Mozilla Firefox browser is well known to many users as one of the oldest, safest and most popular navigators on the World Wide Web. The basic functionality of "Mazila" is not cluttered with anything superfluous, it includes only the most necessary and basic (listing, data synchronization, folder creation, tag breakdown, search and alert system settings, etc.). Installing additional extensions allows you to customize the browser based on your own preferences.
In the process of using the browser, many people have questions about why Mazila slows down, what to do in this case. There are several ways to speed up its work.
Disabling unused plugins
Viewing various kinds of content directly in the browser window is possible with the help of plug-ins. Many of them are rarely used. Disabling them will significantly increase the speed of the browser and resolve the issue of why Mazila is slowing down. For this you need:
- In the top menu, select the "Tools" section.
- Open "Add-ons" manager.
- In the explorer located on the side, switch to the "Plugins" tab.
- Examine the list of all installed plugins.
- Opposite the plugin to be disabled, select the option "Never enable" in the pop-up menu (it will change its status to "Disabled").
If desired, any plugin can be re-activated. To do this, just change the option "Never enable" in the pop-up menu to "Always enable" or "Enable on demand".
Remove custom plugins
Mozilla Firefox does not have built-in tools to get rid of unnecessary plug-ins. However, this can be done through the control panel of the Windows operating system.
This will require:
- Open the main menu of the computer through the "Start" button.
- Go to the "Control Panel" section.
- Find the "Programs" subsection.
- Click on the "Uninstall programs" link.
- Find the desired plugin in the list and select it with the mouse.
- Actions that can be performed with the program will become available in the top menu.
- Select "Delete".
- The utility and all its components will be deleted from the computer and, accordingly, from the browser.
Some plugins have their own software that allows you to remove them if they are causing Mozilla to be terribly slow.
Disabling installed extensions
There are many different extensions for Mozilla Firefox, the installation of which allows you to significantly increase the functionality of the browser(ad blocking, video and music downloads, social media access services, etc.). But do not forget that an increase in functionality due to installed extensions leads to the fact that Mazila slows down. What to do in this case? You need to turn them off. For this you need:
- In the "Add-ons" manager of the "Tools" section, open the "Extensions" tab.
- Select one by one all the elements to be disabled.
- Opposite each extension, click on the "Disable" button.
- You will need to restart your browser to complete the changes.
Mozilla Firefox slow? Speed up your browser by clearing the cache
Sometimes clearing the cache is enough to increase browser performance.
You will need to do the following:
- In the "Tools" section, go to the "Settings" subsection.
- Click on the "Privacy" tab.
- Click on the "Delete your recent history" link.
- In the window that opens, check the box next to "Cache".
- Click on the "Delete Now" button.
Clear all browsing history
Users often have a question about why the Mazila browser slows down. You can improve the performance of the navigator in the following way: by deleting the entire browser history. To do this, you need to perform a series of actions:
- On the panel located at the top of the browser window, go to the "Journal" section.
- Mark the item "Delete recent history" (a newwindow).
- In the pop-up menu of the "Delete" line, select "All".
- Click on the "Delete Now" button.
Changing launch settings by creating a Prefetch folder
Changing the appropriate launch settings will greatly increase the speed of Mozilla Firefox, and the question of why the browser slows down will disappear by itself. To do this, follow these steps:
- Find the "Mazila" shortcut on your desktop.
- Right click on it to open the context menu.
- Select "Properties".
- In a new window, switch to the "Shortcut" tab.
- In the line "Object" at the end of the specified address after the quotes, add the word "prefetch".
- Press "OK" to save changes.
The next time you start the browser, all information about this will be automatically sent by the system to the "Prefetch" folder. "Mazila" slows down? What to do, we discussed above.
Speed up the minimize and expand the browser window
If the previous options did not help, and Mazila still works slowly, you can try the following method:
- Launch browser.
- In the address bar enter the following request: about:config. Press the "Enter" key.
