How to Reduce Firefox Memory Usage

Firefox has became a primary browser and some users may suffer from firefox’s RAM usage, It may lag your computer and slow down it.
Following are tips to decrease Firefox memory usage and increase CPU speed

Method 1

Step 1: In the Firefox address bar type about:config and press Enter.

Step 2: Create a Boolean (false) value and name it “config.trim_on_minimize”, without quotations. Set it’s value to ‘True’.

You should set the value according to the mount of physical RAM installed on your computer. Set value according to the following: (Installed RAM: 256MB / Set the value to: 4096), (Installed RAM: 512MB / Set the value to: 8192), (Installed RAM: 1GB / Set the value to: 16384), (Installed RAM: 2GB /Set the value to: 32768), (Installed RAM: 4GB / Set the value to: 65536) (Installed RAM: 8GB / Set the value to: 131072).

Method 2:

Step 1: Open Firefox and click Tools in the browser top menu, then click Options > Privacy.

Step 2: In the ‘History’ section, leave ‘Remember what I’ve downloaded’ unchecked.

Step 3: In the ‘Private Data’ section, click the button ‘Clear now…’, when the dialog box comes up, put a check mark beside these items: Cache, Saved From and Searched History, Offline Website Data. You can mark the ‘Cookies’, too, if you want. Click ‘OK’.

These two methods will help you in reducing firefox’s ram usage. Happy browsing =)