Wrong number of synced tabs in sync.opera.com.
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leocg Moderator Volunteer last edited by
@forestworker90 So you only installed Opera twice, one for each device? You never had to reinstall Opera, you never needed to create a new profile directory?
Logging out from Sync wouldn't solve the problem because we are not talking about tabs from the current Opera installation but from other previous ones.
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FORESTWORKER90 last edited by@leocg But why this mess of repeating tabs?
Since I have removed all the tabs from all opera browsers then why "https://www.sync.opera.com/tabs" and "search tabs" magnify glass icon near top right shows them?
I didnt realized opera was freaked up in its basic operations and processes.
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leocg Moderator Volunteer last edited by
@forestworker90 You install Opera in your computer, log in to sync and start using it. You open tabs that are synced as should. Let's call it installation/device A.
Then for some reason, you need to reinstall Opera or create a new profile directory. For Sync it will be a different installation, a different "device", that we will call device B.
So, for Sync, there will be opened tabs from device A and, now, the ones from device B. And since device A no longer exists, Sync doesn't get info from it and doesn't know what to do with its data.
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hvalenti last edited by
I'm having the same problem.
I obviously don't have 2876 open tabs.. I have 4 on desktop and 1 on mobile.
When I see the list of open tabs I see the same device (my desktop) appearing multiple times with different tabs that I opened ages ago.I also do not have 9 devices in use.. I have 2.
How can I clean up this mess?
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tamikonatsu last edited by
@hvalenti Pretty sure it's a bug for the open tabs, I've cleared my store data multiple times and yet still shows me with 200+ tabs, all for my browser, and disabling syncing on tabs does nothing.
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hvalenti last edited by
@tamikonatsu Exactly, I've done the same and still have this issue. It's really annoying, I was using sync.opera a lot previously but now it's useless.
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peuuuurnoel last edited by
I've the same issue. Looks like device ID in synced tabs changes every times you restart your browser, generating a new device entry in opera://activity.
Posted a video here to show you the issue: https://forums.opera.com/post/286761
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tamikonatsu last edited by
@peuuuurnoel Saw that when I first went looking a few weeks ago. Got frustrated at the many "oh you need to do this" replies when you and others had clearly stated, you'd already done everything suggested.
Mine was doing it on a brand new PC, shiny and fresh, no previous installs of opera, that shows its a bug. -
hvalenti last edited by
@peuuuurnoel Thank you! I think the video clearly shows that this is a bug. Hopefully one of the moderators will notice this and report. Thanks again for your help.
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LonelyCrow last edited by
having this same issue, i'll probably reset my sync data to get rid of them for now. still, opera fix this!!!
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handyguy last edited by leocg
I have logged off and on again, and re-synced all my devices and opera for windows. Flow, bookmarks, speed dials etc. are all correctly synced, but Opera for windows show other devices tabs has not cleaned up, It shows two entries for each of my other devices (one is correct, one is old) as well as an old device. Is there a way to clean up these entries?
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LeonardoJose last edited by
@tamikonatsu said in Wrong number of synced tabs in sync.opera.com.:
@peuuuurnoel Saw that when I first went looking a few weeks ago. Got frustrated at the many "oh you need to do this" replies when you and others had clearly stated, you'd already done everything suggested.
Mine was doing it on a brand new PC, shiny and fresh, no previous installs of opera, that shows its a bug.Still waiting someone responce?
Tell me the name which we can check from it? -
leocg Moderator Volunteer last edited by
@leonardojose It's a known issue and will be fixed at some point.
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A Former User last edited by
I thought that the problem was caused by leaving pinned tabs in the browser, now I see that it is not
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Leeellis47 last edited by
@hvalenti I know I loved being able to work on something on my laptop and then hopping on my desktop to continue the work, now it's impossible unless you want to sift through hundreds of tabs that have already been closed and are not open on any device. Yet opera still has them open. If they could just let us manually clean out the opened tabs we would be fine but there is no way to correct this as of right now
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Leeellis47 last edited by
@leocg It is 2023 is there a fix yet or should we just forget we ever asked?
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hvalenti last edited by
@leeellis47 Totally agree. I used it all the time before and it was SO useful. I've now switched to Firefox. I loved Opera but after installing some add-ons and changing some settings I'm very happy with Firefox too, it just needed some configuring.
