<![CDATA[Pinboards disappearing]]>I am liking Pinboards. However, for unexplained reason all 4 pinboard which I created only 3 days ago have disappeared mysteriously. There were no extenuating circumstances during the 3 days between creation and discovery of missing inboards. Pinboards is in Beta development phase so I reported a 'possible' bug.

I looked in the Opera Profile and Cache folders, but could not find an obvious file containing the list of links in the created Pinboards (eg. similar to Open tabs or Bookmarks).

Can someone who understands Opera better provide an insight please? Specifically,

  • where are the contents of Pinboards stored? (Useful to know for backing up)

  • If possible to retrieve/restore provide a 'How To' instruction?

]]>https://forums.opera.com/topic/57461/pinboards-disappearingRSS for NodeMon, 09 Mar 2026 21:53:14 GMTMon, 20 Dec 2021 11:51:41 GMT60<![CDATA[Reply to Pinboards disappearing on Sat, 08 Nov 2025 22:19:06 GMT]]>Hullo.
I had similar pinboard issues a year or two ago. You might be able to find the thread I started at the time, but eventually I gave up because someone who replied turned out to be rather perverse and unhelpful, so I gave up.

What I did learn is that pinboards are stored in the "bookmarks" file. On my ancient Win7 PC this is located at:

C:\Users\Playtech\AppData\Roaming\Opera Software\Opera Stable

This file seems to back itself up to bookmarks.bak in the same location, though my attempts to restore pinboards at that time were unsuccessful (like yourself, I'm just a button-pusher with no technical aptitude). However, both files are included in my daily backup routine.

The other thing I learned is that if Opera is set to delete cookies on exit it will also delete your pinboards. How stupid is that? Consequently i never delete cookies and they just accumulate—probably in the thousands now, and there's no way I can see to select which to delete and which to retain.

It's a crying shame that such a useful feature should be so vulnerable to unintended deletion without warning. Even after all this time pinboards are still shown as "beta", and it appears nothing has been or is being done to rectify the issue and make it more robust. This reminds me of the old English proverb about "spoiling the ship for a ha'porth of tar".

Sorry I can't be of more help. It would be good if someone who really understands these issues would contribute to the discussion.

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/395321https://forums.opera.com/post/395321Sat, 08 Nov 2025 22:19:06 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Pinboards disappearing on Fri, 17 Oct 2025 10:33:30 GMT]]>Hello everyone in the forum, nice to meet you. I am a Japanese user.

My pinboard also disappeared, and it happened on October 15th at around 22:10 JST. I use two separate profiles, and I was trying out the pinboard feature with the second one since the beginning of this month. Despite not allowing cookies and using the GX Cleaner of OperaGX more than twice, my pinboard was fine for over 10 days. I restarted it multiple times and checked it, each time finding it secure, which made me relieved.

I knew it was a beta version and I did not use any external cleaning software, nor did I back it up. I didn’t use account synchronization or link sharing either. I understand my faults, and even knowing it was a beta version, I never expected it to disappear so easily. I thought that being in beta would only lead to minor display issues, text corruption, or disordered save sequences, but I accept that bugs are inevitable and I appreciate the effort of the developers who are working hard for us.

However, this was unexpected; it disappeared with just one restart. I have no idea which folder or file to back up from the Explorer’s user folder. I’m just an ordinary person with no technical knowledge and can’t do anything about it. I only managed to find a possible save location after discovering this forum. After realizing it was gone, I backed up all my user folders. If there’s a way to recover it, I would like to know. When I restored the tabs from the browser history, it stated that this pinboard was deleted, which saddened me deeply, as it was against my will.

I read that the pinboard information might be hidden in the bookmark file from this forum, so I tried it with a new profile, but I could only copy the bookmarks. I won’t give up hope; I am waiting for the developers to fix it so that my and everyone else's pinboard can be restored. I wish for the safety and recovery of all our pinboards.

I generated this text using chatGPT.

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/394149https://forums.opera.com/post/394149Fri, 17 Oct 2025 10:33:30 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Pinboards disappearing on Sun, 22 Jun 2025 16:09:25 GMT]]>I haven't managed to have a single pinboard last longer than a day before its gone.
2025 now, apparently 3 years isn't long enough to fix this issue properly.

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/387837https://forums.opera.com/post/387837Sun, 22 Jun 2025 16:09:25 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Pinboards disappearing on Sun, 13 Apr 2025 15:17:39 GMT]]>yeah they still haven't fixed it, just lost a load of important medical information. very cool

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/382453https://forums.opera.com/post/382453Sun, 13 Apr 2025 15:17:39 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Pinboards disappearing on Wed, 09 Apr 2025 09:36:38 GMT]]>@fabestah its now 2025 3 years on and still no fix just go to show they have no interest in fixing the issue.