- A warning window will appear, in which you should click on the button "I promise I'll be careful."
- Opens a list of all browser settings.
- Right click on empty space.
- In the appearedcontext menu, select the "Create" item, the "Boolean" sub-item.
- In the new window, in the line "Enter the name of the setting", specify the following parameter: config.trim_on_minimize.
- Confirm your actions by pressing the OK button.
- In the next window, select the value "false" and click on "OK".
- Close the browser and restart your computer to confirm changes.
After performing such simple steps, the question of why the Mozilla Firefox browser slows down will no longer bother.
Creating a new profile
In case of a long loading of "Mazila", creating a new profile with the "-p" key will help speed it up. For this you will need:
- Right click on the browser shortcut on the desktop.
- In the pop-up functional menu, go to the "Properties" section.
- In the "Shortcut" tab, find the line "Object".
- Change the address in it by adding the value "-p" (without quotes) at the end.
- As a result of the change, the line will look like this: C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox.exe -p
- Press the OK button.
Now you can start creating a new profile:
- Launch the browser by clicking on the appropriate icon.
- The Select User Profile window will open.
- Press the Create button.
- Follow the prompts of the Profile Wizard.
After the process is completed, the old profile can be deleted, as well as the "-p" key in the settings can be deleted.
Changing registry settingsWindows
In search of an answer to the question of why Yandex slows down in Mazil and not only, you can come across such a method as changing the registry settings, namely deleting one of its branches. For this you need:
- In the "Run" dialog box, set the "regedit" command to start the registry.
- Using Explorer, find the "MozillaPlugins" branch along this path: [-HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE].
- Clear the registry key using the "Delete" functions in the context menu.
After that, you will need to do the following:
- Create a text document using Notepad.
- Rename it.
- In the name, after the dot, write the value "cmd" (without quotes).
- In the document type [-HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\MozillaPlugins] [-HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\MozillaPlugins].
- Save changes.
- Run file.
- Open any website with videos or animations in Mozilla Firefox.
- Confirm the request to install the desired plugin.
Why is Mazila so slow? How to speed it up using third-party utilities?
SpeedyFox and Firetune programs are enough to speed up the launch of the browser and optimize its memory. Here's what you need:
- Download the utilities and install them on your computer.
- Close Mazila.
- Start the SpeedyFox program.
- Click on the "Speed Up My Firefox" button.
- Utilitywill independently make changes to the browser settings.
- After the process is completed, open the Firetune program.
- Select "Quick Computer/Quick Connect".
- Press the "Settings" button.
- After the setup is complete, restart your computer.
The question of why Mazila slows down is no longer relevant.
A few more options
Changing some settings on the browser's configuration page will help speed up your browser. For this you will need:
- In the address bar write "about:config" without quotes and press the "Enter" key.
- From the available list of settings, select the parameters whose change will reduce memory costs.
- Set "browser.sessionhistory.max_total_viewer" to "0" (default is "5"), "browser.sessionhistory.max_entries" to "10" (default "50"), " browser.sessionstore.internal" - value "20000" (default "10000").
- Change the group of settings responsible for page loading speed.
- In the "network.prefetch-next" line, set the value to "False".
- In the "network.http.popelining" and "network.http.proxy.popelining" items, the value is "True".
- Set the "network.http.popelining.maxrequests" parameter to "5".
- After making all the changes, restart your computer. The question of why Mazila is slowing down will not get up again.
Mozilla Firefox browser asA fairly functional navigator is easy to manage and easy to use, which is what many people liked. Often, with prolonged use, the startup speed of Mazila can slow down dramatically. Each user in this case wants to know why the browser slows down, and what to do to make it work faster.
There are many ways to optimize Firefox performance (disabling, removing plug-ins and extensions, changing configuration page settings, using software, making changes to the registry of the operating system, etc.). The choice of the appropriate option depends on the user's skill level, installed add-ons, plug-ins and browser settings.
