how to control Firefox memory ?

[THAIPHUKET]

Often getting warning= Memory! Plus freezing .And there is fleeting yellow notice on the screen = memory has been increased. Alas, to no avail. Same with restarting Firefox.

As I am typing, 2 Tabs are open, Gmail and Thaivisa , memory usage 474 MG,

I had 6 tabs open over 1 GB memory.

[RichCor]

Windows 7, 8.1, 10?

What are your current Virtual Memory settings

(Control Panel / System / Advance System Settings

Advanced (tab), Performance Settings: Settings (button)

Or has the FireFox stopped managing its memory properly.

[Matej]

I had the same problem with Firefox on windows 7, SP1, but I don't remember which version exactly.

Update solved this issue. I also recommend check add-ons, especially Adblock plus ...

Just for the record. I'm running Debian GNU/Linux right now, Firefox using 235 MB, 8 tabs, youtube, gmail ...

If you have old computer, try Linux

Good luck

[Chicog]

Almost always add-ons.

Try Safe mode which loads no add-ons:

https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/troubleshoot-firefox-issues-using-safe-mode

Then selectively enable add-ons to see which one is the bad boy.

[Mcffee]

A Firefox reset can be useful from time to time.

[THAIPHUKET]

Reset done x times, always when FF drove me nuts with= Not responding. That was before the memory issue came up. The other suggestions I will try and report back.

[lungbing]

Try the Firefox addon "Memory Fox"

[THAIPHUKET]

Now it is getting interesting. After each strange behavior of FF I wrote many comments to Firefox.

Just now Firefox came in and was installed immediately. Sky-high were my hopes.

FIRST OBSERVATION= MEMORY ISSUE NOT SETTLED

Now I have no choice but to try all your suggestions, Stay Tuned!

[THAIPHUKET]

Hello,

I wanted to report about the FINALE. Well, I did follow what you all had recommended. Outcome= Firefox works smooth as silk (Pun intended) Only I have no clue what in the end was the solution. No matter, it works!

Thanks to all of you.

[Turkleton]

I know what you are talking about...

Firefox becomes extremely laggy with, let's say 20-30 open tabs and RAM consumption at around 700-1000MB (8GB RAM available)

Even closing a tab can last up to 3-5 seconds.

With a new profile, FF is running much better, but without addons, cache and history, it's pretty useless.

I would switch to Chrome in a second, but I miss the "Tabmix-plus" addon...

[THAIPHUKET]

I too, know what you are taking about without pointing out why I cannot befriend myself with Chrome. Must be emotional.

[steelepulse]

I've had to switch over to opera, FF was hanging quite often. It might be adblockplus that is causing this as TV as well as other sites make a lot of 3rd party calls that seems to slow things down, but running opera with adp is causing no problems. Opera is taking up a lot less memory then FF did, even with extensions and plugins disabled.