Windows 10: Firefox uses massive RAM?

Discus and support Firefox uses massive RAM? in Windows 10 Performance & Maintenance to solve the problem; So...I've got numerous Edge tabs open. One single tab of Firefox...and I get this RAM usage. What the heck? I can't even use Firefox on this machine... Discussion in 'Windows 10 Performance & Maintenance' started by diablo bob, Mar 28, 2018.

  1. DIABLO BOB
    diablo bob Win User

    Firefox uses massive RAM?


    So...I've got numerous Edge tabs open. One single tab of Firefox...and I get this RAM usage. What the heck?

    I can't even use Firefox on this machine since it eats up all my RAM. The whole machine slows down. What gives?
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    :)
     
    diablo bob, Mar 28, 2018
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  2. RABRAHAM---01
    rabraham---01 Win User

    How to Download Firefox 4 Beta for Maemo !

    Exactly that is what eeven I was gonna ask you guys...Dont u guys feel it is way too slow, it takes time to load pages I feel it is very sluggish !! Big Deal of being a Firefox Beta 4 and what not !! Huh ??
     
    rabraham---01, Mar 28, 2018
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  3. RICHWHITE---01
    richwhite---01 Win User
    Turned itself off, now won't turn on

    Haha! yes, t'would be ironic. I'll probably uninstall it anyway as it's not been much use, i'm sure it would be to many but i hardly use it.



    i've not gone overboard on apps anyway, and i have only permitted the safest repository. from my memory, i've installed airport, angry birds, brightness statusbar app, flashlight, level, hermes, pidgin, recaller, mediabox, battery graph, currency converter,
    firefox, pixelpipe,touch search, wifi switcher, and that's it. so a fair few, but not massive amounts.
     
    richwhite---01, Mar 28, 2018
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  4. ACCESS DENIED
    Access Denied Win User

    Firefox uses massive RAM?

    Firefox does the same for me. I can leave a single tab open for a while and it will eat more RAM than Chrome with 10+ tabs in constant use.
     
    Access Denied, Mar 28, 2018
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  5. NOT MYSELF
    Not Myself Win User
    Thread belongs in the Browsers and email location.

    First thing to try is to open Fx in Safe Mode; do that, then post the result, we can proceed from there.

    In case you are not aware of Safe Mode:

    Safe Mode - MozillaZine Knowledge Base

    If you are aware, then don't have read the two previous lines of text....
     
    Not Myself, Mar 29, 2018
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  6. JOSEY WALES
    Josey Wales Win User
    Not for me


    Firefox uses massive RAM? [​IMG]
     
    Josey Wales, Mar 29, 2018
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  7. STITCH194
    Stitch194 Win User
    What version of FF are you running? I run Win 10 Pro, Firefox Quantum 59.02. with one Add ON. Have you tried disabling Add On's -Pug In's? If there's no noticeable difference I would uninstall/reinstall FF


    Firefox uses massive RAM? [​IMG]
     
    Stitch194, Mar 29, 2018
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  8. BERTON
    Berton Win User

    Firefox uses massive RAM?

    My Firefox show 6 processes with 4 pages/tabs open and only 431.5MB memory used.
     
    Berton, Mar 29, 2018
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  9. ELPUSHER
    eLPuSHeR Win User
    I have seen that behaviour sometimes when having both Facebook and Youtube opened for a long time.
     
    eLPuSHeR, Mar 29, 2018
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  10. JOSEY WALES
    Josey Wales Win User
    Firefox 60 BETA 8 with 6 addons and I am not having this memory issue. You can see what I am running in my specs.
     
    Josey Wales, Apr 5, 2018
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