<![CDATA[default address in google maps on opera]]>Windows 7 home premium SP1 (fully up to date)
Opera 58.0.3135.68

When i open google maps in opera in windows a particular address that I previously lived at appears in the search field by default. I don’t want it there – I left that place in traumatic circumstances & I really don’t want to be reminded of it.

I can’t get rid of this address:
---I’ve deleted my maps history in both opera (in W7) & my phone so they couldn’t sync to each other
---I’ve checked that it’s not saved in the “My Places” bit of google maps
---My home address isn’t set to that address & my work address is blank

This only happens in Opera - it doesn’t appear when I open google maps in any other browser in windows (IE/Firefox/Chrome) or on my android phone – only in opera. This tells me that the problem is something in opera, not in google maps itself.

Any suggestions anyone?

Thanks

]]>https://forums.opera.com/topic/31054/default-address-in-google-maps-on-operaRSS for NodeWed, 22 Apr 2026 15:21:11 GMTThu, 21 Feb 2019 13:49:41 GMT60<![CDATA[Reply to default address in google maps on opera on Mon, 25 Feb 2019 00:07:06 GMT]]>Did you update your computer location info?

Did you give Google Maps access to your location?

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/164931https://forums.opera.com/post/164931Mon, 25 Feb 2019 00:07:06 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to default address in google maps on opera on Mon, 25 Feb 2019 00:04:21 GMT]]>See https://forums.opera.com/post/138783

Don't know if you deleted the Opera folders with your data.

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/164930https://forums.opera.com/post/164930Mon, 25 Feb 2019 00:04:21 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to default address in google maps on opera on Sun, 24 Feb 2019 22:26:25 GMT]]>@leocg

I'm not sure what you mean when you refer to a clean profile

So far I've:

  • Deleted my maps history in both opera on my PC & my phone (so they couldn’t sync), but it keeps reappearing in maps on the PC
  • Checked opera autofill settings….there’re no addresses stored there. I turned off autofill & exited/restarted opera….same issue
  • Used CCleaner & selected all of the possible sections for opera, including "saved form information"....it also didn't sort out the problem
  • Installed opera on my phone, went to google maps & the address is not there. I uninstalled & tried with opera mini....ditto
  • Uninstalled Opera with CCleaner, including all cookies
  • Manually deleted all opera folders still left in C:\
  • Used regedit to find & delete all “Opera” or “operastable” entries
  • Reinstalled opera

I’ve looked at my google account & the only thing I can see even vaguely relating to that address is in data & personalisation > web & app activity > manage activity - it tells me that yesterday I viewed the area around the unwanted address, but it doesn’t have that specific address, just the area it’s in

I’ve just signed into my google account on a different PC & opened maps & the address is not there. There shouldn’t be any trace of this address on my PC after the cleaning I carried out above. I’m very puzzled that it only happens in opera for windows & only on this machine

I’m not only frustrated by this, I’m now also intrigued….it’s become a puzzle to solve!

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/164929https://forums.opera.com/post/164929Sun, 24 Feb 2019 22:26:25 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to default address in google maps on opera on Sun, 24 Feb 2019 19:28:03 GMT]]>Did you already try to remove cookies and site data?

The problem happens with a clean profile?

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/164916https://forums.opera.com/post/164916Sun, 24 Feb 2019 19:28:03 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to default address in google maps on opera on Sun, 24 Feb 2019 19:06:32 GMT]]>I see it as soon as the page opens, it's there by default. Ditto in a private window

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/164912https://forums.opera.com/post/164912Sun, 24 Feb 2019 19:06:32 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to default address in google maps on opera on Sun, 24 Feb 2019 16:08:55 GMT]]>By the way, do you see the address if you use a private window?

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/164907https://forums.opera.com/post/164907Sun, 24 Feb 2019 16:08:55 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to default address in google maps on opera on Sun, 24 Feb 2019 16:06:13 GMT]]>Do you see the address as soon as the page opens or do you see it in a drop-down list to be selected when you click on the search field?

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/164906https://forums.opera.com/post/164906Sun, 24 Feb 2019 16:06:13 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to default address in google maps on opera on Sun, 24 Feb 2019 15:11:10 GMT]]>@leocg
I selected then clicked X..........what would the difference be?

I've just tried again using shift + delete but that doesn't seem to do anything. I can't select my home address without it opening, I tried R click but there's nothing. It seems that the only way to delete is with the X.............unless there's a way I don't know about.

Just to be clear: my home address is the only thing saved in "Your Places" & it's a different address to the one I want to get rid of

Thanks

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/164898https://forums.opera.com/post/164898Sun, 24 Feb 2019 15:11:10 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to default address in google maps on opera on Sun, 24 Feb 2019 14:15:57 GMT]]>Did you try to select it on the list and then click on the X or use shift + del to delete it?

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/164897https://forums.opera.com/post/164897Sun, 24 Feb 2019 14:15:57 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to default address in google maps on opera on Sun, 24 Feb 2019 09:19:07 GMT]]>Hi

As I wrote in my initial post, my home address is set to different address to the one I want to get rid of. I've just deleted my home address & re-entered it, just in case....nope, although my home address is where I live now, the unwanted one still appears in the map search field by default

Thanks anyway & any other suggestions welcomed

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/164886https://forums.opera.com/post/164886Sun, 24 Feb 2019 09:19:07 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to default address in google maps on opera on Fri, 22 Feb 2019 16:46:58 GMT]]>Some websites do remember their own data - adding new data and telling them to set that as your "home" or "default" address should work.

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/164789https://forums.opera.com/post/164789Fri, 22 Feb 2019 16:46:58 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to default address in google maps on opera on Fri, 22 Feb 2019 10:20:47 GMT]]>@sgunhouse

Thanks, but there's nothing there.

I forgot to mention in my previous post that I'd uninstalled/reinstalled Opera. That would probably have cleared any stored addresses, but the unwanted address still appears.

I've just tried turning off autofill (even tho there wasn't anything there) & exiting/restarting opera....it didn't resolve it.

I also used CCleaner & selected all of the possible sections for opera, including "saved form information"....it also didn't sort out the problem.

I've just installed opera on my phone, went to google maps & the address is not there. I uninstalled & tried with opera mini....ditto

Maybe it's not opera itself but some interaction between google maps & opera for windows? If so how do I find out what & how can I change it?

& why the one address that has very emotional associations & not other addresses from before or since? That's a rhetorical question, though I'd be seriously impressed if you could answer it 😉

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/164767https://forums.opera.com/post/164767Fri, 22 Feb 2019 10:20:47 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to default address in google maps on opera on Thu, 21 Feb 2019 16:34:52 GMT]]>Go to Settings and search (use the search box) for Autofill. You'll see a listing for "Addresses" - click that. If the address you don't want is shown there, click on the 3 dots on the right side so you can either edit it to correct it or just delete it.

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/164733https://forums.opera.com/post/164733Thu, 21 Feb 2019 16:34:52 GMT