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    Deleting separate History entries is slow beyond any common sense.

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    • fobofobik
      fobofobik last edited by

      i have a problem quite similar to this. when i try to delete an entry, whole history window becomes unresponsive. it locks itself, the whole history entry disappears even. it's really annoying and forces me to switch browser when i don't want to.

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      • burnout426
        burnout426 Volunteer last edited by

        There's a performance fix for deleting history that came out in Opera Developer 100.0.4796.0. Please test in the latest Opera Developer (100.0.4801.0 at the moment) to see if this issue is fixed too or not.

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        • fobofobik
          fobofobik last edited by

          Hello @burnout426, the latest version of Opera Dev. browser is working perfectly fine. I can delete single history entries both from mini history pop-up and history window. However, i got used to some of GX features such as keybord and tab sounds. Do i get to unlock similar sounds with Opera Dev. browser?

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          • leocg
            leocg Moderator Volunteer @fobofobik last edited by

            @fobofobik Opera Developer doesn't have it.

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            • immamangoman
              immamangoman last edited by

              Your version isLVL 4 (core: 98.0.4759.82)
              opera GX still having this issue

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              • adyendre
                adyendre @immamangoman last edited by

                @immamangoman Yeah still an issue, any updates? It is really annoying, I have a 12MB history file.

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                • dedar
                  dedar last edited by

                  Had same issue on mac os and windows...
                  firt I installed the actual version and than I used:
                  actualisation & restore... with keping my data...
                  it solve the problem for now...

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                  • dedar
                    dedar last edited by

                    Had same issue on mac os and windows...
                    firt I installed the actual version and than I used:
                    actualisation & restore... with keping my data...
                    it solve the problem for now...
                    but first, sync what's important because this action deleted my bookmarks and all opened tabs...
                    history was untouched and extensions also

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                    • beacon07
                      beacon07 @burnout426 last edited by

                      @burnout426 Slow deletion of history on opera has been an issue for a while now.

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                      • siraniks
                        siraniks last edited by

                        It is also my problem too ... history takes time to load and deleting one entry takes 3 seconds to load before it updates ...

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                        • emir0723
                          emir0723 last edited by

                          My version is 100.0.4815.54 and I'm having the same problem for a while. Deleting entries is extremly hard and besides that history tab is problematic as while. Multiple times I come up to a empty page when I open the history page.

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                          • SuperKoshej613
                            SuperKoshej613 @SuperKoshej613 last edited by leocg

                            @superkoshej613
                            Still persists. Even the most newest update still "silently nudges" me to clean my History at least weekly, or the OP problem comes back. How about you actually fix the stupid coding that causes the number of entries to be a problem to begin with? Because if it was just a text file, I'm pretty sure there would NOT be ANY delays or problems. So who needs this dumb encoding anyways? I sure don't.

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                            • allanfelipe
                              allanfelipe last edited by

                              I use Opera for a long time and always recommended it, but unfortunately these "small" things, like the delay when deleting history entries, impossibility to disable the mute button in tabs, the existence of a border, crashes where I lost all my open tabs ... are pushing me towards Vivaldi.

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                                • Mrmilesmano
                                  Mrmilesmano last edited by

                                  Deleting one single entry seems to last more than 5 seconds and only have a month of entries. I also have has to crash the Opera.exe program several times for eating up all of my RAM. If these bugs are not fixed, I'm bailing out for a different browser. It is irritating that Opera thinks so poorly of its users.

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                                  • SuperKoshej613
                                    SuperKoshej613 @Mrmilesmano last edited by

                                    @mrmilesmano
                                    Note: This is the Opera Forum... So, yeah. Nice, nice.
                                    Good question: Why am I still using it? I mean, nostalgia and esthetic conditioning, yes, but why really?

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                                    • SuperKoshej613
                                      SuperKoshej613 @SuperKoshej613 last edited by

                                      Interesting. It seems that 103 finally fixed this nonsense today. Bumping this thread for others to share their experience. How is it, guys?

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                                      • allanfelipe
                                        allanfelipe last edited by

                                        I've just updated: 103.0.4928.16. Same thing, no changes, slow as usual.

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                                        • SuperKoshej613
                                          SuperKoshej613 @allanfelipe last edited by leocg

                                          @allanfelipe Well, someone posted a thread complaining that it Started causing issues only now. I really guess it's a case by case issue, it seems.

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                                          • bitrat
                                            bitrat @SuperKoshej613 last edited by

                                            @superkoshej613
                                            I have found a solution to my problem:
                                            In the Opera installation directory there is in the folder
                                            "Profile" => "Data" a file called "History".

                                            Make a copy of the file "History" (backup) and open
                                            the original file "History" with an editor.
                                            Delete everything in this file and save it, so that you now have an empty file.

                                            Now just start Opera and test it.

                                            For me the browsing history is now normal fast again.
                                            I mean it is even faster than before.

                                            I wonder that the file "History" contains entries and surfing traces, although you have deleted the history (everything) (?)

                                            Dear Dev's, why is this?

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