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Firefox using 1gb ram for just one tab of gmail

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aspect9798
aspect9798
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Hi,

Firefox is using lot of memoryno idea why it starts with 300-500 with just one tab of gmail but eventually goes up to 1gb plus.

Please advise

Hi, Firefox is using lot of memoryno idea why it starts with 300-500 with just one tab of gmail but eventually goes up to 1gb plus. Please advise

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Paul
Paul
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Hi

Do you have several add-ons installed in Firefox?

aspect9798
aspect9798 Question owner
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Thanks for the reply, I only got one add-on installed nothing more.

jeyson1099
jeyson1099
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Hello, close other applications. Having many applications running simultaneously may cause your computer to run slowly and other applications to do so as well. By closing down some of the unnecessary applications, system usage will be reduced.

Check Firefox hardware acceleration. Firefox hardware acceleration eases memory and CPU usage in many cases. Check in Firefox's performance settings that hardware acceleration is turned on. Also make sure that your graphics drivers are up-to-date.

If none of the above options solved your problem, go to the following link Firefox uses too much memory or CPU resources - How to fix and carry out the procedures described there, contact us if you have any questions.