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    • Greggaaa
      Greggaaa last edited by

      I've just run an Opera update and all of my Saved Passwords have disappeared.
      Before I do any other steps, is there a file which I could look for in order to retrieve them?

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      • pindos
        pindos @Greggaaa last edited by pindos

        @greggaaa, I have the same problem. Opera doesn't save any passwords for the sites. The prompt to save password appears at the top, but nothing is saved.

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        • burnout426
          burnout426 Volunteer last edited by

          Passwords are stored in the "Login Data" file in the profile folder. The path to the profile folder is listed at the URL opera://about.

          If Opera isn't saving passwords anymore, deleting the Login Data file while Opera is closed should fix things. If not deleting both the Login Data and Local State files should fix things.

          Now, for passwords that are stored in Login Data that are no longer accessible, you're probably out of luck unless you have a backup of your Locate State file from before the problem happened.

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          • Greggaaa
            Greggaaa @burnout426 last edited by

            @burnout426 Hi, and thanks for stepping in.
            I'm struggling here - long time Linux user, but not a tech or coder.
            Can you please be more detailed in your answer. I can't find the files you mention.
            I can see opera://about but there's nothing about Login Data; and no way to see it in the file browser to delete it.

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            • burnout426
              burnout426 Volunteer @Greggaaa last edited by burnout426

              @greggaaa When you open a new tab, type opera://about in the address field and press enter. Opera will load the about page. If you scroll down on the page, you'll see a "Paths" section. In that section, there will be a path listed for "profile". That path is where the "Login Data" file is at. You get to that path by using your OS file manager. The path will probably be /home/yourusername/.config/opera.

              You might have to right-click in your file manager and choose "show hidden files" to see the .config folder in your home folder.

              Or, you could launch a terminal and cd "/home/yourusername/.config/opera" and then ls to see it and then rm "Login Data" to delete it if that's what you want to do.

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              • Greggaaa
                Greggaaa @burnout426 last edited by

                @burnout426 Thanks again - please stick with me.

                The About page link is /home/greg/snap/opera/171/.config/opera

                When Entered into the Terminal that returns ~/snap/opera/171/.config/opera.
                The Directory of this includes 'Login Data' and 'Login Data-journal', but I cannot navigate to that folder since my "FILES" file manager does not include a greg folder, it just goes straight to snap.
                If I follow the navigation from there to Opera, there is a folder with 39 sub-folders and about 100 files. One of these is Login Data.
                Unfortunately this is a SQLite3 database file which cannot be displayed.
                So close.

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                • burnout426
                  burnout426 Volunteer @Greggaaa last edited by burnout426

                  @greggaaa Oh, so you're using the Snap version of Opera. That would mean the one you want is in "~/snap/opera/171/.config/opera" instead. If you wanted to delete it, I'm not sure if you're allowed. It could be protected. Not sure about Snap versions.

                  Unfortunately this is a SQLite3 database file

                  Yeah, it's not something you can just view. You'd need an SQLite view app installed and load Login Data into it. That might tell you if the old passwords entries are there. But, you would still only see the usernames. The passwords would have to be decrypted.

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                  • Greggaaa
                    Greggaaa @burnout426 last edited by

                    @burnout426 Thanks again burnout.

                    I've tried to follow you and installed DB Browser for SQLite.
                    Because the database is locked, I cannot read it.

                    Greg

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                    • burnout426
                      burnout426 Volunteer @Greggaaa last edited by

                      @greggaaa Okay. I think you're out of luck then. 😞

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