The topic for things that were answered/discussed lots of times already

[A Former User]

A Former User last edited by

Help on changing the default search: https://help.opera.com/ru/latest/search/
does not work for new versions of opera.
I currently have Version: 91.0.4516.16 Windows 64 bit.
I only have 3 options to choose from!! Google can't add!

There is no "Edit Search Engine" button in the top search bar with Ctrl held down
How are things to be, where to look for a crutch ??

[leocg]

leocg Moderator Volunteer @Guest last edited by

@rabbit-pgn List of pre-defined search engines is region based and can change from times to times

[leocg]

leocg Moderator Volunteer @Guest last edited by

@rabbit-pgn You can add Google as a search engine but you will not be able to set it as the default one.

[A Former User]

A Former User @leocg last edited by

@leocg said in The topic for things that were answered/discussed lost of times already:

@rabbit-pgn You can add Google as a search engine but you will not be able to set it as the default one.

Ok, thx! Its very very sad...

[Caternal]

Caternal last edited by

I have over 20 programs of Opera GX in my task manager and this was the reason I switched out from Chrome to Opera GX. How do I reduce these because its taking sometimes over 70% of my memory and over 30% of CPU. I tried the GX control but it didn't help at all. What do I do? (I have good memory and CPU if you're wondering if those are the problems)

[leocg]

leocg Moderator Volunteer @Caternal last edited by

@caternal Opera and Chrome are both based on Chromium, which is multi-process.

Based on the task manager image, everything seems normal.

[Caternal]

Caternal @leocg last edited by

@leocg I'm just asking if you can reduce this amount of everything it takes. It literally took 1% of memory and cpu a few days ago with 1 tab and now it takes 70% with the same tab.

[Mdavis3]

Mdavis3 last edited by

I want to disable the auto updates of opera browser, It's like I wake up at morning check pc and the new version is there, it's annoying how to disable it.

[leocg]

leocg Moderator Volunteer @Mdavis3 last edited by

@mdavis3 There is no setting for it, but there are some workarounds that you can try like renaming/deleting the auto update executables in Opera's installation folder.

[Stringence]

Stringence last edited by

Hello,

In case Opera browser lose bookmarks and passwords, how do we backup them for later recovery?

[leocg]

leocg Moderator Volunteer @Stringence last edited by

@stringence It was answered several times already, but you can use Sync or export bookmarks and passwords.

[Stringence]

Stringence last edited by

Found the bookmarks export.

Where do I find the passwords export, if there is one?

I read the Help section again. Under Crashes and issues https://help.opera.com/en/latest/crashes-and-issues/ it's described what files to backup manually, and how to restore manually.

[excalibur5]

excalibur5 last edited by

I have 10 tabs open in the Opera browser ...why are there 40 processes in task manager. When I have 1 tab open- there are 22 processes or more. I only have a few extensions enabled.

[leocg]

leocg Moderator Volunteer @excalibur5 last edited by

@excalibur5 Because there are processes that are not for a tab.
As said, use Shift + ESC to see them.

[excalibur5]

excalibur5 @leocg last edited by

@leocg I have been seeing 23 listings in Task Manager and I have 3 open tabs. But I don't know what any of the processes are doing or if they are safe.................

[leocg]

leocg Moderator Volunteer @excalibur5 last edited by

@excalibur5 Please read my previous reply again. I said how you can see what are those processes.

[excalibur5]

excalibur5 @leocg last edited by

@leocg https://ibb.co/Jr8GTjf Do you mean like this? See image. Right clicking each one does not say anything about what they are

[leocg]

leocg Moderator Volunteer @excalibur5 last edited by

@excalibur5 Nope, forget about Windows task manager and just use Shift + Esc in Opera.

[excalibur5]

excalibur5 @leocg last edited by

@leocg Thanks.....that works

[swyde]

swyde last edited by

I understand that I cannot change the default search engine, but can I make google to redirect to goole.com.au in address bar instead of google.com, google.com stops working every time I'm on vpn.