How to reduce Netbeans' memory usage?

Question

When using netbeans to edit a PHP project, the IDE can (over time) use 400+ MB of memory. Is there any way to turn off certain features or other tricks to reduce its memory usag

Answer 1

You can set the min & max memory limits via the netbeans.conf file.

Please, refer to the next faqs:

• http://wiki.netbeans.org/FaqSlowNetBeans
• http://wiki.netbeans.org/FaqNetBeansAndOOME