Ads in speed dial
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RoseMartland last edited by 19 Aug 2022, 04:33
Sneaky folks seem to keep moving the location of the setting! After mucking about, I finally found the current one, as of August 2022:
Settings->Basic "Allow Acceptable Ads" toggle to off.For those who need to find Settings, either:
-Click the gear in the left hand sidebar; or
-Click the sliders icon in the upper right "Easy Setup", just below the close-out X, scroll to bottom of pop-up menu "Go to full browser settings"; or
-Right click on any empty space on the start page, choose SettingsBasic is the top tab on the Left menu in Settings
Beneath Privacy Protection are:
Manage Exceptions
Manage Lists
Allow Acceptable Ads <- toggle that to off.I don't mind developers making money through ads, but unwanted ads in my speed dial moves the icons around so I have to pay attention to them, which defeats the purpose of speed dial in the first place. Opera is still my go-to browser [has been since the browser wars] so it was worth finding a solution. But from what I can easily find, this setting keeps being relocated and re-named, probably to reduce the number of users opting out. That's a very, very, bad plan! People who use Opera are dedicated, but will jump to a different browser if Opera becomes annoying or just as big a resource hog as the other options. Stop playing silly games with your users!
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Root422 last edited by 14 Aug 2023, 13:36
As of August 2023 The settings are under "Privacy and security", at the bottom of the category, named "Receive promotional Speed Dials, bookmarks and campaigns" and "Display promotional notifications" respectively.
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rogbiz last edited by 15 Aug 2023, 07:11
@root422 Regrettably there's no such options in my Privacy and Security section.
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thesophile last edited by 26 Sept 2023, 02:47
@root422 Thanks, I was just going to uninstall opera.
Can't they just put these ads in a separate section, like the "suggested bookmarks" section? This is very annoying, and defeats the purpose of "speed dial" if I have to search among these ads to find my bookmarked site. -
A Former User last edited by 20 Feb 2024, 00:37
@thesophile incase you or anyone else was still wondering, after you successfully get all the tile ads removed, there's one last pesky search engine looking ad(walmart.com for me) that you cslan get gone by hitting the little down arrow, then the x. Don't click the little fake search engine ad, just the tiny little down arrow, then the x. After doing this, it did not return. I hate how such a nice browser can be so scummy. The settings to remove them constantly change and it's highly annoying! Hope this helps, friend!
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KitsuneAkki last edited by 22 Mar 2024, 08:04
@cska133 in the Privacy and Security section at the bottom:
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leocg Moderator Volunteer last edited by 22 Mar 2024, 11:34
@kitsuneakki This is Opera for Android area of the forum.
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KitsuneAkki last edited by 22 Mar 2024, 11:43
@leocg apologies i see that now, is there the desktop version this can be rather moved to please for reference for folks who are trying to stop this annoyance?
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MikeR78 last edited by 21 Nov 2024, 16:06
How to do this? The Android version, people keep posing on how to do it for the desktop version.