Ads in speed dial
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RoseMartland last edited by
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 SettingsBasic 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!
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Root422 last edited by
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.
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thesophile last edited by
@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. -
A Former User last edited by
@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!
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KitsuneAkki last edited by
@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?