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/382195https://forums.opera.com/post/382195Wed, 09 Apr 2025 09:36:38 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Pinboards disappearing on Wed, 09 Apr 2025 09:21:21 GMT]]>@Roo53 i tried this for the 1st time last noght didnt even know it was a thing thought it was very good, moved lots of tabs, speed dials and bookmarks was goona delete all these last night but was too tired so was just gonna do it now until i see my pinboards are all missing..... tried this to see if they were here but turned out they weren't ( Local pinboards are stored as part of the site data of pinboard.opera.com ) so like yourself i will be giving this a miss..... pity

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/382191https://forums.opera.com/post/382191Wed, 09 Apr 2025 09:21:21 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Pinboards disappearing on Wed, 26 Mar 2025 09:30:09 GMT]]>have face the same issue but now solved Thank you

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/381147https://forums.opera.com/post/381147Wed, 26 Mar 2025 09:30:09 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Pinboards disappearing on Sat, 22 Mar 2025 00:43:11 GMT]]>Hello All
I just was having this problem as well and took a little bit to figure it out. At least for me, my pinboards finally synched when I went into each one individually and clicked share. Then enable the "Share pinboard with a link option" and it finally popped up on the synch page and showed up on my laptop.

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/380858https://forums.opera.com/post/380858Sat, 22 Mar 2025 00:43:11 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Pinboards disappearing on Tue, 15 Oct 2024 11:46:59 GMT]]>Hi Burnie
Losing your Pinboards on Opera can be frustrating, especially during its Beta phase. Typically stored locally, check your Opera profile folder (e.g.
, AppData\Roaming\Opera Software\Opera Stable on Windows) for any cached data. Ensure your browser is updated and try restarting Opera to see if they reappear. For ongoing issues, reporting bugs to Opera's support or forums can help (opera.com/support). Backup tips for Pinboards are crucial; https://www.opera.com/features/pinboards consider saving bookmarks or exporting data periodically to prevent loss.

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/361994https://forums.opera.com/post/361994Tue, 15 Oct 2024 11:46:59 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Pinboards disappearing on Thu, 03 Oct 2024 18:40:55 GMT]]>@prston This is the best solution, after opining all my pinboards they got restored, you just saved me from a catastrophe I love you so much (hopefully more ppl will see this so maybe they get it restored)
Your whole Opera account
Your Pinboards

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/361289https://forums.opera.com/post/361289Thu, 03 Oct 2024 18:40:55 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Pinboards disappearing on Wed, 26 Jun 2024 17:10:48 GMT]]>Is there any way to recover the pinboards that disappeared?

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/354307https://forums.opera.com/post/354307Wed, 26 Jun 2024 17:10:48 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Pinboards disappearing on Wed, 24 Jan 2024 12:37:17 GMT]]>So many people and not one answer to where is the file where the pinboards are stored?
Are you kidding me? What kind of support is this?
I want to hear: "file in folder: "F:\Users"your account name"\AppData\Roaming\Opera Software\Opera Stable\Default\Bookmarks"
copy to the newly installed opera application to disk: "C:\Users"your account name"\AppData\Roaming\Opera Software\Opera Stable\Default\Bookmarks"
And you'll have your pinboards back.
But there is nothing like that here! And I ask why? Opera must have it stored like that somewhere, and don't tell me it isn't. It must be stored somewhere, I don't understand why I have the Opera Software folder on my computer, why are there so many files and data there? It must be stored somewhere in them damn it!
You can at least extract it manually from the bookmarks file, but it's a terrible job, I'll tell you that.

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/340856https://forums.opera.com/post/340856Wed, 24 Jan 2024 12:37:17 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Pinboards disappearing on Tue, 29 Aug 2023 23:45:04 GMT]]>@leocg -- Your reply provided a good clue but did not provide the full solution.

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/324717https://forums.opera.com/post/324717Tue, 29 Aug 2023 23:45:04 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Pinboards disappearing on Tue, 29 Aug 2023 23:42:29 GMT]]>@yurix-yt Your method does not work. Please remove your bad advice by deleting your post.

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/324716https://forums.opera.com/post/324716Tue, 29 Aug 2023 23:42:29 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Pinboards disappearing on Tue, 29 Aug 2023 23:41:14 GMT]]>I found links to my Missing Pinboards on this Opera web page: https://www.sync.opera.com/pinboards
Or you can find your missing Pinboards via this link too: https://www.sync.opera.com/

I restored my missing Pinboards by means of the procedure described below.

You must be signed in to your Opera account with Synchronization enabled. Go to Opera Settings - Synchronization - Advanced sync settings then checkmark Sync Everything

I think the latest version of CCleaner Pro wiped out my Opera Pinboards (from my PC cache). So, after restoring my Operal Pinboards, I went into CCLeaner Options - Cookies and found pinboard.opera.com and whitelisted that cookie.

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/324715https://forums.opera.com/post/324715Tue, 29 Aug 2023 23:41:14 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Pinboards disappearing on Tue, 29 Aug 2023 23:38:54 GMT]]>@prston In opera://settings/syncSetup there is an option to sync pinboards and it is disable if you turn off bookmarks synchronization.

