Pinboards disappearing
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A Former User last edited by
Hi all, I just came across this. My scenario is a bit different in that it appears as I believe I was synchronizing my pinboards.
It appears that went to remove Opera browser from a computer I was giving back to someone, I cleared all site information on that computer and it synchronized that clearing across to my main machine as well, which was logged out at the time.
That was a couple months ago, and I just noticed the missing pinboards now.
Luckily, I have a backup of my whole computer from Oct 2022, and after hours of scouring it, it seems the pinboard content is stored in the IndexedDB folder under pinboard.opera.com.
Steps to restore were:
- Shut down opera
- Go to the backup of IndexedDB/pinboard.opera.com* (2 of them)
- Copy those 2 folders into the current IndexedDB/pinboard.opera.com*
- restart opera
Voila, got my pinboards back.
I'll be backing this folder up regularly now.
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yurix-yt last edited by
hi.i know how to fix that.
- laft and up the window. click on opera gx icon
2.bookmarks
3.and " show bookmarks bar "
if that your mean...
and done . bye
- laft and up the window. click on opera gx icon
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wasatchrebel last edited by
I would have much rather stuck with the option to use Pinterest in the first place as I could see vanishing Pinboards eventually happening, yet it seemed that none of the Pinterest buttons would work in my version of Opera. Could you please make that operational again? It seems like a much better option for things we don't want to lose. Thanks.
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prston last edited by leocg
I found links to my Missing Pinboards on this Opera web page: https://www.sync.opera.com/pinboards
Or you can find your missing Pinboards via this link too: https://www.sync.opera.com/I restored my missing Pinboards by means of the procedure described below.
You must be signed in to your Opera account with Synchronization enabled. Go to Opera Settings - Synchronization - Advanced sync settings then checkmark Sync Everything
I think the latest version of CCleaner Pro wiped out my Opera Pinboards (from my PC cache). So, after restoring my Operal Pinboards, I went into CCLeaner Options - Cookies and found pinboard.opera.com and whitelisted that cookie.
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Lisak-CZ last edited by leocg
So many people and not one answer to where is the file where the pinboards are stored?
Are you kidding me? What kind of support is this?
I want to hear: "file in folder: "F:\Users"your account name"\AppData\Roaming\Opera Software\Opera Stable\Default\Bookmarks"
copy to the newly installed opera application to disk: "C:\Users"your account name"\AppData\Roaming\Opera Software\Opera Stable\Default\Bookmarks"
And you'll have your pinboards back.
But there is nothing like that here! And I ask why? Opera must have it stored like that somewhere, and don't tell me it isn't. It must be stored somewhere, I don't understand why I have the Opera Software folder on my computer, why are there so many files and data there? It must be stored somewhere in them damn it!
You can at least extract it manually from the bookmarks file, but it's a terrible job, I'll tell you that. -
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Zaul13 last edited by@prston This is the best solution, after opining all my pinboards they got restored, you just saved me from a catastrophe I love you so much (hopefully more ppl will see this so maybe they get it restored)
Your whole Opera account
Your PinboardsMy balls itch
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AmberTaylor098 last edited by
Hi Burnie
Losing your Pinboards on Opera can be frustrating, especially during its Beta phase. Typically stored locally, check your Opera profile folder (e.g.
, AppData\Roaming\Opera Software\Opera Stable on Windows) for any cached data. Ensure your browser is updated and try restarting Opera to see if they reappear. For ongoing issues, reporting bugs to Opera's support or forums can help (opera.com/support). Backup tips for Pinboards are crucial; https://www.opera.com/features/pinboards consider saving bookmarks or exporting data periodically to prevent loss. -
jason4prezz last edited by
Hello All
I just was having this problem as well and took a little bit to figure it out. At least for me, my pinboards finally synched when I went into each one individually and clicked share. Then enable the "Share pinboard with a link option" and it finally popped up on the synch page and showed up on my laptop. -
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MuckyPaws last edited by
@Roo53 i tried this for the 1st time last noght didnt even know it was a thing thought it was very good, moved lots of tabs, speed dials and bookmarks was goona delete all these last night but was too tired so was just gonna do it now until i see my pinboards are all missing..... tried this to see if they were here but turned out they weren't ( Local pinboards are stored as part of the site data of pinboard.opera.com ) so like yourself i will be giving this a miss..... pity
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Jimothyblues last edited by
yeah they still haven't fixed it, just lost a load of important medical information. very cool
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Aurora-Moonpaw last edited by
I haven't managed to have a single pinboard last longer than a day before its gone.
2025 now, apparently 3 years isn't long enough to fix this issue properly. -
Jap251015-2210 last edited by
Hello everyone in the forum, nice to meet you. I am a Japanese user.
My pinboard also disappeared, and it happened on October 15th at around 22:10 JST. I use two separate profiles, and I was trying out the pinboard feature with the second one since the beginning of this month. Despite not allowing cookies and using the GX Cleaner of OperaGX more than twice, my pinboard was fine for over 10 days. I restarted it multiple times and checked it, each time finding it secure, which made me relieved.
I knew it was a beta version and I did not use any external cleaning software, nor did I back it up. I didn’t use account synchronization or link sharing either. I understand my faults, and even knowing it was a beta version, I never expected it to disappear so easily. I thought that being in beta would only lead to minor display issues, text corruption, or disordered save sequences, but I accept that bugs are inevitable and I appreciate the effort of the developers who are working hard for us.
However, this was unexpected; it disappeared with just one restart. I have no idea which folder or file to back up from the Explorer’s user folder. I’m just an ordinary person with no technical knowledge and can’t do anything about it. I only managed to find a possible save location after discovering this forum. After realizing it was gone, I backed up all my user folders. If there’s a way to recover it, I would like to know. When I restored the tabs from the browser history, it stated that this pinboard was deleted, which saddened me deeply, as it was against my will.
I read that the pinboard information might be hidden in the bookmark file from this forum, so I tried it with a new profile, but I could only copy the bookmarks. I won’t give up hope; I am waiting for the developers to fix it so that my and everyone else's pinboard can be restored. I wish for the safety and recovery of all our pinboards.
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