<![CDATA[How to make Opera continue running when minimized?]]>Hi, I am playing some browser based game on Opera, called Elvenar.
I notice that every time I minimize Opera, or even just switch to another full-screen window (say a Chrome browser), the Opera browser will stop loading. Like I had a battle still going-on in the Opera window, if I just minimize it, the battle will pause indefinitely until I switch back to Opera.

I tested with Youtube, seems like it is working as intended, where the videos will continue to play even when minimized, so no issue with youtube playback.

My Opera version was 78.0.4093.147 or something, and I tried updated it to version 78.0.4093.184 today, it still does the same thing.

Does it have something to do with the settings? I couldn't find where it says something like "stop refreshing on background" in the settings.

]]>https://forums.opera.com/topic/51112/how-to-make-opera-continue-running-when-minimizedRSS for NodeFri, 17 Jul 2026 04:41:35 GMTWed, 25 Aug 2021 14:29:06 GMT60<![CDATA[Reply to How to make Opera continue running when minimized? on Mon, 12 May 2025 14:53:16 GMT]]>You may hide it by clicking at the top three dots in video. I did this practice while working for entertainment.

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/384654https://forums.opera.com/post/384654Mon, 12 May 2025 14:53:16 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to How to make Opera continue running when minimized? on Sat, 03 Aug 2024 14:33:16 GMT]]>@leocg it looked like it would work but opera forget the player when the youtube tab it not in the front of page of Windows

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/357064https://forums.opera.com/post/357064Sat, 03 Aug 2024 14:33:16 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to How to make Opera continue running when minimized? on Tue, 05 Dec 2023 03:21:18 GMT]]>I need a solution to this issue too, kills me when I'm checking a video or playing games and I jump tabs or minimize, everything gets paused. Highly annoying.

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/336421https://forums.opera.com/post/336421Tue, 05 Dec 2023 03:21:18 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to How to make Opera continue running when minimized? on Sun, 20 Feb 2022 18:03:22 GMT]]>I also need this feature and this is crucial to me. Have anybody found a solution how to make Opera work even when minimized?

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/274967https://forums.opera.com/post/274967Sun, 20 Feb 2022 18:03:22 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to How to make Opera continue running when minimized? on Thu, 26 Aug 2021 13:17:55 GMT]]>@burnout426 Alright, I've tried that, doesn't seem to change anything too.

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/260588https://forums.opera.com/post/260588Thu, 26 Aug 2021 13:17:55 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to How to make Opera continue running when minimized? on Thu, 26 Aug 2021 12:44:12 GMT]]>@dark3001 chrome there is more of a word than a name and it's a prefix/protocol used by all Chromium based browsers. They just replace the original name to avoid confusion.

So read it as opera://flags/#calculate-native-win-occlusion

By the way, that's a Chromium flag.

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/260585https://forums.opera.com/post/260585Thu, 26 Aug 2021 12:44:12 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to How to make Opera continue running when minimized? on Thu, 26 Aug 2021 11:57:31 GMT]]>@burnout426 said in How to make Opera continue running when minimized?:

chrome://flags/#calculate-native-win-occlusion

Sorry, I'm a bit confused here, is that a Chrome setting? Does it affect Opera?

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/260580https://forums.opera.com/post/260580Thu, 26 Aug 2021 11:57:31 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to How to make Opera continue running when minimized? on Thu, 26 Aug 2021 07:06:01 GMT]]>Goto the URL chrome://flags/#calculate-native-win-occlusion, disable the flag, and restart Opera to see if it helps.

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/260565https://forums.opera.com/post/260565Thu, 26 Aug 2021 07:06:01 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to How to make Opera continue running when minimized? on Wed, 25 Aug 2021 17:53:07 GMT]]>@leocg Nope, doesn't work.
I've just turned off the "Snooze inactive tabs to save memory" and toggle off the "Auto Discardable".
Seems like it still pauses my page when minimized.

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/260501https://forums.opera.com/post/260501Wed, 25 Aug 2021 17:53:07 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to How to make Opera continue running when minimized? on Wed, 25 Aug 2021 16:13:53 GMT]]>@dark3001 Try this: Disable the Put inactive tabs on hold to save memory (the name is not literally that)option in settings.

if it doesn't work, open opera://discards and uncheck the Auto Discardable for the page you want to keep running.

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/260495https://forums.opera.com/post/260495Wed, 25 Aug 2021 16:13:53 GMT