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/324714https://forums.opera.com/post/324714Tue, 29 Aug 2023 23:38:54 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Pinboards disappearing on Tue, 29 Aug 2023 23:11:38 GMT]]>@leocg -- And how do you sync Pinboards using Bookmarks? I can find no way. I think you are wrong.

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/324712https://forums.opera.com/post/324712Tue, 29 Aug 2023 23:11:38 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Pinboards disappearing on Fri, 14 Jul 2023 13:29:22 GMT]]>I would have much rather stuck with the option to use Pinterest in the first place as I could see vanishing Pinboards eventually happening, yet it seemed that none of the Pinterest buttons would work in my version of Opera. Could you please make that operational again? It seems like a much better option for things we don't want to lose. Thanks.

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/317843https://forums.opera.com/post/317843Fri, 14 Jul 2023 13:29:22 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Pinboards disappearing on Tue, 13 Jun 2023 22:59:35 GMT]]>@kathyb 17139b59-38a7-4f9b-aa1c-21c2e247d9de-image.png

hi.i know how to fix that.

  1. laft and up the window. click on opera gx icon
    2.bookmarks
    3.and " show bookmarks bar "

if that your mean...
and done . bye 😃

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/313115https://forums.opera.com/post/313115Tue, 13 Jun 2023 22:59:35 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Pinboards disappearing on Sat, 11 Mar 2023 19:47:37 GMT]]>Hi all, I just came across this. My scenario is a bit different in that it appears as I believe I was synchronizing my pinboards.

It appears that went to remove Opera browser from a computer I was giving back to someone, I cleared all site information on that computer and it synchronized that clearing across to my main machine as well, which was logged out at the time.

That was a couple months ago, and I just noticed the missing pinboards now.

Luckily, I have a backup of my whole computer from Oct 2022, and after hours of scouring it, it seems the pinboard content is stored in the IndexedDB folder under pinboard.opera.com.

Steps to restore were:

  1. Shut down opera
  2. Go to the backup of IndexedDB/pinboard.opera.com* (2 of them)
  3. Copy those 2 folders into the current IndexedDB/pinboard.opera.com*
  4. restart opera

Voila, got my pinboards back.

I'll be backing this folder up regularly now.

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/303381https://forums.opera.com/post/303381Sat, 11 Mar 2023 19:47:37 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Pinboards disappearing on Fri, 11 Nov 2022 15:47:56 GMT]]>Re: Pinboards disappearing

I'm disaponted, just a little windows cleaner en my C and all my pinboards deleted.
Bug ? Bad job ? I don't have synchronised my pinboards.

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/293520https://forums.opera.com/post/293520Fri, 11 Nov 2022 15:47:56 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Pinboards disappearing on Mon, 29 Aug 2022 16:14:46 GMT]]>Hello. I Finally figured out how to preserve my pinboards. I hope it works for you. Others have posted solutions that have worked for them, and didn't work for me. However, this is what did work for me, so give it a go, it's very easy. Save your Opera Pinboard cookies. If you go into your settings, under security and privacy, you will find your cookies, you can pick and choose which ones to allow. They remain safe when running your cleaner if you allow them. I use software that runs a tune up, and I can go in there and pick and decide which to keep. OR you can in security/privacy cookies allow all and turn on don't allow third party. Allowing the cookies that you use Opera, Facebook, Amazon etc will also help keep you signed in. So whether you are using a software to run an internet cleaner or within the browser itself, put your known cookies that you know are safe in the keep basket, and toss the others. The third party cookies they are the way you're tracked. I tested this try with clearing my data within the browser, then I did the same using my software, and all 3 times, my pinboards remained, I remained signed into Opera and I'm a happy camper. I was pretty angry with Opera for my work disappearing. I'm still backing things up because I don't know if it's truly fool proof. But for now, saving those cookies and putting them on the keep/safe list is what worked 100% forsavecookie.jpg

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/288414https://forums.opera.com/post/288414Mon, 29 Aug 2022 16:14:46 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Pinboards disappearing on Thu, 25 Aug 2022 16:14:39 GMT]]>@michallica39 Glad that worked out for you. Not so much for me. I did as you said, step by step, and just like my Opera Pinboards, there's zilch in the data you stated. My Pinboards are gone... Again!! Opera should seriously Not advertise something that is in Beta without making you fully aware. Yes, btw, my data is synced. This is the 3rd time losing the Pinboards, dodging everything of not clearing this, not clearing that.. etc. So, after losing that much data and things for my students that Opera totes you can collaborate with Pinboards..lol no you can't ... I just gave up and use something far far more stable. Just to veryify, all my bookmarks, tabs, passwords, preferences, history, shared devices , speed dials are all there.. Oh and 1 pinboard, the blank one you start with.

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/288125https://forums.opera.com/post/288125Thu, 25 Aug 2022 16:14:39 GMT