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How to delete data from Opera Link?

Friday, August 5, 2011 10:15:54 AM

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Currently there is no option to delete data from Opera Link quickly but you can delete by the following method.

  1. Create a backup of the following files. Click link to see file path.
  2. Enable Opera Link and enable the items you want to delete from Opera Link.
  3. The following will delete local data and synchronization will delete data from Opera Link.
    • Open manage bookmarks Ctrl + Shift + B, delete all bookmarks and then empty trash.
    • Open notes, delete all notes and then empty trash.
    • Ctrl + T > Delete all Speed Dials
    • Alt + P > Advanced > Content > Blocked Content... > Delete all blocked sites
    • F8 > ↓ > Delete all typed addresses
    • Alt + P > Search > Delete all search engines
    • Alt + P > Forms > Password Manager...> Delete all passwords
  4. Go to Opera Link and make sure bookmarks, notes and Speed Dials are empty.
  5. Disable Opera Link.
  6. Close Opera.
  7. Restore files from backup.

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Comments

Mağruf ÇolakoğluZAHEK Friday, August 5, 2011 10:53:44 AM

Yes the same exacly I do but it would be great if any option on Opera Link to do it easily.But Thanks.

Tamil Friday, August 5, 2011 10:57:40 AM

Originally posted by ZAHEK:

it would be great if any option on Opera Link to do it easily.

http://files.myopera.com/Tamil/Smilies/Yes.gif -

Anton DiazAntonDiaz Friday, August 5, 2011 11:23:14 AM

Not really clear deleting.

Tamil Friday, August 5, 2011 11:25:32 AM

confused

smyru Friday, August 5, 2011 11:37:49 AM

Well, at least for notes, SD and b'marks you could delete them via my.opera.com interface.

Tamil Friday, August 5, 2011 11:40:06 AM

It will take long time to delete all bookmarks or notes one by one.

smyru Friday, August 5, 2011 11:52:15 AM

True, just referered to "there is no option to delete data".

Mad Scientist (عادل)qlue Friday, August 5, 2011 5:20:35 PM

I'm still trying to figure out where we're sysncing our password with since this 'feature' isn't in Operamini! confused.

Tamil Friday, August 5, 2011 5:24:54 PM

To sync passwords when you use more than one desktop browser.

Mad Scientist (عادل)qlue Friday, August 5, 2011 7:25:36 PM

Originally posted by Tamil:

To sync passwords when you use more than one desktop browser.


doh. Only usefull if you own multiple pc's then! rolleyes.

Tamil Friday, August 5, 2011 7:32:26 PM

Originally posted by qlue:

Only usefull if you own multiple pc's then!

Nope, you can sync your home computer with work computer. p

Mad Scientist (عادل)qlue Friday, August 5, 2011 10:14:23 PM

Originally posted by Tamil:

Nope, you can sync your home computer with work computer.


I'm a Correctional Officer! I don't use a computer at work! irked. Besides, the Department's computers are connected to a pravate Intranet and can't sync via the Internet! awww. (pssst and they only use I.E. scared)

Tamil Saturday, August 6, 2011 12:46:55 AM

doh

Rafael Luikrafaelluik Saturday, August 6, 2011 11:08:39 PM

Originally posted by qlue:

Only usefull if you own multiple pc's then!

No, you can have multiple Opera browsers installed on the same computer or use different profiles of the same install (having different users on the machine for example)...
And everyone is hoping next Opera Mini & Mobile versions will be implementing the password sync. smile

So... About the process of deleting data from Opera Link servers... It really resets or simply deletes the things. Because I'm imagining it...
Suppose I want to reset the Opera Link's data to the default search engines, if I make the explained procedure it'll be marked I deleted my search engines... If I re-enable the sync it'll simply delete all the default search engines (no deal!). If I add manually the default search engines they won't receive updates like the suggestion update that was brought by Opera and users hadn't get it because they were not with the defaults (even a simple action of changing the default search engine makes them different and create a search.ini). The thing is: there's no way to get back the defaults after you delete them once and use Opera Link. :/

http://my.opera.com/community/forums/topic.dml?id=632032

Mad Scientist (عادل)qlue Sunday, August 7, 2011 12:24:55 AM

Originally posted by rafaelluik:

No, you can have multiple Opera browsers installed on the same computer


To what effect? Why not just open multiple instances of the same browser?
(and I don't think you can have the same binary installed twice without major hacking anyway! sherlock)
No the only practical use is to sysnc between two different computers! awww.
That is, until they bring this feature to Operamini! yes.

