<![CDATA[Multiple profiles support]]>Hey guys,

Is there any plan to build in support for multiple profiles in Opera as a GUI feature (not manual changes)? I seem more and more dependant in switching between my Home/Work/Guest profile, and Chrome supports this very smoothly, making it a game breaker.

Maybe there is a plugin that I am not aware of? Is there a feature request tracker that I am not aware of where this can be suggested?

Cheers!

]]>https://forums.opera.com/topic/20816/multiple-profiles-supportRSS for NodeThu, 11 Jun 2026 05:16:48 GMTThu, 18 May 2017 08:50:33 GMT60<![CDATA[Reply to Multiple profiles support on Sun, 12 Jul 2020 06:35:42 GMT]]>To help others like me looking still for this option and found this topic, What I did was simply install the opera beta version https://www.opera.com/computer/beta and that's it! I use my personal profile with the beta, and the original installation for my work profile.

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/217582https://forums.opera.com/post/217582Sun, 12 Jul 2020 06:35:42 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Multiple profiles support on Wed, 13 Mar 2019 13:36:00 GMT]]>@roliii

As I've read, on Mac they use Alias for that, look the guide or google about "Create alias for terminal command".

Also, this Vivaldi steps maybe helps you.

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/165826https://forums.opera.com/post/165826Wed, 13 Mar 2019 13:36:00 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Multiple profiles support on Wed, 13 Mar 2019 05:41:33 GMT]]>@zalex108 Thank you again for your answer. I will fight this evening maybe I will be able to add an abbreviation. At the moment I can't see how to personalize the shortcut. I don't know how to add --user-data-dir= to this shortcut.

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/165812https://forums.opera.com/post/165812Wed, 13 Mar 2019 05:41:33 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Multiple profiles support on Tue, 12 Mar 2019 23:15:28 GMT]]>Hi,
I don't own a Mac so I'll tell you about remembering (and some search).

About the Shortcuts, this guide may help you.

About the command line, I remember some users launching the profile right from terminal, but the easy way should be creating the needed shortcuts.

The profiles are hidden, look at "Opera about" to find the path for the profile and the App.

As per Vivaldi, their Profile (3 years ago) is located at
"~/Library/Application Support/Vivaldi/Default/",
so I suppose that Opera should be on "~/Library/Application Support/Opera/Data or Default/"

For the App path maybe it's something to this:
/Applications/Opera.app/Contents/MacOS/Opera
or
~/Library/Application Support/com.operasoftware.Opera

So, for the full command/shortcut you may need something like:
"~/Library/Application Support/com.operasoftware.Opera" --user-data-dir="~/Library/Application Support/OperaProfileStudy/Data or Default/"
Where OperaProfileStudy will be the container folder for the custom profile.

On the other side,
If you create a Base profile, you just need to copy and rename to the desired profile name, otherwise, Opera will create it from scratch once you run the command.

I recommend to keep a shortcut for the base profile to make updates easily.

As I've read on Vivaldi's forum, there is an explorer which seems to help on your purpose.

Midnight commander.
http://macappstore.org/midnight-commander/
http://louise.hu/poet/midnight-commander-for-mac-os-x/

To show Hidden Files:
https://forums.opera.com/post/116647

Some other info about MacOs paths:
https://forums.opera.com/post/68510

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/165796https://forums.opera.com/post/165796Tue, 12 Mar 2019 23:15:28 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Multiple profiles support on Tue, 12 Mar 2019 20:06:50 GMT]]>@zalex108 Thank you for your answer. I don't know how to create a shortcut in MacOS using the above mentioned parameters ;(.
"Path to Opera App" --user-data-dir="Path to custom profile"
Additionally, I don't know how to create an alternative profile, copy the first one and change the name?

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/165792https://forums.opera.com/post/165792Tue, 12 Mar 2019 20:06:50 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Multiple profiles support on Tue, 12 Mar 2019 17:51:50 GMT]]>@roliii said in Multiple profiles support:

How to add several profiles in the latest Opera version? Unfortunately, doubling the installation does not work.

Read the above posts/links to create the different shortcuts.

You can even create a Base profile with the most needed settings and extensions and then start the profiles with them.

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/165785https://forums.opera.com/post/165785Tue, 12 Mar 2019 17:51:50 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Multiple profiles support on Tue, 12 Mar 2019 10:14:42 GMT]]>How to add several profiles in the latest Opera version? Unfortunately, doubling the installation does not work.

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/165776https://forums.opera.com/post/165776Tue, 12 Mar 2019 10:14:42 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Multiple profiles support on Sat, 01 Dec 2018 16:05:40 GMT]]>@next111

Is the current Opera named _2!?

I think you have to use Opera.app, then add the new profile path.

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/160004https://forums.opera.com/post/160004Sat, 01 Dec 2018 16:05:40 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Multiple profiles support on Wed, 28 Nov 2018 10:08:44 GMT]]>@zalex108 Hi! Does this work in 2018?

I made shortcuts on my Mac, wrote in Terminal:

/Applications/Opera_2.app --user-data-dir=/Users/user/newFolder but it shows -bash: /Applications/Opera_2.app: is a directory. What's my mistake?

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/159761https://forums.opera.com/post/159761Wed, 28 Nov 2018 10:08:44 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Multiple profiles support on Sat, 27 May 2017 15:12:01 GMT]]>🆙

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/122090https://forums.opera.com/post/122090Sat, 27 May 2017 15:12:01 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Multiple profiles support on Sat, 27 May 2017 05:44:21 GMT]]>Thank you @zalex108!

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/122036https://forums.opera.com/post/122036Sat, 27 May 2017 05:44:21 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Multiple profiles support on Thu, 25 May 2017 14:52:14 GMT]]>That link is for Opera 11, just need to create shortcuts: Points 1 & 4.

"Path to Opera App" --user-data-dir="Path to custom profile"

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/121847https://forums.opera.com/post/121847Thu, 25 May 2017 14:52:14 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Multiple profiles support on Thu, 25 May 2017 06:50:43 GMT]]>Hi @zalex108, thank you for your answer but I don't really understand the procedure. After doing all that how do I open the different profiles?

I read https://dev.opera.com/blog/installing-multiple-opera-builds-with-separate-profiles-on-mac/ but it says to use the -csp command line switch.

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/121805https://forums.opera.com/post/121805Thu, 25 May 2017 06:50:43 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Multiple profiles support on Tue, 24 Oct 2017 09:31:07 GMT]]>

Anyone knows how to do it via command line in the meantime?

--user-data-dir=
Switch

More info if need it.

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/121791https://forums.opera.com/post/121791Tue, 24 Oct 2017 09:31:07 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Multiple profiles support on Wed, 24 May 2017 22:22:34 GMT]]>+1

Anyone knows how to do it via command line in the meantime?

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/121769https://forums.opera.com/post/121769Wed, 24 May 2017 22:22:34 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Multiple profiles support on Tue, 23 May 2017 12:30:38 GMT]]>I second that!

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/121650https://forums.opera.com/post/121650Tue, 23 May 2017 12:30:38 GMT