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    • Ceico
      Ceico @sgunhouse last edited by

      @sgunhouse I have disabled all the items in sidebar multiple times. Every now and then (and recently more often than not) some items re-appear (e.g. facebook messenger and twitter).

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      • Ceico
        Ceico @burnout426 last edited by

        @burnout426 thanks, let's see what happens 🙂

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        • kzendra
          kzendra last edited by

          Version:68.0.3618.104

          Every few days (today amongst other) opera shows sidebar and Messenger and / or Instagram icon on it. I remove icon and disable sidebar, bnut it pops up again. Computer was running, opera was open (two separate windows) and sidebar showed on the one that was active.
          Is there a way to kill the sidebar once for good?

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          • meleoi
            meleoi last edited by

            But it's one of Opera's best features, I just hope developers add Gmail and Outlook to the sidebar to make it more work focused.

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            • careware
              careware @meleoi last edited by

              @meleoi said in How can I get rid of the sidebar?:

              But it's one of Opera's best features, I just hope developers add Gmail and Outlook to the sidebar to make it more work focused.

              I don't think it's one of opera's best features. In either case...it's an annoyance....if you set it to disabled...err that means I want it to be disabled...not annoyed ever 5 days when it pops out again... if you didn't want that feature you'd be annoyed too....

              Opera is going down hill 😞 Let the user be in control people...or user's will go where they can be...

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              • Llysh
                Llysh last edited by

                Right-click on the sidebar, un-check the apps. I read this solution from a member's post to a thread with the similar issue. And so far it works. I tested by going on twitter and instagram, and the apps did not pop up even after that.

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                • Ceico
                  Ceico @Llysh last edited by

                  @Llysh Facebook Messenger pops up every now&then and the sidebar is back. I don't really care about the icons, I want the whole sidebar gone for good.

                  And that will never happen 😞

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                  • Llysh
                    Llysh @Ceico last edited by

                    @Ceico Hi! 🙂 By unchecking the icons, and then hiding the sidebar, (at least for me) it stops the sidebar entirely from returning. I even tested again myself just to be sure. So far, it still works. 🙂

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                    • ab-garcez
                      ab-garcez @Llysh last edited by

                      @Llysh I did this many times in the last months, but eventually the sidebar opens automatically. It's really annoying.

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                      • rjrapier
                        rjrapier last edited by

                        I don't know how many times I have had to hide the damned sidebar, not to mention remove facebook messenger form it. It gets extremely annoying that these settings do not stay set.

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                        • Ceico
                          Ceico @Llysh last edited by

                          @Llysh well, others have written it already, so I will only confirm.

                          Remove all icons, hide sidebar, wait a bit and after next Opera update, the sidebar is back.
                          Hiding the sidebar is simply not permanent.

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                          • careware
                            careware last edited by leocg

                            I tells ya what if they don't fix this soon, i'm going to another browser.... been using Opera for like 15 years now.... and this is the most annoying of their features... Ever haha....

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                            • rjrapier
                              rjrapier last edited by

                              It's not just that it keeps coming back, but messenger in particular, sometimes others, keep getting added back to it. This is a setting that should stay permanent through upgrades, and like you, I am getting annoyed enough by it to switch back to a different browser.

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                              • careware
                                careware @rjrapier last edited by

                                @rjrapier It's a strange thing you know. How things like this happen to organisations. I'm almost 100% certain that anyone in their right mind would acknowledge that this is poor design, a huge glaring bug, or just something that shouldn't be. Yet it somehow gets through testing and released to the public.

                                I can only guess there is some opinionated guy in charge at Opera who refuses to budge on his/her idea, and all his subordinates just go yeah ok boss, whatever you say sir...

                                I mean...that's how it works at my workplace...the boss is an idiot and everyone just does as he says because it's easier to.

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                                • Llysh
                                  Llysh last edited by

                                  Aw. Apologies then. I thought it would work, but you guys are right. The sidebar still pops up. Especially with messenger. 😞

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                                  • jbeddingfield
                                    jbeddingfield last edited by

                                    My sidebar keeps coming back upon every Opera startup. If I close Opera right now and reopen it, the sidebar is back.

                                    GGs.

                                    -Recently saddened long time user.

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                                    • rjrapier
                                      rjrapier @sgunhouse last edited by

                                      @sgunhouse said in How can I get rid of the sidebar?:

                                      If they add something new (most recently Instagram) to the sidebar, they want you to be able to see it. It shouldn't appear after regular (minor) updates unless you have something enabled that is trying to notify you - if it appeared recently, try disabling some of the items in the sidebar.

                                      That's nice, but I don't care about what they add to the sidebar, I don't want to see it, that's why I turn it off. What is the point of having settings if they keep getting changed on updates?

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                                        careware @rjrapier last edited by This post is deleted!
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                                        • kypeca
                                          kypeca last edited by

                                          I know how to get rid of sidebar ,is there anything to get rid of completely it keeps coming back and i don't want it, also a lot of links on opera don't matter which one you use don't work getting frustrating now as cant log into sites ,it's shame as have to go to alternative browsers to sign in which sort of defeats the task

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                                          • newworldman
                                            newworldman last edited by

                                            I agree with the general comments here that it should honour your settings both during normal use and through upgrades. This is one of the most annoying features of software in general, not just with Opera.

                                            Personally, I do use the sidebar but I also hide it when I'm not interested in it. I then don't want it to reappear unless I choose to display it (and vice-versa).

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