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    • Rahiyan
      Rahiyan @LuPhoneMaw last edited by

      @luphonemaw yea man i have the same reason.......

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      • A Former User
        A Former User last edited by

        i think i found a way to fix it first you disable wall paper then you close all opera tabs then you reopen it then turn wall papers back on then it worked for me

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        • BLADEGH05T
          BLADEGH05T last edited by

          I have had a similar issue but found that the best way to fix it so far is to completely close opera and reopen, after that the backgrounds are back. This is on the most recent update as of 3/28/2023

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          • Midnight-Paleo
            Midnight-Paleo @Guest last edited by

            @localmeatblob Thanks so much!! This method worked for my instantly, issue resolved.

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            • Hagriddd
              Hagriddd @Guest last edited by

              @localmeatblob finally worked for me, thanks!!!

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              • MessengerForDeath
                MessengerForDeath last edited by

                I cant change the custom wallpaper, like the option to change the wallpapers doesn't show up. when i first got Opera it worked, but since a few updates the wallpaper hasn't been working

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                • burnout426
                  burnout426 Volunteer @MessengerForDeath last edited by

                  @messengerfordeath This post might help.

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                  • MessengerForDeath
                    MessengerForDeath @burnout426 last edited by

                    @burnout426 opera restarted from the update and now the wallpaper works

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                    • The-Gridion
                      The-Gridion last edited by

                      I had the same problem, I was trying to upload a custom wallpaper I made in Canva and it wasn't working as a PNG. So I turned it into an SVG and all of a sudden it worked.

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                      • slikkkkk
                        slikkkkk @Eduardoop last edited by

                        @eduardoop i tried everything and it still doesent work

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                        • JAPANkAZEE
                          JAPANkAZEE last edited by

                          Looks like I have the exact same problem, I removed every extensions and also restarted the browser but it doesn't fix...

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                          • Pharque
                            Pharque last edited by

                            I'm still having the same issue where my wallpaper is just a black/grey screen even after trying everything but if it helps I noticed that if you go into easy set-up top right the wallpapers that don't work look like they are cut in half in the use custom wallpaper

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                            • Belleiscool
                              Belleiscool @Guest last edited by

                              @regelepuma yes i have the same problem as yourself

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                              • LoverBoy6288
                                LoverBoy6288 last edited by

                                you have to do alt + p seacrh enable wallpaper and turn it off and on and then close opera gx and then re-open it and it should work

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                                • bffbkj
                                  bffbkj @Guest last edited by

                                  @naheed i disabled all extensions but still there is no wallpaper

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                                  • apa
                                    apa last edited by

                                    I found a solution and it works for me perfectly. You need after installation of the live wallpaper to put it on the first (top) place in the mods (opera mods settings)

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                                    • Pharque
                                      Pharque @apa last edited by

                                      @apa I tried that and it didn't work

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                                      • burnout426
                                        burnout426 Volunteer last edited by

                                        If you haven't tried yet, goto the URL opera://about, take note of the "profile" path, close Opera and delete the "Themes" folder in the profile folder. Then, start Opera, add some wallpapers and see if they work.

                                        Also, for local images that you add as wallpaper, beware of this filename bug.

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                                        • chillie17
                                          chillie17 last edited by

                                          I downloaded a wallpaper from opera and everytime I close opera it switches to that wallpaper and even if I turn off wallpapers it turns it back on and switches to that wallpaper

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                                          • sgunhouse
                                            sgunhouse Moderator Volunteer @chillie17 last edited by

                                            @chillie17 Are you sure that's not a mod? Make sure no mod has a wallpaper enabled and then a regular wallpaper should work.

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