[Solved]unable to clean/remove an unfinished download

[A Former User]

A Former User last edited by leocg

i can't manage to delete an unfinished download from my 'downloads', it says it crashed and the page i downloaded it from no longer exists; every time i remove it manually, it reappears after re-opening opera, any help?

[sgunhouse]

sgunhouse Moderator Volunteer last edited by

You can clear all downloads from the list at once by clicking the Downloads icon in the address bar, then Clear.

[A Former User]

A Former User last edited by

thank you for the reply, of course i've had already tried that after re-opening opera it's still there.

[burnout426]

burnout426 Volunteer last edited by

You might have to delete history for all time via opera://settings/clearBrowserData.

Or, goto the URL opera://about and take note of the "profile" path. Then, close Opera. In Windows Explorer, goto that profile folder and delete the "History" and "History-journal" files.

Or, close Opera and edit the "History" file with an SQLite viewer/editor. Downloads are stored in the 'downloads' and 'downloads_url_chains' tables i guess.

[A Former User]

A Former User @burnout426 last edited by

@burnout426 thank you for the reply, i tried to first one, it's still there ..

idk how to delete the history files off using explorer

also, how do i get 'opera' to the SQLite viewer?

i'm not a skilled PC person as you can see.

[burnout426]

burnout426 Volunteer @Guest last edited by burnout426

@frozen99 said in unable to clean/remove an unfinished download:

idk how to delete the history files off using explorer

Try this instead:

• Close Opera.

• Open up a command prompt. To do so, on your keyboard, press the Windows key and r at the same time to open the run dialog, type cmd in the run dialog and press enter.

• In the command prompt, type:

    del "%APPDATA%\Opera Software\Opera Stable\History"
  

and press Enter. Then, close the command prompt.

Then, start Opera and see if the download is gone.

[burnout426]

burnout426 Volunteer last edited by

If that doesn't work, goto the URL opera://settings/clearBrowserData and delete "cached images and files" for "all time".

[A Former User]

A Former User @burnout426 last edited by

@burnout426 neither has worked

@burnout426 said in unable to clean/remove an unfinished download:

Try this instead:

• Close Opera.

• Open up a command prompt. To do so, on your keyboard, press the Windows key and r at the same time to open the run dialog, type cmd in the run dialog and press enter.

• In the command prompt, type:

    del "%APPDATA%\Opera Software\Opera Stable\History"
  

and press Enter. Then, close the command prompt.

Then, start Opera and see if the download is gone.

hasn't worked, nothing had happened after i pressed enter, maybe because i'm using opera developer?

[burnout426]

burnout426 Volunteer @Guest last edited by burnout426

@frozen99 said in unable to clean/remove an unfinished download:

because i'm using opera developer?

Yes. Then it'd be:

 del "%APPDATA%\Opera Software\Opera Developer\History"

You need to goto the URL opera://about and take note of the profile path and adjust the command accordingly.

[A Former User]

A Former User @burnout426 last edited by

@burnout426 said in unable to clean/remove an unfinished download:

opera://about

this is the profile path: C:\Users\Froze_000\AppData\Roaming\Opera Software\Opera Developer

[burnout426]

burnout426 Volunteer @Guest last edited by

@frozen99

Then:

del "%APPDATA%\Opera Software\Opera Developer\History"

and

del "C:\Users\Froze_000\AppData\Roaming\Opera Software\Opera Developer\History"

should both work to delete the History file in Opera Developer's profile directory.

[A Former User]

A Former User last edited by

@burnout426 now it says it couldn't have found either of those addresses ..

[burnout426]

burnout426 Volunteer @Guest last edited by burnout426

@frozen99 said in unable to clean/remove an unfinished download:

idk how to delete the history files off using explorer

In the run dialog or the command prompt, you can type explorer and press enter. Then, you can browse to the profile folder as seen in opera://about. Then, you can right-click on the "History" file and choose to delete it. In explorer, just make sure to click the "view" menu and check "hidden items" (or view -> folder options depending on your version of Windows).

[A Former User]

A Former User last edited by

@burnout426 when i type 'explorer' in either of those, My Computer opens

[burnout426]

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@frozen99 said in unable to clean/remove an unfinished download:

My Computer opens

Yes. You then goto the c: drive, then Users, then your username, then appdata, then Roaming, then Opera Software, then Opera Developer.

[A Former User]

A Former User last edited by

@burnout426 oh, alright, i did that and that seems to be the problem, after AppData, there's 'Local' file, 'Microsoft', 'Windows' and then two empty files 'INetCache' and INetCookies' and nothing else

[burnout426]

burnout426 Volunteer @Guest last edited by

@frozen99 said in unable to clean/remove an unfinished download:

after AppData, there's 'Local'

There should be "roaming" too.

[A Former User]

A Former User @burnout426 last edited by

@burnout426 yes found it! it was hidden and didn't appear before ..

[A Former User]

A Former User last edited by A Former User

@burnout426 deleted all, history/history provider cache/history-journal and it's still freaking there

[burnout426]

burnout426 Volunteer last edited by

Delete the "appdata/local/Opera Software/Opera Developer/cache" folder and see if that does it.