rid of ad on desktop

[joana39]

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i had and think i still do, have opera..i mistakenly deleted the icon on my desktop so i went to opera and the screen came up saying it had been updated but when i click on opera now, all the ads for opera come up on screen and i cant delete it..how do i do that so i get my original screen back with my icons? thanks for any help you can give to me...

[leocg]

leocg Moderator Volunteer @joana39 last edited by

@joana39 Opera One or Opera GX?

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leocg Moderator Volunteer @joana39 last edited by

@joana39 What ads are talking about?

[joana39]

joana39 @leocg last edited by

@leocg the ad telling all about the updated opera...i can't get rid of all that so i can go to my icons

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leocg Moderator Volunteer @joana39 last edited by

@joana39 You mean the page saying that Opera was updated/upgraded?

[joana39]

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@leocg i'm not sure, i've had opera for quite a while and have not added anything to it...i like at as a browser and want to use it but cant get rid of all stuff telling about the new opera which if i remember correctly is the opera one...i just want to go back to the regular opera that i had...

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joana39 @leocg last edited by

@leocg yes that and that they want me to download opera one which i dont really want to do so i need to get all that off the screen so i can go to the browser part of opera...if i click on the x it takes me out of opera altogether, i just want the pages that tell me its been updated and want me to download the opera one to go away...

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leocg Moderator Volunteer @joana39 last edited by

@joana39 That page should show up only when Opera is updated, for some reason yours keep displaying it.

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leocg Moderator Volunteer @joana39 last edited by

@joana39 Do you have a screenshot? The page saying that Opera was updated opens ina regular tab and doesn't prevent anyone from using Opera.

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joana39 @leocg last edited by

@leocg i really appreciate all your help but i don't have a camera or a phone that takes pictures..this whole thing from it telling me it was updated to wanting me to download opera one takes up the whole page and even more if i keep scrolling with opera telling me all the good things about opera one..i can't get rid of those pages to use the browser as intended..i'm really sorry for being such a pain but i can't use opera with all this on my screen and not being able to delete it all...

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joana39 @leocg last edited by

@leocg what it should be doing isnt doing it because the update being done and wanting me to download opera one is taking up the whole page plus more pages telling me about opera one if i keep scrolling...those pages won't go away and i need them to so i can use opera as my browser...

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leocg Moderator Volunteer @joana39 last edited by

@joana39 You can take the screenshot on the computer. Press PrintScreen key or check if there is a key with a camera on your keyboard.

You can also use Opera's snapshot tool or Windows snapshot tool.

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leocg Moderator Volunteer @joana39 last edited by

@joana39 What happens when you close the tab?

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leocg Moderator Volunteer @joana39 last edited by

@joana39 Yep, that page should only loads when there is an update. Don't know why it's not working that way for you.

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its there like its supposed to be i just can't get it off lol lol i bet you never had this problem before huh...do you think i should download the opera one like its asking me to? or just forget the whole thing???

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leocg Moderator Volunteer @joana39 last edited by

@joana39 Unless you are using Opera GX or a very old version of Opera, you may already have Opera One

What version of Opera do you have?

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joana39 @leocg last edited by

@leocg i have no idea, all it said was opera..but when i get the page telling me that opera was updated successfully, it also wants me to download opera one which i really don't want to do..i was happy with just good old opera...i'm old and am not computer savvy at all...

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leocg Moderator Volunteer @joana39 last edited by

@joana39 You can check your Opera version in opera://about or in opera://version.