Comments on: Fix for Firefox memory leak on Windows

By: Unregistered

Unregistered — Sun, 25 Oct 2009 07:21:13 +0000

This doesn’t work on my Firefox 3.5.3. It still gets the memory leak if left on for a period of time much like before.

By: Free in space

Free in space — Sun, 18 Oct 2009 05:53:54 +0000

I did’t got any success with this tip “config.trim_on_minimize” thing. as when i apllied this restarted FF with the same tabs opened while app;ying the fix the memory usage of FF raised to 1Gb mark and then gradually came down but never stabled at 60 of 100 even with a single window. trying AFOM now.

By: protator

protator — Fri, 16 Oct 2009 13:13:12 +0000

I just installed AFOM and have to say : AWESOME

Usually I had to restart FF every 3to5h cause it “collected” up to 1,5Gb of Ram and started to slow down the entire system…. 50% cpu utilization? Haha, no problem for FF! Ridiculous ….

Now with AFOM activated it hovers @ 80-100Mb and runs stable even with several windows and 20+ tabs open.

thank you so much for that link !!!!!!!!!

By: IDEVFH

IDEVFH — Sat, 29 Aug 2009 14:48:13 +0000

If you’ve got a Firefox PC Memory Issues: Then Try addon AFOM 2.0 Memory Recovery http://bit.ly/lV5sw

Regards,
IDEVFH

By: Brad Ranks

Brad Ranks — Wed, 19 Aug 2009 17:02:07 +0000

I am using over 1.5GB of memory from just 3-5 windows. This is totally ridiculous. I looked for the config.trim_on_minimize in the about:config and I don’t see it anywhere, unless I am supposed to create the Boolean.

I have to completely shut down FF or the PC to get my memory back. There has to be a better way… I remember back in the 90’s we used memturbo, but I thought that we have all grown since then.

Anyone have an idea on how to get FF to release memory and reduce the EXTREMELY HIGH MEMORY UTILIZATION in FIREFOX.

Thanks!

Brad

By: Andy

Andy — Sun, 19 Jul 2009 04:53:31 +0000

This option does not exist in FF 3.5 !

By: Troy

Troy — Sat, 04 Jul 2009 20:55:48 +0000

This is still a viable help, even in FF3 on WinXP. It knocks memory usage to less than half (then creeps back up slightly/slowly.) So if you’re trying to get a few extra months out of an old PC, I think this woud help.

By: JH

JH — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 14:56:34 +0000

Mine’s using almost 400MB! Hibernating the computer worked v. well in decreasing memory consumption everywhere though.

By: Edmachine

Edmachine — Tue, 26 May 2009 14:02:25 +0000

Wow, I never actually knew, that my Firefox used up to 200MB of memory! After applying this helpful tip, it hovers at 60MB. And when I minimize it, it goes down to around 35MB and starts to climb… Well, it helped anyway, so thanks a lot !

By: Travis

Travis — Wed, 13 May 2009 01:36:50 +0000

This doesn’t seem to work on Windows 7