Rafael Luikrafaelluik Sunday, August 7, 2011 1:25:15 AM

Originally posted by qlue:

To what effect? Why not just open multiple instances of the same browser?

Because that's not possible.
For testing purposes.
For having different settings but the same SD, bookmarks, etc...
Opera Next (though it's dangerous and could make you lost your data).

Mad Scientist (عادل)qlue Sunday, August 7, 2011 1:40:11 AM

Originally posted by rafaelluik:

Because that's not possible.


Actually, Tamil has a post somewhere explaining how to do it! up.
But installing two copies of the same binary on one system is not possible. left.

Originally posted by rafaelluik:

For having different settings but the same SD, bookmarks, etc...


There are other ways to do this I'm sure! sherlock.
And you can add another user account to your computer, then that user will have their own unique settings anyway! up.
Of course, a second user is technically and practically a second (virtual) computer anyway! rolleyes.

Rafael Luikrafaelluik Sunday, August 7, 2011 1:48:30 AM

Originally posted by qlue:

Actually, Tamil has a post somewhere explaining how to do it! up.
But installing two copies of the same binary on one system is not possible. left.

Yes... But I don't think it'll work flawlessly...
Installing two copies of the same binary? Look, you can change the installation patch in Opera installer...

Mad Scientist (عادل)qlue Sunday, August 7, 2011 2:24:32 AM

Originally posted by rafaelluik:

installation patch in Opera installer...


You make it sound so trivial! lol. Actually, that would require a whole lot of hacking on a *nix based system! It's a lot easier to simply launch a second instance. (which is exactly what you would be doing anyway, just that you'd have two binaries instead of one! sherlock)
And, unless you want both instances running simultaneously, you can put different settings in your home folder and use a bit of jiggery-pokery to select which config path you want to use at launch! (you'd need the jiggery-pokery anyway, even with twp separate binaries as the path to your home folder won't change up)

Of course, I don't know squat about how the file-tree is organised in Windows, but I'd imagine that there must be a default path for binaries or there would be no way to prevent random binary files from masquerading as system/application binaries! scared.

Rafael Luikrafaelluik Sunday, August 7, 2011 2:37:46 AM

Ohh! I get it... I use Windows and was assuming you too.

Mad Scientist (عادل)qlue Sunday, August 7, 2011 2:50:51 AM

Originally posted by rafaelluik:

Ohh! I get it... I use Windows and was assuming you too.


That would explain the confusion! dohlol.
Although I honestly don't think that, even on Windows, it would make sense to install two binaries of the same application on one machine. And I would not install a testing (nightly build?) version on a production machine! I'd rather set-up a second system for testing purposes. (a virtual machine perhaps?)

Tamil Sunday, August 7, 2011 3:15:58 AM

Originally posted by qlue:

Actually, that would require a whole lot of hacking on a *nix based system!

You can download tar.gz or tar.bz2 package and run it without affecting existing Opera settings.

smyru Sunday, August 7, 2011 8:28:20 PM

Originally posted by qlue:

Originally posted by rafaelluik:

No, you can have multiple Opera browsers installed on the same computer

To what effect? Why not just open multiple instances of the same browser? (and I don't think you can have the same binary installed twice without major hacking anyway! sherlock) No the only practical use is to sysnc between two different computers! awww.



You can use various operating systems and share your data via Link. Or even on one OS have installed various Opera versions.

Mad Scientist (عادل)qlue Monday, August 8, 2011 12:22:48 AM

Originally posted by smyru:

You can use various operating systems and share your data via Link. Or even on one OS have installed various Opera versions.


