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    How to disable Opera/Opera GX Devtools

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    • NGHOWNER
      NGHOWNER last edited by

      My software is needing to block DevTools while it is running. I have been able to block it by the Registry Editor and Microsoft Edge, Firefox, and Google Chrome all were able to be done. How can I do it for this browser?

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      • leocg
        leocg Moderator Volunteer @NGHOWNER last edited by

        @nghowner If you tried the Chrome solution for Opera and it didn't work, then I guess there's no way to do that.

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        • burnout426
          burnout426 Volunteer last edited by

          Opera doesn't support policies like other Chromium-based browsers, so using the registry won't work on Opera. I also see mention on the net about a --disable-dev-tools command-line switch, but that doesn't seem to do anything for Opera at least.

          With that said, I'm guessing you can't disable them in Opera.

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          • NGHOWNER
            NGHOWNER @leocg last edited by

            @leocg said in How to disable Opera/Opera GX Devtools:

            @nghowner If you tried the Chrome solution for Opera and it didn't work, then I guess there's no way to do that.

            But is there not a way to modify the .exe file itself and remove the section for devtools?

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            • NGHOWNER
              NGHOWNER @burnout426 last edited by

              @burnout426

              But is there not a way to modify the .exe file itself and remove the section for devtools?

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              • leocg
                leocg Moderator Volunteer @NGHOWNER last edited by

                @nghowner I don't think Opera allows you to hack the exe file.

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                • burnout426
                  burnout426 Volunteer @NGHOWNER last edited by burnout426

                  @nghowner There might technically be a way to patch Opera's binary files to remove the dev tools or at least make them inaccessible. But, you'd have to find someone that has the smarts to do it and wants to take the time to figure it out and do it. Short of that, there's no way to modify Opera's exes to disable dev tools.

                  You can keeps searching on the net though. You might find a command-line switch that actually works to disable dev tools.

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