Uninstalling Opera not possible through Control Panel

[A Former User]

A Former User last edited by leocg

I was having problems with Opera and wanted to uninstall and reinstall. However, I cannot uninstall Opera using my Control Panel, nor can I get it to work. anyone else having this problem?

[leocg]

leocg Moderator Volunteer @Guest last edited by

@killians913 You can't uninstall because....?

Did you already try a reinstall?

[A Former User]

A Former User last edited by

Reinstall? I received some kind of notification that there was a "newer
" version of Opera and assumed that I had to delete what was already installed. Are you aware of it? Opera GX?

[leocg]

leocg Moderator Volunteer @Guest last edited by leocg

@killians913 Why would you need to uninstall the current build/version before updating to the new one?

Just apply the update.

But how it's related to you not being able to uninstall Opera?

[A Former User]

A Former User last edited by

Apparently, Opera GX is a gaming browser? Should one conclude that it is better to install it versus the plain Opera? I don't really understand the difference in practical use. Can you help?

[burnout426]

burnout426 Volunteer @Guest last edited by

@killians913 said in Uninstalling Opera not possible through Control Panel:

Apparently, Opera GX is a gaming browser?

Yeah, don't worry about it for now. Just keep using regular Opera. Just goto https://www.opera.com/ to download Opera and install it again. That should fix it.

If you do install Opera GX though, it'll be installed along side Opera and use a separate profile etc. It won't interfere with your normal Opera. You can have both if you want.