Yes, this is true. My point is that even when I've had two or three OS' installed, I've only really used one. And I generally use one version of Opera, usually the latest 'stable' release. up.
In a similar vein, one could install every known browser out there on one's system. But why bother when you know that most of those browsers will never be used anyway! rolleyes.
Once I have a tool that works, I don't need another. If it ain't broke, don't fix it! p.

Charles SchlossChas4 Tuesday, August 9, 2011 9:29:47 PM

up

Anton DiazAntonDiaz Wednesday, August 10, 2011 11:57:17 AM

Originally posted by Tamil:

confused


I will explain it with an example.
For example, you have removed default Google search engine some time ago. In fact, Google search was not erased from configuration file, it only marked as "deleted". And this mark will be sent to Opera Link servers. Now you want to recover this Google search. You opens the search.ini and edits parameter "deleted" from "1" to "0" (this edit will not blocked by new Search Protect System). But you can not recover it because in next synchronization this parameter will be replaced to "1" again.

So it's not really clean data erasing from Link servers…

(sorry for bad English)

Tamil Wednesday, August 10, 2011 12:02:23 PM

There is a problem with search engines.

VasjaVasja72 Wednesday, August 10, 2011 6:40:00 PM

Cool!yes But it's really hard way. Easy way - don't use Opera Link. bigsmile
In any case, we aren't looking for easy ways. spock

Rafael Luikrafaelluik Wednesday, August 10, 2011 6:55:11 PM

Originally posted by AntonDiaz:

I will explain it with an example.

Thanks, my example looked complex! smile

mum1989 Sunday, September 11, 2011 3:24:37 PM

dont work for me too borring this method, so i will create a new Opera link's account

Tamil Sunday, September 11, 2011 3:27:28 PM

Try again.

Joseph Salepinuccio55 Thursday, September 29, 2011 2:38:52 PM

when I go to Opera home page and try to type an address by the time i type the second ww an address is already there.How do I clear all that?Please help!!!

Joseph Salepinuccio55 Thursday, September 29, 2011 3:00:29 PM

Thanks for the help Tamil I am sorry, tried and still does it.Can you explain in simpler terms? I am not that computer knowledge.don't know where the Addressfield Autocompletion is

Tamil Thursday, September 29, 2011 3:05:11 PM

Screenshot?

Joseph Salepinuccio55 Thursday, September 29, 2011 3:20:08 PM

?

Tamil Thursday, September 29, 2011 3:25:58 PM

Originally posted by pinuccio55:

Can you explain in simpler terms?

Just click the link, uncheck the box and save.

Joseph Salepinuccio55 Thursday, September 29, 2011 3:50:04 PM

Thanks for all your help and patience you in Europe?

Tamil Thursday, September 29, 2011 4:05:57 PM

Nope, India.

Unregistered user Monday, October 17, 2011 7:30:04 AM

Anonymous writes: I do have problem to log in to my account, but is this the solutio.... just an open account....?

Tamil Monday, October 17, 2011 9:26:47 AM

This is for deleting your data from Opera Link server.

Unregistered user Thursday, October 27, 2011 6:45:24 AM

Sandeep writes: I have installed opera mini 6.0 version it is not opening in my micromax 550. model and l want to delete it but there is no option. please help

Tamil Thursday, October 27, 2011 7:35:56 AM

Use Opera desktop.

Unregistered user Saturday, November 5, 2011 3:28:56 PM

Sandeep writes: Will pdf file open in micromax 550 model please tell.

Tamil Saturday, November 5, 2011 3:43:38 PM

Sorry, I don't know.

Unregistered user Monday, April 23, 2012 10:11:35 AM

Arne Steen writes: Hi, I have an Opera Link account, and the user name is asteen. By mistake, this account has been made inactive. Please make this account active again. -Please send an email to arne3679@gmail.com informing that the account has been made active again. Thanks, Arne Steen

Tamil Monday, April 23, 2012 11:21:37 AM

Post your request here.

Unregistered user Tuesday, April 24, 2012 9:41:41 AM

donpudi radamon writes: i can't see bangla front in my mobile phon.

Tamil Tuesday, April 24, 2012 11:05:14 AM

Sorry, no idea.

Unregistered user Tuesday, January 15, 2013 3:53:35 PM

Anonymous writes: Please, deleate all data my server

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