How Can Opera Steal My Chrome Passwords and Bookmarks

[A Former User]

A Former User last edited by

Hello,
As soon as I downloaded Opera, all my Chrome bookmarks and passwords are transferred automatically to Opera, and while installing it, there were no checks for it!! How can I erase all data from Opera databases?
Regards.

[leocg]

leocg Moderator Volunteer last edited by

Opera, like many other browsers, import data from your default browser during installation.

To removed those bookmarks, just go to the bookmarks manger - click on the heart icon in the navigation bar on the left - and delete them.

[burnout426]

burnout426 Volunteer @Guest last edited by

@eyvz said in How Can Opera Steal My Chrome Passwords and Bookmarks:

and while installing it, there were no checks for it!!

Always click the "options" button in the installer. There's a checkbox for this.

[A Former User]

A Former User @burnout426 last edited by

@burnout426 No there is not! Or it is invisible

[A Former User]

A Former User @leocg last edited by

@leocg Thx for the reply, but it should not be, it is creepy that as soon as I download the browser, I see all my passwords transferred to another browser. It should not be! I do not know how this is possible. To be honest, I have no trust to Opera.

[sgunhouse]

sgunhouse Moderator Volunteer @Guest last edited by sgunhouse

@eyvz There is, though of course it says "default browser" and not Chrome by name.

And as far as "creepy", you'd need to ask Chrome why every other program can read your data rather than asking everyone else why. Opera does it because Firefox does, as does Chrome itself - to make the transition easier (so you don't have to do it yourself).

[A Former User]

A Former User @sgunhouse last edited by

@sgunhouse Maybe you are right about asking Chrome.