By closing down some of the unnecessary applications, system usage will be reduced. Firefox stores your data in various files in your profile folder.
The file used for saving individual website settings might be corrupt. If you delete or rename that file, your zoom level settings will be reset but it could decrease CPU usage. The Refresh Firefox feature can fix many issues by restoring your Firefox profile to its default state while saving your essential information.
See Refresh Firefox - reset add-ons and settings for details. There are a variety of troubleshooting tools that can be used both in Firefox and on your operating system to troubleshoot elevated system resource usage.
If you exhausted all tips in the previous sections and your memory usage is still close to the maximum, maybe it's time for you to add more memory to your computer. Adding RAM will provide a huge performance boost. If you exhausted all tips in the previous sections and you are still experiencing high system resource usage, it may be time to upgrade your computer. As technology progresses, software is becoming more advanced and requires more powerful computers to run effectively.
Grow and share your expertise with others. Answer questions and improve our knowledge base. Firefox automatically uses settings that work best with your computer. You can modify these settings in your Firefox OptionsPreferencesSettings Search Support Search. Home Firefox Fix slowness, crashing, Firefox is slow or stops working Firefox uses too much memory or CPU resources. When your system resources are being heavily used, the overall performance and stability of the computer can be impacted.
Depending on your operating system, you can review and monitor resource usage through specific tools. See the Use additional troubleshooting tools section below for more information. Note: If you send performance data , Mozilla will gather data including memory and CPU usage, which will help make Firefox better for future versions. If you open enough tabs, they start to get cluttered visually. In some browsers they shrink so small that you can't tell which tab is which, and in other browsers you have to scroll left and right to see all your tabs because they won't fit on the screen all at once.
This makes you spend more time navigating your tabs. The most immediate step you can take to improve your Internet performance is to manage your tabs diligently, closing the ones you don't need and bookmarking them if necessary for later retrieval. If you want faster performance loading new tabs and websites, consider buying a faster Internet service plan to increase your total bandwidth. And for a more long-term solution to computer resource management, you can upgrade your computer's RAM or even the entire computer.
Josh Fredman is a freelance pen-for-hire and Web developer living in Seattle. The update will now download. Click Restart to update Firefox. Firefox will now shut down to install the update. Once the update is complete, Firefox will restart automatically. You may have to give the install permission to run.
Method 2. This method can help when certain websites or extensions seem to be bogging down Firefox. This opens the memory troubleshooting tool. Scroll through the report to view each section. Some add-ons are listed in the memory report by name, but others will only appear as a hex code. You can then attach that report to an email or upload it to a bug database if you were asked to do so.
Click Minimize memory usage. This should provide a pretty quick boost in speed. Try browsing with fewer open tabs and windows, and consider upgrading the RAM in your computer. Method 3. Click Restart with Add-ons Disabled.
A confirmation message will appear. Click Restart. A message with information about Safe Mode will appear. Click Start in Safe Mode. Firefox will now launch without extensions and themes. Browse the web. See Disabling Add-ons to learn how to turn these features off. Start by turning all of them off. Then, enable just one add-on and try browsing with it.
If browsing is still nice and fast, you can leave that add-on enabled and try another. Method 4. Extensions and themes often slow down your browsing. Click Add-ons. Click Extensions. Click Disable next to all options.
This turns off each add-on without deleting them. Click Themes. Click Disable next to the active theme. This switches you back to the default Firefox theme. Select one extension or theme to enable. To find the problem add-on, click Enable next to one of the extensions or themes, leaving the rest disabled. Enable another add-on.
Again, once another add-on is turned on, try browsing again. If the issue only occurs when browsing a certain website, the website itself could be the culprit. Method 5. Use this method to clear these options.
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