Pinboards disappearing
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AmberTaylor098 last edited by
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. -
jason4prezz last edited by
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. -
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MuckyPaws last edited by
@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
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Jimothyblues last edited by
yeah they still haven't fixed it, just lost a load of important medical information. very cool
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Aurora-Moonpaw last edited by
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. -
Jap251015-2210 last edited by
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.
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Ardony last edited by
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.
