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    • 0P3RA-US3R
      0P3RA-US3R last edited by

      @leocg

      It's me again. The size information seems only to be in the mobile app. I tried Opera for Windows again and there is a windows where you can select what to delete and which period. When you start Opera without internet connection you can press the button to clear everything but the round "it's running" symbol just spins and nothing happens.

      As soon you have internet it works when you press this button.

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      • leocg
        leocg Moderator Volunteer @0P3RA-US3R last edited by

        @0p3ra-us3r Couldn't reproduce it here.

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        • 0P3RA-US3R
          0P3RA-US3R last edited by

          That's strange. I tested it on different PCs with different Windows versions and different Opera versions. The problem always occurred.
          And of course in the mobile app.

          Maybe there is someone else who could try to reproduce it.

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          • burnout426
            burnout426 Volunteer last edited by

            Cannot confirm on Win11. Clearing cache or all items works fine if I start Opera without internet.

            Does this happen in a standalone installation also?

            Opera you using Opera Sync?

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            • 0P3RA-US3R
              0P3RA-US3R @burnout426 last edited by

              @burnout426

              Hi, I used a portable version of Opera but I installed a completely new copy today in W10 and it had the same problem.

              I don't use sync yet.

              I tested Opera, Opera Beta, Opera Developer
              Systems: Windows 7, Windows 10, Android

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              • burnout426
                burnout426 Volunteer @0P3RA-US3R last edited by

                @0p3ra-us3r Hmm, strange.

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                • donq
                  donq @0P3RA-US3R last edited by

                  @0p3ra-us3r
                  Can this behavior depend on "Help improve Opera by sending feature usage information" check in settings? Most old users have this unchecked, in new installs it is checked by default.

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                  • 0P3RA-US3R
                    0P3RA-US3R @donq last edited by

                    @donq

                    Hi, it was unchecked. I activated it but nothing changed.

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                    • 0P3RA-US3R
                      0P3RA-US3R last edited by

                      Hello everyone 🙂

                      It seems the problem only occurs when the internal Opera-VPN is enabled.

                      Before the cache is cleared Opera tries to connect to the VPN. Of course this does not succeed without internet access and therefore clearing the cache does not work.

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                      • burnout426
                        burnout426 Volunteer @0P3RA-US3R last edited by

                        @0p3ra-us3r Opera was able to confirm this and bug DNA-98138 was filed for this. Thanks.

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                        • 0P3RA-US3R
                          0P3RA-US3R @burnout426 last edited by

                          @burnout426

                          Great 🙂 Was some work to find the problem but I'm happy that this is something that will be fixed 👍🏻🙂

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