if it's not being refresh.