<![CDATA[Ads in speed dial]]>How to disable ads in speed dial? Removing them every time they shows up is tiresome after while and can't find anything in options.

]]>https://forums.opera.com/topic/37206/ads-in-speed-dialRSS for NodeMon, 16 Mar 2026 00:58:38 GMTWed, 18 Dec 2019 07:29:35 GMT60<![CDATA[Reply to Ads in speed dial on Wed, 09 Apr 2025 04:34:38 GMT]]>@MikeR78 Opera should work the same on both platforms. If it doesn't they're not very good programmers. The word I'm looking for is consistency. Imagine you used both regularly....

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/382178https://forums.opera.com/post/382178Wed, 09 Apr 2025 04:34:38 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Ads in speed dial on Thu, 21 Nov 2024 16:06:35 GMT]]>How to do this? The Android version, people keep posing on how to do it for the desktop version.

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/364624https://forums.opera.com/post/364624Thu, 21 Nov 2024 16:06:35 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Ads in speed dial on Fri, 22 Mar 2024 11:43:55 GMT]]>@leocg apologies i see that now, is there the desktop version this can be rather moved to please for reference for folks who are trying to stop this annoyance?

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/346151https://forums.opera.com/post/346151Fri, 22 Mar 2024 11:43:55 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Ads in speed dial on Fri, 22 Mar 2024 11:34:16 GMT]]>@kitsuneakki This is Opera for Android area of the forum.

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/346149https://forums.opera.com/post/346149Fri, 22 Mar 2024 11:34:16 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Ads in speed dial on Fri, 22 Mar 2024 08:04:24 GMT]]>@cska133 in the Privacy and Security section at the bottom:
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]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/346136https://forums.opera.com/post/346136Fri, 22 Mar 2024 08:04:24 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Ads in speed dial on Thu, 21 Mar 2024 23:29:38 GMT]]>@kitsuneakki where did you find this setting?

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/346103https://forums.opera.com/post/346103Thu, 21 Mar 2024 23:29:38 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Ads in speed dial on Mon, 18 Mar 2024 08:14:54 GMT]]>I found it:
6aeea6f7-208a-4bbc-84e7-a405e6a6bba9-image.png

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/345701https://forums.opera.com/post/345701Mon, 18 Mar 2024 08:14:54 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Ads in speed dial on Tue, 20 Feb 2024 00:37:57 GMT]]>@thesophile incase you or anyone else was still wondering, after you successfully get all the tile ads removed, there's one last pesky search engine looking ad(walmart.com for me) that you cslan get gone by hitting the little down arrow, then the x. Don't click the little fake search engine ad, just the tiny little down arrow, then the x. After doing this, it did not return. I hate how such a nice browser can be so scummy. The settings to remove them constantly change and it's highly annoying! Hope this helps, friend!

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/343422https://forums.opera.com/post/343422Tue, 20 Feb 2024 00:37:57 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Ads in speed dial on Tue, 26 Sep 2023 02:47:12 GMT]]>@root422 Thanks, I was just going to uninstall opera.
Can't they just put these ads in a separate section, like the "suggested bookmarks" section? This is very annoying, and defeats the purpose of "speed dial" if I have to search among these ads to find my bookmarked site.

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/328052https://forums.opera.com/post/328052Tue, 26 Sep 2023 02:47:12 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Ads in speed dial on Tue, 15 Aug 2023 07:11:13 GMT]]>@root422 Regrettably there's no such options in my Privacy and Security section.

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/322833https://forums.opera.com/post/322833Tue, 15 Aug 2023 07:11:13 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Ads in speed dial on Mon, 14 Aug 2023 13:36:31 GMT]]>As of August 2023 The settings are under "Privacy and security", at the bottom of the category, named "Receive promotional Speed Dials, bookmarks and campaigns" and "Display promotional notifications" respectively.

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/322776https://forums.opera.com/post/322776Mon, 14 Aug 2023 13:36:31 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Ads in speed dial on Fri, 19 Aug 2022 04:33:03 GMT]]>Sneaky folks seem to keep moving the location of the setting! After mucking about, I finally found the current one, as of August 2022:
Settings->Basic "Allow Acceptable Ads" toggle to off.

For those who need to find Settings, either:
-Click the gear in the left hand sidebar; or
-Click the sliders icon in the upper right "Easy Setup", just below the close-out X, scroll to bottom of pop-up menu "Go to full browser settings"; or
-Right click on any empty space on the start page, choose Settings

Basic is the top tab on the Left menu in Settings

Beneath Privacy Protection are:
Manage Exceptions
Manage Lists
Allow Acceptable Ads <- toggle that to off.

