How to Restore Synced Bookmarks?

BrentA

BrentA

I bought a new notebook and gave my old one to a friend. I thought I had deleted all the old programs, I failed to delete Opera. My friend launched Opera and manually deleted all the bookmarks. I log in with my new notebook and all my bookmarks are gone from my Opera Browser. She deleted them from my account. I have months and months of research in those saved synched bookmarks. Is there anyway to restore my bookmarks say on Dec 20, 2020. This would help me immensely. Thanks BrentA

leocg

leocg Moderator Volunteer @BrentA

@brenta If they were deleted from your synced data and you didn't do a backup, they are gone.

BrentA

BrentA @leocg

@leocg Thanks. I usually back up everything 2-3 times. I didnt see any method by which I could back up bookmarks from Opera except possibly exporting them. In the same vein, I used MS Notes as a test for inputting and tracking info. They lost the info and now its not available. I didnt lose much but it shows the danger of relying on "cloud" stored data. Back it up local or dont use it. Live and Learn. Its too bad, there was alot of deep info embedded in those bookmarks. Thanks.

leocg

leocg Moderator Volunteer @BrentA

@brenta The way to make backups of your data is to make copies of the files where they are stored in.

Synchronization services are not backup services, even more free ones.

BrentA

BrentA @leocg

@leocg Where are bookmark data stored on your PC Notebook or Tablet? Or even available to export from Opera? I just found where you can export your Opera bookmarks. I'll make a note to do that regularly now. Thanks

leocg

leocg Moderator Volunteer @BrentA

@brenta See https://help.opera.com/en/latest/crashes-and-issues/#backup
Bookmarks are stored in the Bookmarks file in Opera's profile directory.

And yes, you can export bookmarks in Opera for desktops.