<![CDATA[Sync tabs icon missing on sidebar]]>I noticed recently that when I start Opera the Sync Tabs icon is missing and then randomly after some time it shows up again (I can't figure out now when that happens).
I think that it started to happened after update to Opera 50 (first, stable version). I'm always logged in to my sync account and tabs from different devices are present in Tabs Menu (currently open tabs, recently closed, sync tabs).

Fresh start: After some time when icon "magically" appears again:
0_1516811661960_Opera_50_bug_01.JPG 0_1516812039809_Opera_50_bug_02 — kopia.JPG

Picking tabs from different devices from Tabs Menu is (in my case) really inconvenient.
I would like to know if it's a bug or a feature (I hope it's bug that's really easy to fix)

Current system info:

Version: 50.0.2762.67 (PGO), Stable, PL
System: Windows 10 64-bit

]]>https://forums.opera.com/topic/24711/sync-tabs-icon-missing-on-sidebarRSS for NodeThu, 18 Jun 2026 19:04:12 GMTWed, 24 Jan 2018 16:48:38 GMT60<![CDATA[Reply to Sync tabs icon missing on sidebar on Thu, 04 Jul 2019 03:07:15 GMT]]>@jbjb so, you mean that the synchronization, works perfectly? all history, bookmarks and tabs?

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/175147https://forums.opera.com/post/175147Thu, 04 Jul 2019 03:07:15 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Sync tabs icon missing on sidebar on Wed, 03 Jul 2019 16:48:22 GMT]]>@szczepanson yes, for me steps I have described above fixed the problem permanently.

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/175130https://forums.opera.com/post/175130Wed, 03 Jul 2019 16:48:22 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Sync tabs icon missing on sidebar on Wed, 03 Jul 2019 10:27:06 GMT]]>@slytheringirl
I have to agree. On the SAME machine I have Opera as well as the new gaming Opera GX.
Sync took quite a while to happen. I can only see the current browser tabs even so I have over 8 Operas linked to this 1 account (since I have mostly 2 Opera browser per machine).
As for the tabs selection visible:
This screenshots is from the same machine, different Opera Version. One shows the tabs selection, the other one does not (but on both it was switched on before...)
a2d5d38b-524b-4a00-8e90-189370862304-image.png

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/175105https://forums.opera.com/post/175105Wed, 03 Jul 2019 10:27:06 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Sync tabs icon missing on sidebar on Wed, 03 Jul 2019 03:04:37 GMT]]>@panosv I wish I knew myself what's going on with sync. It's been such a hassle trying to get anything sync at all these days. I don't think it was an intentional change on the devs' part, but a bug within the system that no one seems to care enough about to fix.

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/175091https://forums.opera.com/post/175091Wed, 03 Jul 2019 03:04:37 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Sync tabs icon missing on sidebar on Wed, 03 Jul 2019 01:16:03 GMT]]>@slytheringirl said in Sync tabs icon missing on sidebar:

Have you tried signing out and signing back in, because the sync icon now disappears if you're already signed in when you start Opera. Signing out and signing back in makes it come back and stay for as long as you keep Opera up, then it'll disappear again when you close Opera

thanks for clarifying, is what you are saying, but why they changed it after we close the browser? if you know

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/175090https://forums.opera.com/post/175090Wed, 03 Jul 2019 01:16:03 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Sync tabs icon missing on sidebar on Tue, 02 Jul 2019 06:52:38 GMT]]>@leocg Wow..! 😅
Never notice the "other devices" in that menu

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/175011https://forums.opera.com/post/175011Tue, 02 Jul 2019 06:52:38 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Sync tabs icon missing on sidebar on Tue, 02 Jul 2019 02:46:38 GMT]]>@panosv Have you tried signing out and signing back in, because the sync icon now disappears if you're already signed in when you start Opera. Signing out and signing back in makes it come back and stay for as long as you keep Opera up, then it'll disappear again when you close Opera. In my opinion, sync has been broken for a long time now and the devs have no real intenion of ever fixing it. I had to reset my data for the umpteenth time recently because it mysteriously removed my tablet (and no, I did not do it myself). As I keep telling ppl here, sync does whatever it wants when it wants. It's a miracle if ANYTHING gets synced at all.

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/175005https://forums.opera.com/post/175005Tue, 02 Jul 2019 02:46:38 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Sync tabs icon missing on sidebar on Tue, 02 Jul 2019 01:23:31 GMT]]>hi, because is about sync here, i want to ask, the sync icon , has been removed from upper right?

examples:

Old
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New
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]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/175003https://forums.opera.com/post/175003Tue, 02 Jul 2019 01:23:31 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Sync tabs icon missing on sidebar on Mon, 01 Jul 2019 12:07:53 GMT]]>@vic2pal The tabs menu is at the top right, near the close button. It's a icon with three lines forming a arrow down.