I don't mind developers making money through ads, but unwanted ads in my speed dial moves the icons around so I have to pay attention to them, which defeats the purpose of speed dial in the first place. Opera is still my go-to browser [has been since the browser wars] so it was worth finding a solution. But from what I can easily find, this setting keeps being relocated and re-named, probably to reduce the number of users opting out. That's a very, very, bad plan! People who use Opera are dedicated, but will jump to a different browser if Opera becomes annoying or just as big a resource hog as the other options. Stop playing silly games with your users!

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/287686https://forums.opera.com/post/287686Fri, 19 Aug 2022 04:33:03 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Ads in speed dial on Fri, 03 Sep 2021 12:34:48 GMT]]>Re: Ads in speed dial

I checked my last post, it's been 12 months, one full year, and I did follow the disable speed dial (turn off completely) and you still stuck in a Speed Dial. I'm going to have to leave you. You are not getting any revenue from those lame Speed Dial inserts, and you're losing people. Besides, all your browser is, is a rehash of chromium. Bye Bye!

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/261208https://forums.opera.com/post/261208Fri, 03 Sep 2021 12:34:48 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Ads in speed dial on Wed, 17 Feb 2021 07:16:31 GMT]]>I'm having the same issue. Tinder icon gets added again and again.
I don't want anything to do with that despicable app.

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/242756https://forums.opera.com/post/242756Wed, 17 Feb 2021 07:16:31 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Ads in speed dial on Sat, 30 Jan 2021 17:09:57 GMT]]>@sgunhouse thanks, maybe im exaggerating, it's very annoying. I wish they'd do a banner over the speed links, just so at least the speed links would stay in the same order.

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/241107https://forums.opera.com/post/241107Sat, 30 Jan 2021 17:09:57 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Ads in speed dial on Sat, 30 Jan 2021 16:50:14 GMT]]>@gregraygun I don't work for Opera, but have no reason to believe it will change. Though I don't get them "every three or four days" so suspect you have something else going on.

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/241106https://forums.opera.com/post/241106Sat, 30 Jan 2021 16:50:14 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Ads in speed dial on Sat, 30 Jan 2021 15:34:36 GMT]]>@sgunhouse The ads are still popping in to speed dial every three or four days. I'm assuming since it's been this long, and you just said yes, you do it, this isn't going to change? Just checking, as much as I like this browser, this is pretty annoying. It's not even so much about you putting an ad, I get that, but it messes up my arrangement of speed dials, and when I'm flying back and forth for work, and hit the wrong speed dial, because it was adjusted by an ad that popped in. That's really frustrating!

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/241103https://forums.opera.com/post/241103Sat, 30 Jan 2021 15:34:36 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Ads in speed dial on Fri, 07 Feb 2020 08:45:42 GMT]]>@antipesnya said in Ads in speed dial:

com.sn.surfnew

Thanks, I'll take a look.

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/198397https://forums.opera.com/post/198397Fri, 07 Feb 2020 08:45:42 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Ads in speed dial on Fri, 07 Feb 2020 06:36:42 GMT]]>@antipesnya said in Ads in speed dial:

@ You might wish to use com.sn.surfnew app as a speed dial overlay to open your web pages in Opera. This app is ad-free and also shows percent of changes in your sites' thumbnails and quick text previews

It's not about news section but speed dial itself- small icons just like bookmarks. From time to time opera just adds one or couple of them and I would like it to stop.

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/198394https://forums.opera.com/post/198394Fri, 07 Feb 2020 06:36:42 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Ads in speed dial on Thu, 06 Feb 2020 19:26:28 GMT]]>@rogbiz You might wish to use com.sn.surfnew app as a speed dial overlay to open your web pages in Opera. This app is ad-free and also shows percent of changes in your sites' thumbnails and quick text previews

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/198328https://forums.opera.com/post/198328Thu, 06 Feb 2020 19:26:28 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Ads in speed dial on Wed, 15 Jan 2020 01:31:05 GMT]]>@rogbiz i m not facing this i m using opera from long time

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/195366https://forums.opera.com/post/195366Wed, 15 Jan 2020 01:31:05 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Ads in speed dial on Thu, 19 Dec 2019 10:38:57 GMT]]>I do like the speed dial style of Opera, but if these unwanted tiles can't be stopped then I will be uninstalling and switching to another browser.

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/192964https://forums.opera.com/post/192964Thu, 19 Dec 2019 10:38:57 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Ads in speed dial on Wed, 18 Dec 2019 17:23:28 GMT]]>If they are actual bookmarks that you didn't add yourself, then yes Opera adds partner bookmarks during updates from time to time.

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/192890https://forums.opera.com/post/192890Wed, 18 Dec 2019 17:23:28 GMT