Recovering deleted browser history

[burnout426]

burnout426 Volunteer last edited by

If you have recent backups of the "History", "History Provider Cache", and "History-journal" files, you can replace (while Opera is closed), the existing ones with copies of the backups.

If you used Opera Sync to sync your history and it's still on sync.opera.com, you could create a new Opera profile and log into sync.

[A Former User]

A Former User last edited by

Would I be able to find them on this computer ?

[leocg]

leocg Moderator Volunteer @Guest last edited by

@mjbj24121 Did you make a backup of the files?

[A Former User]

A Former User last edited by A Former User

Unfortunately not.

It's not synced with any other devices anyway.

[A Former User]

A Former User last edited by

I wasn't even aware of Sync before; can that be used as a backup service ?

I recently have had a PUP on this computer, and had to follow instructions from 'Bleeping Computer' forums, in order to try and remedy that.

[leocg]

leocg Moderator Volunteer @Guest last edited by

@mjbj24121 Nope, no sync service should be used as a backup service.

[A Former User]

A Former User last edited by

So, in future, how can I go about backing up everything e.g. bookmarks, history, etc ?

And can I retrieve it in future to import, in situations like this ?

[leocg]

leocg Moderator Volunteer @Guest last edited by

@mjbj24121 Just backup Opera's profile directory. For passwords you need to export them or use sync.

[A Former User]

A Former User last edited by

And how do I backup Opera's profile directory, please ?

Or, access it ?

[A Former User]

A Former User last edited by

If this is going to help my case any, my current version of Opera is 68.0.3618.165.

[leocg]

leocg Moderator Volunteer @Guest last edited by

@mjbj24121 You backup it like you backup anything, you create a copy somewhere else.

For the path to the profile directory, go to Menu > Help > About Opera or type opera://about on address bar.

[A Former User]

A Former User last edited by

I don't know whether this would be any use, but I upgraded to W10 2004 on 16th.

The Windows.old file is still on the computer.

Would that be any use ?

Thanks.

[leocg]

leocg Moderator Volunteer @Guest last edited by

@mjbj24121 Probably not.