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    • pe73
      pe73 last edited by

      I've found a temporary solution until Opera fixes it.

      Unfortunately, it's quite a pain because you have to delete each history entry by swiping left and pressing the delete button. In this case, the history is deleted permanently.

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      • pe73
        pe73 last edited by

        What I really miss on this forum is the interaction of Opera staff. No one bothers to answer. The forum is run by Opera, so the lack of communication from Opera staff really sucks.

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        • kane12
          kane12 @pe73 last edited by

          @pe73 Yes it works, but it is a time-consuming process.

          Thanks

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          • pe73
            pe73 @kane12 last edited by

            @kane12
            In the meantime, I discovered a more friendly way of deleting history.

            If you have a long history and want to avoid deleting entry by entry do the following.

            Go to the menu and select the option to clear history, then open any web page, go back to the history and delete this entry manually, i.e. swipe left and press the delete button. After that, the history will remain cleared even after you clear Opera from your iPhone's cache.

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            • pe73
              pe73 last edited by

              Even the new version 4.6.0 of iOS/iPadOS Opera has not fixed this bug. It's an easily and fully reproducible bug, so it remains a mystery to me how Opera can ignore such an annoying bug. 👎🏻

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              • pe73
                pe73 last edited by

                Another way to permanently delete history and perhaps the most convenient is to leave at least one webpage open, then you can delete history in the Opera menu and close the open web page. After that the history remains cleared even after you clear Opera from the iPhone's cache.

                Regardless, this is still a bug that the Opera devs need to address!!

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                • jonaballen
                  jonaballen last edited by

                  Thank you for reporting this!

                  Its a known issue and we have a fix ready that is about to be released. However, the update is currently stuck in Appstore app review, so it got delayed. Once we have sorted out the issues it will be available.

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                  • pe73
                    pe73 last edited by

                    The bug has been fixed in the new version 4.6.1 of iOS/iPadOS.

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                    • jonaballen
                      jonaballen @pe73 last edited by

                      @pe73

                      Yes thanks!

                      We just managed to get the update approved and released this morning (CET).

                      Thanks again for reporting
                      Opera for iOS Product Team

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                      • pe73
                        pe73 @jonaballen last edited by

                        @jonaballen

                        You're welcome! I just wish there is more interaction with Opera devs on this forum. 😉

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                        • jonaballen
                          jonaballen @pe73 last edited by

                          @pe73
                          Duly noted, problem is time and resources, but we do check.
                          But we could/should interact more.

                          We appreciate the feedback nevertheless 🙏

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                          • pe73
                            pe73 @jonaballen last edited by

                            @jonaballen

                            Yeah, I know what you're talking about. 🙂

                            As far as I'm concerned, I try to only post important bugs or wishes. Well, actually I only have one and that is the full sync feature for Opera iOS/iPadOS. I've been using Opera since the good old Presto days. Actually, I have it on all Win & Apple devices and the lack of full sync on iOS is really giving me problems. So hopefully one day I'll be gifted by Opera devs. 😉

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