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Is there any way to possibly block Opera’s VPN option?

As a company, We have blocked some websites like Facebook, Twitter in our office. But some employees access them using Opera VPN. We can't remove Opera browser because we are a web design company and ...
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Flickering screen when using Chromium-based browsers (Chrome, Edge, Opera, ...)

I had been experiencing frequent and highly bothersome screen flickering over the past few days while browsing on my laptop, particularly when playing videos or moving or resizing the browser window. ...
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Open Opera without last session tabs open

I am using the following Opera version: Version: 21.0.1432.67 - Opera is up to date Update stream: Stable System: Windows 8.1 64-bit (WoW64) I am aware of this answer but it's not applicable ...
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Opera default search engine settings

I recently purchased a new laptop. The language was initially set to UK English, but I am in South Africa, and so it should be South African English. Anyways, I changed it accordingly, and also ...
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Accesing Opera GX Corner from a different browser

Does anyone have an idea how to access Opera GX's, GX Corner from a different browser? In Opera it's pinned as a tab, or accessed through http://gx-corner.opera.com however through the address, it ...
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Opera will not play BBC audio stream

I am running Opera One(version: 106.0.4998.16) on Manjaro and I cannot get BBC Sounds (e.g. Radio 3 to play. I get the error This content doesn't seem to be working I can play the BBC stream on ...
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How to disable Opera alt button?

How to prevent Opera from showing opera menu on alt button press? Opera version: 10.60_pre6351, amd64, Gentoo (Linux) The menu that I am talking about is this:
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Change Folder Icons in Bookmark Bar on Chromium Based Browsers

I have been using Opera for a while and I love the icons style in bookmarks bar: Currently icons in Chromium based browsers(Chrome, Vivaldi, Brave, Edge, etc...) are like this: I would like to ...
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How to install Chrome extensions on Opera?

When I go to the chrome extension store, I cannot install ANY of its extensions. The add to google chrome button is greyed out, I don't see an add to opera button, and there is a warning saying "...
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How do i stop only a specific app from opening my web browser without stopping all other apps from opening url's windows 10

I have a program that I use every day, but every time I open it, it opens a browser tab advertising a YouTube channel, would there be a way to stop this application from opening my browser (opera) OR ...
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How to change the useragent of the Opera browser?

On Windows 7, Opera doesn't get anymore updates and some sites not allowing access, asking to update the browser. I utilized two extensions from the Chrome store that change the useragent but it'd not ...
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How do I find out where an Opera extension stores its data and settings?

I am trying to find where an Opera web browser extension stores its data and settings so I can make a backup. In my case, I am trying to find the Reddit Enhancement Suite extension's cache and ...
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Opera lost all data after autoupgrade to 102 on Windows 10 - how to recover it?

Today after laptop restart I noticed my seconday browser - Opera - autoupgraded, then it wasn't functional after startup - tabs were not connecting to websites. So I restarted it and noticed a huge ...
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Opera browser is not playing audio

My issue is that opera browser on windows has stopped playing audio , while chrome and other browsers and any other media player in my computer do. I've tried to check site settings but opera has ...
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How can I force a browser/site to not delete files it needs downloaded in order to run a browser game (keep its' cache)?

I'm playing a game in my browser (Opera) and it has a lot of menus etc. Some menus have images on them and every single time I visit that menu, the game has to run like 3 downloads to download those 3 ...
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Can't read text in google chrome

As you can see in screenshots below, I'm having a hard time reading specific texts in Google Chrome and Opera Browser. It's not a website issue, because: The same web page text in Microsoft Edge is ...
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.opera Folder keeps popping up in Downloads folder

About a month ago while installing software, I was inattentive and reckless and accidentally pressed the "Install Opera" Option on during the Software install. After noticing, I immediately ...
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How can I switch to new tab on open?

How do I force Opera to switch over to the tab I opened when I click on 'Open in new tab'? (I am opening a new tab because I want to see the content - opening it without switching to it seems useless ...
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Firefox, Chromium, Opera - A lot of IO on my SSD (PCIe NVMe) on Lubuntu

I hope this forum is the right one to ask, as this is related to web browsers and writing behaviours on SSD. I’m on Lubuntu 23.04 with Linux MYCOMPUTER 6.2.0-20-generic #20-Ubuntu SMP PREEMPT_DYNAMIC ...
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Any chance that Opera Bookmarks can be recovered after a Windows PC Reset?

After I reset my Windows PC, choosing to keep my personal data, I realized that I totally forgot to backup my Opera bookmarks! Trust me, learned my lesson, now I have an Opera account to automatically ...
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can I split a browser screen (same tab)

say I am viewing a large code chunk/article and when I read on, I want to keep one part as a reference. How can I do that? Sometimes duplicate page is not an option because access to the page may only ...
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nytimes webpage new feature "More to Discover": how to block?

How can I block the new feature on nytimes.com, which, when reading an article on their webpage, will scroll up a tab from the bottom of the browser window, called "More to Discover"? I've ...
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Disable text highlighting in search results (aka: #:~:text=)

Many search engines and browsers support highlighting of the matching text in the target web page once you've clicked the link in the search results by appending #:~:text= to the url and I'd like to ...
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How to switch between tabs in Opera?

This has got to be possible - I just don't see it: how do you change from one tab to another in Opera with the keyboard?
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Opera GX occasionally puts small banner ads in new tabs. How do I disable this?

In Opera GX, there are sometimes ads on the new tab page. They are easy enough to dismiss with a X button in the top corner. This is not adware, they are Opera GX themed and clearly intentional. I ...
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How can the default zoom size be set in Opera?

