Remove word from dictionary

[A Former User]

A Former User last edited by

I accidentally added a word to the dictionary and need to remove it.

There's an old thread in the Opera for Linux forum that suggests the file is in ~/.config/opera but I don't have a directory there. Another post in the thread suggested the file name is "Custom Dictionary.txt" and there's no such file on my Mac. I'm guessing the info is either out-of-date or different from what's on a Mac.

I'm using Opera 66.0.3515.72 on OSX 10.15.3.

Thanks in advance.

Please someone help.

[leocg]

leocg Moderator Volunteer last edited by leocg

Can't you use the settings page for it? opera://settings/languages

[A Former User]

A Former User @leocg last edited by A Former User

@leocg All that gives me are options to add more languages, order them, and turn spellcheck on or off.

[leocg]

leocg Moderator Volunteer @Guest last edited by

@lth2h So you don't have opera://settings/editDictionary?

[A Former User]

A Former User @leocg last edited by

@leocg Doesn't look like it. opera://settings/editDictionary just takes me back to the settings page.

[leocg]

leocg Moderator Volunteer @Guest last edited by

@lth2h Okay, so it seems that it isn't available in Opera for Mac.

[leocg]

leocg Moderator Volunteer @Guest last edited by

@lth2h On Windows there is Custom Dictionary.txt and words added to the dictionary shows up there.

Do you have any Dictionary or Huspell folder under Opera's profile directory?

[A Former User]

A Former User last edited by

In ~/Library/Application Support/com.operasoftware.Opera there is a dictionary directory. It contains only dictionaries.xml which looks more like data telling where to download dictionaries and giving licensing and author information.

[leocg]

leocg Moderator Volunteer @Guest last edited by

@lth2h I remember that there used to be some .zip files with the dictionaries. But I guess before Opera start using Chromium dictionaries.

[A Former User]

A Former User @Guest last edited by

@lth2h said in Remove word from dictionary:

In ~/Library/Application Support/com.operasoftware.Opera there is a dictionary directory. It contains only dictionaries.xml which looks more like data telling where to download dictionaries and giving licensing and author information.

ok sir but is your problem solved or not?

[A Former User]

A Former User @Guest last edited by

@wilson1379 No it is not.

[sgunhouse]

sgunhouse Moderator Volunteer last edited by

Add a new word, then search for files modified at that time?

[bo3gyx]

bo3gyx last edited by

Hi! Same problem here.
I find out, that custom dictionary is stored at: /System/Volumes/Data/Users/username/Library/Application Support/com.operasoftware.Opera/Custom Dictionary.txt

[bo3gyx]

bo3gyx @bo3gyx last edited by

@bo3gyx I tried to delete that incorrect word from the file, tried to delete this file, tried to add new word into this custom dictionary but opera thinks that the first incorrect word is still correct.
Also, opera restart and reboot of mac not helped...

[bo3gyx]

bo3gyx @bo3gyx last edited by

find the solution!
your also need to delete incorrect word from:

/System/Volumes/Data/Users/username/Library/Spelling/LocalDictionary

and reboot your mac.
after that - everything is ok!

[krischik]

krischik @leocg last edited by

@leocg The question was not to remove the language but to remove a single word. And that problem still exists.

Anyway, Opera uses the macOS spell checker so the user defined dictionaries are in ~/Library/Spelling.