Make Firefox faster by vacuuming the database

Doing a VACUUM on FireFox tables will help it to work more efficienty. All you have to do is,

1. Open the Error Console from Tools Menu or press (Cntrl+Shift+J).


2. In the Code text box paste the below code (Single line). :
   

   
   Components.classes["@mozilla.org/browser/nav-history-service;1"].getService(Components.interfaces.nsPIPlacesDatabase).DBConnection.executeSimpleSQL("VACUUM");
   



3. Press Evaluate button. All the UI will freeze for a few seconds while databases are VACUUMed

There is an experimental addon available to execute VACUUM. Click here to install it.

A new addon(Vacuum Places Improved) also available now and is experimental. It is more enhanced with features compared to the previous one. You can hide the status bar icon and it will appear after x start ups, thus reminding you to clean or it can auto clean clean after y start ups. Its all configurable. You can download it here

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