How can the default zoom size be set for newly opened pages in Opera? Opening a new empty tab in Opera, pasting in a URL and pressing Return displays the web page at zoom level 100%. How can it be ...
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Suspicious script meddling with /usr/bin/open

I'm on macOS Ventura 13.2.1 (22D68). I run a script in my computer and the outcome was pretty much as described in this post. So some files were installed to the /tmp/ folder, and the Opera browser ...
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Opera 11: Disable "suggestions" in search box

After installing Opera 11 I want to disable Search Suggestions. Right next to the address bar is a search box. When I start typing anything into it, after a moment search suggestions appear. So, ...
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How to Simply Dismiss Google Calendar Notification With Opera Browser

When I use Google Calendar with Opera browser, and I click on the "Close" or the "Snooze" button, it opens the dialog to edit the Event. When I use Edge or Chrome, clicking on ...
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Block content on a webpage in Firefox by clicking on things to block?

There are a few things I miss from my Opera 12 days, and one of them is that Opera allows blocking the content that we don't want by clicking on it, e.g. an ad image, or perhaps a div. When we click ...
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How to hide Opera's address bar in current tab (hotkey)?

What is the hotkey for hiding the current's tab address bar ? In the older versions of Opera it has been done by Ctrl + F8 link1 or link2but they have somehow changed it and I cannot find the ...
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"Insecure origins treated as secure" does not work in Opera

STR: Go to configuration in Opera: opera://flags/#unsafely-treat-insecure-origin-as-secure Set URL: https://self-signed.badssl.com/ Reload Opera Open entered URL from #2. Results: Expected: the ...
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Memory usage Task Manager

Task Manager is stuck in it's performance measurements. It won't update from the point I get when I boot it up: In addition to that Youtube video's break due to exceeding memory. So that's why I'm ...
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Why Opera browser gets NET::ERR_CERT_INVALID error for a website with self-signed certificate and does not allow to get in?

Test link: https://self-signed.badssl.com/ So, it says: Your connection is not private Attackers might be trying to steal your information from self-signed.badssl.com (for example, passwords, ...
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Is there's any way to lock particular tab so that it doesn't close with cmd/ctrl+w shortcut

On my mac when I use Opera and pinned a tab it doesn't close with cmd+w. But in Chrome even when I pinned an important (like working on some document writing) tab and accidently press cmd+w, it just ...
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My chrome can not sync and even edge and also chromium web browser can not save password too

I don't know what happened to my PC - all the chromium web browsers like Edge, Chrome, Opera can't save passwords. Even when I manually add password, it cannot save. My saved password session on ...
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How to disable web security on Opera browser?

I'm working on the version 89.0.4447.83 of Opera. I disabled web security on Opera on Windows 10 so I could retrieve information from web pages loaded in my iframe on my localhost. For this I used the ...
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Browser address bar often forgets the link after I press Enter and does nothing

I have this problem that is bothering me for quite some time and it happens on my desktop and laptops. It happens quite often, at least one time to a few times per day. I mainly use Chrome and Opera ...
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How to save (not to bookmark) multiple web pages using Opera Browser

I have HTML files containing huge lists of links to web pages <OL> <LI><A href='https://http://example.com&page=1'>page 1</A> <LI><A href='https://http://example....
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how to open text in webpage as link by right click "Go to web address" in new tab

This is related to Opera browser when browsing some pages we see some links display as normal text, for example google.com so if I want to visit the web page by this link, I select the text, right ...
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URL encoding - Opera versus Chrome

I am learning Russian language, so I go thru lots of Russian language pages. Sometimes I want to keep an URL in my notepad. There is a curious phenomenon at this moment : If I go to a certain page ...
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Is it possible to move multiple tabs to a new window in Opera?

Is it possible to select multiple tabs from one window in Opera and then move them to another/new window in one go - that is, without moving each tab individually? I'm not bothered if the ...
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Every browser I use deletes my saved passwords

Every time I exit a browser it deletes my saved passwords. I used opera before and it did the same thing so I switched to chrome but the issue still persists. The issue began after I was fumbling with ...
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Determine which Opera tab uses 100% CPU?

Sometimes a tab gets stuck at using all CPU time it can get. I know theres a way to check which one for Chrome or Firefox -- is there a native method and/or extension to do this in Opera? Checking ...
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How to set keyboard shortcuts for switching to the previous/the next windows in Opera?

I use the most updated version of Opera on macOS (version:82.0.4227.33 (x86_64)). Cmd+` does not work for switching between windows. There are no menu items for switching between windows, and I can't ...
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Import and export or credentials, cookies and data between browsers doesn't work in Debian Bullseye

I already had a solution, the LastPass Extension, but still, I want do know about this issue. I want to export and import not only the passwords, but all the cookies and data. The Firefox ESR, Opera ...
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Does Opera have config page like Firefox browser?

In Firefox browser you can type about:config in the address bar for a text-based list of features and options. Here you can modify values and add new entries. Does Opera browser offer a similar ...
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How to save app and open Window setup in macOS?

Is there a way to save all open apps, browsing windows and URLS, and windows positions so I can easily re-establish the same window/app state later on?
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With Chromium-based browsers, how to force-open an HTTP version of the site if HTTPS is also available?

Consider I want to open a website and force HTTP, even if an HTTPS version is available. For example, I want to browse http://deb.devuan.org/merged/dists/ (HTTP), because the HTTPS version presents ...
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Is documentation available on files and directories in the Opera profile folder?

To optimize backups on Ubuntu, I need to know what files and directories can be skipped. Mozilla has a nice documentation of the Firefox profile folder. Is such a page available for Opera? The ...

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