How to Reduce Firefox Memory Usage in Windows 7

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When you use the computer, probably running many software, each of them needs ram memory. RAM is very important , because the faster the frequency of the RAM the faster the software runs. In this tutorial we will move Firefox to your hard drive instead of memory when you minimize it. When we do that, firefox will take up much less ram memory.

1. Open a new tab in Firefox, then type in about:config in the address bar and press enter.

2. After this, a warning message will appear. Click on I´ll be careful, I promise !.

3. In about:config settings, right click anywhere and select New and Boolean as shown below.

4. In New boolean value, type config.trim_on_minimize and click on OK. 

5. Select true and click on OK.

6. Close and restart Firefox for these settings to take effect.