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    • loopy1945
      loopy1945 @leocg last edited by

      @leocg

      Thank you for your reply. Much appreciated.
      I have turned it off several times but it doesn't do anything the icon is still on the address bar and speed dial is always the new tab page. I have a new tab page I want to use that's much prettier and more useful for me. It's the most annoying thing ever.

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      • leocg
        leocg Moderator Volunteer @loopy1945 last edited by

        @loopy1945 What icon? Hiding Speed Dial will only remove the Speed Dial section of the start page, which is the default new tab

        Opera doesn't allow you to change new tab page, although there are some workarounds using extensions.

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        • burnout426
          burnout426 Volunteer last edited by

          You can't remove the start page icon from the address bar. But, you can use the New Tab Start Page extension to set the new tab page to the page you want. You can even use the extension to set the new tab page to a page from an extension via that page's chrome-extension://id/filename.html URL.

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          • loopy1945
            loopy1945 last edited by

            @leocg
            They won't 'allow' you? Very disappointed. There is a speed dial button my address bar.. SpeedDial Button.png
            I thought browsers were for anyone. You should at least have the option to not use. Well so much for choice....like the government.
            I will just go back to my slow old chrome. Too bad. Except for that one thing.
            Thanks

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            • loopy1945
              loopy1945 @burnout426 last edited by

              @burnout426
              Ok thanks. I will try doing that. Thanks for the info

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              • leocg
                leocg Moderator Volunteer @loopy1945 last edited by

                @loopy1945 It's, in fact, the start page button.

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                • oddssatisfy
                  oddssatisfy last edited by oddssatisfy

                  Go to sidebar >Settings(cogwheel)>Privacy & Protection> scroll down to advanced and open>scroll to start page> select Hide Speed Dial and it's gone

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                  • oddssatisfy
                    oddssatisfy @loopy1945 last edited by

                    @loopy1945 said in Can't hide Speed Dial:

                    Hi
                    This may sound odd but I want to totally do away with speed dial. To me, it is horrid and invasive. I don't want it or need it but I've tried all the 'fixes' I see online and nothing works. In settings it says 'Hide Speed dial' but that doesn't work either. I have a new tab page that I love and want to use. I was able to use my own start page so is there a way to use my own new tab page? They should at least make speed dial an option and not mandatory. Thanks for any help. My browser is Version:93.0.4585.37

                    are you still having the issue?

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                    • loopy1945
                      loopy1945 @oddssatisfy last edited by

                      @oddssatisfy
                      As far as opening a new tab, yes I am still having this issue.

                      Norma C

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                      • loopy1945
                        loopy1945 @leocg last edited by

                        @leocg
                        but the start page is a speed dial is it not? a couple of websites I go to on Opera either don't work or it will not accept the url.. I copied the url from Chrome to Opera and still got an error trying to log in.
                        This is all info and things that just don't seem to work the way I think they should.

                        Thanks for your help. Much appreciated

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                        • leocg
                          leocg Moderator Volunteer @loopy1945 last edited by

                          @loopy1945 Nope, Speed Dial is part of the start page, it's a section of it

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                          • frntmn1955
                            frntmn1955 @burnout426 last edited by

                            @burnout426 ...I was about to uninstall Opera because of not being able to remove some news sources, but the New Tab Start Page extension fixed it. I no longer use the speed dial page at all. (It's really dumb that I can't edit the news sources...would have been a deal breaker for me)

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                            • loopy1945
                              loopy1945 @leocg last edited by

                              @leocg
                              I don't have a problem with the start page. It's the new tab page that I have a problem with but it's ok. I've gone back to chrome. It works ok....just slow.

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                              • leocg
                                leocg Moderator Volunteer @loopy1945 last edited by

                                @loopy1945 I was just answering your question.

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                                • bneten9
                                  bneten9 Banned @burnout426 last edited by

                                  @burnout426 Thanks for the information trying to do so.

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                                  • jfbbfj
                                    jfbbfj @oddssatisfy last edited by

                                    @oddssatisfy That does not work in today's Opera.

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                                    • leocg
                                      leocg Moderator Volunteer @jfbbfj last edited by

                                      @jfbbfj Yep, it still works.

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                                      • SaeedP
                                        SaeedP last edited by

                                        @oddssatisfy said in Can't hide Speed Dial:

                                        Privacy & Protection

                                        This on works on Opera 100 and newer version: Go to "Settings" and then type "Hide Speed Dial" and switch it on.
                                        8eccf6d3-5c08-496a-846d-9c2918bd6ea8-image.png

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                                        • WATxCraft
                                          WATxCraft @oddssatisfy last edited by

                                          @oddssatisfy Thanks for your help and it worked with me ! ❤️

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