The Opera is asking for a passphrase and now I can't sync topic
-
-
itsbenetti last edited by
Hey,
I recently had windows 10 crash on me needing a fresh install. I decided to opt for windows 11.
Anyway, in this process I downloaded Opera as it's my main browser used for basically everything (mainly to run my business).
However after signing into my account, sync wasn't being allowed due to needing a passphrase (I made Opera years ago, how the heck am I supposed to remember this or even where I kept it).
I kept trying whatever I could to get a sync to happen as I have 100's of very important bookmarks on my account and no way to access them.
I recently remember syncing Opera with my old window laptop (since sold) and it was a breeze - no passphrase etc required. But now that I don't have a secondary device it appears impossible without resetting data.
Can anyone please help me retreave my bookmarks? It's very important for me and my operation of business.
-
-
itsbenetti last edited by
@leocg I don't as I really wasn't expecting this issue - I thought I could just login again and resync everything.. but I guess I also wasn't expecting windows to wipe itself.
-
-
leocg Moderator Volunteer last edited by
@itsbenetti The passphrase being asked may be your old Opera account password.
-
kukuruzix last edited by
Hello,
I didnt use opera few months and now when iam Buy new pc I want to sync my previous bookmarks etc to new one, but when iam log in to my acc, and want to sync, opera demant some prhase or code to proceed sync, but when I type code for log in it say thats incorect, what should I do (withoit loosing my backuoed bokmarks on server)Thanks!
-
leocg Moderator Volunteer last edited by
@kukuruzix It's asking for a passphrase/password or for the second factor authentication code?
-
kukuruzix last edited by
@leocg
hey leo,
It's asking for a passphrase, but I don't know if I put a passphrase on this account when Iam created it.
After a few days, after logging into my opera acc, everything seems to be fine, all the tags are where they should be, but opera still asking for passphrase to start sync. -
leocg Moderator Volunteer last edited by
@kukuruzix It may be asking for an old Opera account password.
-
-
leocg Moderator Volunteer last edited by
@kukuruzix Synced saved passwords are encrypted using your Opera account credentials, so Opera needs the password used when those passwords were synced to decrypt them.
The same for when you set up a passphrase to encrypt all your synced data, you will need to provide the passphrase to decrypt your data.
. I hope that it would be everything okay in future with this sync.