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/174944https://forums.opera.com/post/174944Mon, 01 Jul 2019 12:07:53 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Sync tabs icon missing on sidebar on Mon, 01 Jul 2019 09:31:18 GMT]]>@leocg Sorry again,, what is the "tabs menu"?
isn't it the same missing button?

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/174942https://forums.opera.com/post/174942Mon, 01 Jul 2019 09:31:18 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Sync tabs icon missing on sidebar on Sat, 29 Jun 2019 19:57:06 GMT]]>@vic2pal I mean that I don't think they will fix it because the idea is to use the tabs menu.

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/174842https://forums.opera.com/post/174842Sat, 29 Jun 2019 19:57:06 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Sync tabs icon missing on sidebar on Sat, 29 Jun 2019 10:37:45 GMT]]>@leocg Sorry, Can't get what you mean..
The problem is that "Tabs" button is missing

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/174803https://forums.opera.com/post/174803Sat, 29 Jun 2019 10:37:45 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Sync tabs icon missing on sidebar on Fri, 28 Jun 2019 23:40:28 GMT]]>@vic2pal I guess the idea is to use the tabs menu.

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/174781https://forums.opera.com/post/174781Fri, 28 Jun 2019 23:40:28 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Sync tabs icon missing on sidebar on Fri, 28 Jun 2019 19:18:04 GMT]]>A problem is being reported for a year and a half.. and no reply from Opera Team!
Why?????

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/174768https://forums.opera.com/post/174768Fri, 28 Jun 2019 19:18:04 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Sync tabs icon missing on sidebar on Fri, 28 Jun 2019 09:30:26 GMT]]>I'm facing the problem too. I'm on Opera version 62.0.3331.18. I can't see the Tabs icon in the sidebar. However,
opera://activity shows the synced tabs. Also, the Synchronization icon in the top right is hidden when you open the browser. It shows again after you navigate to opera://activity.

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/174750https://forums.opera.com/post/174750Fri, 28 Jun 2019 09:30:26 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Sync tabs icon missing on sidebar on Tue, 25 Jun 2019 08:11:11 GMT]]>Now, it appears normally
Yesterday it wasn't

The same version of opera

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/174467https://forums.opera.com/post/174467Tue, 25 Jun 2019 08:11:11 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Sync tabs icon missing on sidebar on Tue, 25 Jun 2019 06:02:51 GMT]]>for me it's random for both Opera and Opera GX I say again

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/174464https://forums.opera.com/post/174464Tue, 25 Jun 2019 06:02:51 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Sync tabs icon missing on sidebar on Tue, 25 Jun 2019 05:56:29 GMT]]>@jbjb Did this procedure fixed problem permanently?
In my case it's totally random if this icon shows up after opening Opera.

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/174460https://forums.opera.com/post/174460Tue, 25 Jun 2019 05:56:29 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Sync tabs icon missing on sidebar on Mon, 24 Jun 2019 18:17:23 GMT]]>I had the same problem as @szczepanson it started working for me after following steps:

  • changing the display language to english
  • restarting Opera
  • sigining out and signing in again in the synchronization menu

Without following steps the opera://activity were working fine but he icon on the task bar was missing and not available for selection.

I am using Opera in version is 60.0.3255.165

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/174428https://forums.opera.com/post/174428Mon, 24 Jun 2019 18:17:23 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Sync tabs icon missing on sidebar on Thu, 20 Jun 2019 23:29:15 GMT]]>still present and it also happens on Opera GX (obviously)

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/174179https://forums.opera.com/post/174179Thu, 20 Jun 2019 23:29:15 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Sync tabs icon missing on sidebar on Wed, 22 May 2019 11:58:10 GMT]]>Same problem on Mac OS Mojave

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/171615https://forums.opera.com/post/171615Wed, 22 May 2019 11:58:10 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Sync tabs icon missing on sidebar on Sat, 11 May 2019 03:00:40 GMT]]>Same problem here!!!

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/170440https://forums.opera.com/post/170440Sat, 11 May 2019 03:00:40 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Sync tabs icon missing on sidebar on Fri, 26 Apr 2019 03:01:53 GMT]]>@MESIAH Sync has been buggy for a long time. It does work but it takes a loooong time for anything to show up with me most of the time. Try logging out and back in or resetting sync. Resetting sync did help for me a few times when sync was acting up.

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/169150https://forums.opera.com/post/169150Fri, 26 Apr 2019 03:01:53 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Sync tabs icon missing on sidebar on Thu, 25 Apr 2019 08:36:35 GMT]]>I don't see sync tabs icon and I don't see PC connected as device in Opera account sync. Opera Android and PC is connected to this same account.

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/169060https://forums.opera.com/post/169060Thu, 25 Apr 2019 08:36:35 GMT