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How to Determine which Firefox Add-ons are Using the Most Memory

How to Determine which Firefox Add-ons are Using the Most Memory

I love Firefox for its add-ons. I have a lot of them installed, which obviously increases memory use. But it seems that some add-ons are better than others in that department. Does anyone know a way to figure out approximately how much memory each add-on is using? Obviously, I could disable them all and try them one at a time, but I'm hoping for an easier way...

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bert [Entry]

"I usually deal with Firefox memory issues by installing two different Firefox'es on my computer.
The first one is the default Firefox and the other is portable Firefox.

I install all the addons I am ever going to use on the portable Firefox (FF)
I install the addons which are used almost daily on the default Firefox.

This way I can use the addon just by switching over to the portable Firefox.

If this is not the solution you are looking for then try these addons

AFOM - AFOM recovers Memory Leakage within the Firefox application. (Windows only)
NOTE: This add-on has been removed by its author.
CacheViewer - Allows searching and sorting memory and disk cache files.
CacheViewer is discontinued please use CacheViewer Continued.
EDIT: I tried it, and it shows all the files used by Firefox in the cache which eat up precious memory.
bosskey - Add Boss Key, Minimize/Close to tray and memory auto cleaning to Firefox.
RAMBack - RAMBack will cause Firefox to issue an internal notification to free up memory that is otherwise held for performance purposes."
bert [Entry]

"Only slightly less tedious:

Check memory usage of Firefox + all plugins.
Disable them all & check memory usage - difference is due to plugins.
Enable half a dozen (say), check memory usage.
If the increase is not too great repeat with the next batch.
If the increase is a large proportion of the usage then disable that batch and check each one individually.
Repeat until all plugins added.

Obviously this is probably a non starter if you have lots of plugins.

Searching for more information on those plugins might tell you something as well."