<![CDATA[[Solved]Disabling splash screen & changelog after an update]]>I'm fine with having auto-updates on, but I don't want my browsing experience interrupted every time there's been an update. I want to open the browser and just use it.

Instead, after an update I get a little splash screen, a jingle plays, and the browser opens a tab telling me all about the latest update. Is there any way to turn that off?

]]>https://forums.opera.com/topic/62388/solved-disabling-splash-screen-changelog-after-an-updateRSS for NodeTue, 21 Apr 2026 16:26:57 GMTSat, 13 May 2023 10:27:59 GMT60<![CDATA[Reply to [Solved]Disabling splash screen & changelog after an update on Wed, 29 Nov 2023 07:40:09 GMT]]>Time to disable auto update until this yelling piece-of-garbage-design is gone.

I can live with the original sound. But not this. F this.

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/335774https://forums.opera.com/post/335774Wed, 29 Nov 2023 07:40:09 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to [Solved]Disabling splash screen & changelog after an update on Tue, 28 Nov 2023 19:39:36 GMT]]>And now instead of allowing us to disable it...Eric Andre yells at you. Wonderful.

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/335629https://forums.opera.com/post/335629Tue, 28 Nov 2023 19:39:36 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to [Solved]Disabling splash screen & changelog after an update on Tue, 28 Nov 2023 09:52:09 GMT]]>Found file opera_gx_splash.off in older version folder. Put it into newer version and splash gone 😃

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/335558https://forums.opera.com/post/335558Tue, 28 Nov 2023 09:52:09 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to [Solved]Disabling splash screen & changelog after an update on Mon, 20 Nov 2023 09:37:13 GMT]]>@akhenaton Would'tn it just be reinstalled after next update? --- which is kind of the problem in the first place, as the options support turning off for other startups than the first after a new update...

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/334465https://forums.opera.com/post/334465Mon, 20 Nov 2023 09:37:13 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to [Solved]Disabling splash screen & changelog after an update on Sat, 04 Nov 2023 17:05:51 GMT]]>@kikonen So the Microsoft model !?

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/332451https://forums.opera.com/post/332451Sat, 04 Nov 2023 17:05:51 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to [Solved]Disabling splash screen & changelog after an update on Fri, 03 Nov 2023 22:22:42 GMT]]>@tharonsik Dunno, someone in Opera is considering that having satisfied users is bad thing, must do anything to alienate users.

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/332428https://forums.opera.com/post/332428Fri, 03 Nov 2023 22:22:42 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to [Solved]Disabling splash screen & changelog after an update on Fri, 03 Nov 2023 21:58:25 GMT]]>@cmspencer
It's just a pity that it doesn't appear once... just over and over and over again. It would be nice to be able for the user to decide for themselves...

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/332425https://forums.opera.com/post/332425Fri, 03 Nov 2023 21:58:25 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to [Solved]Disabling splash screen & changelog after an update on Tue, 31 Oct 2023 23:38:56 GMT]]>@cmspencer It's designed to show up when there is an update, and that's what it does.

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/332080https://forums.opera.com/post/332080Tue, 31 Oct 2023 23:38:56 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to [Solved]Disabling splash screen & changelog after an update on Tue, 31 Oct 2023 22:20:10 GMT]]>@leocg If it's designed to be annoying, then correct it's not a bug.
😉

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/332069https://forums.opera.com/post/332069Tue, 31 Oct 2023 22:20:10 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to [Solved]Disabling splash screen & changelog after an update on Sun, 10 Sep 2023 12:49:38 GMT]]>Suggestions of go to Opera://flags and you end up in Experiments table to disable the splash screen don't work.
Correct method: find the opera files location by right clicking the Opera icon and click on file location...… find your last instalment of programme in folder something like 102.0.488.....open that and scroll to splash gx. exe …delete this.
It should work

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/326267https://forums.opera.com/post/326267Sun, 10 Sep 2023 12:49:38 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to [Solved]Disabling splash screen & changelog after an update on Sat, 02 Sep 2023 07:01:04 GMT]]>@tharonsik Excellent it works.

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/325295https://forums.opera.com/post/325295Sat, 02 Sep 2023 07:01:04 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to [Solved]Disabling splash screen & changelog after an update on Thu, 03 Aug 2023 12:11:01 GMT]]>Hello!

From the directory where Opera is installed (eg: c:\Program Files\Opera\101.0.4843.25) - delete the file: opera_gx_splash.exe

After deleting the splash screen does not appear

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/321241https://forums.opera.com/post/321241Thu, 03 Aug 2023 12:11:01 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to [Solved]Disabling splash screen & changelog after an update on Thu, 27 Jul 2023 21:14:17 GMT]]>@kikonen I can still see it in Opera GX installation directory.

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/319861https://forums.opera.com/post/319861Thu, 27 Jul 2023 21:14:17 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to [Solved]Disabling splash screen & changelog after an update on Thu, 27 Jul 2023 21:13:26 GMT]]>@kikonen A bug is when something doesn't work as should, as it was designed to work.

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/319860https://forums.opera.com/post/319860Thu, 27 Jul 2023 21:13:26 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to [Solved]Disabling splash screen & changelog after an update on Thu, 27 Jul 2023 21:12:29 GMT]]>@leocg I call it a bug, since nobody would want such nuisance startup sound

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/319858https://forums.opera.com/post/319858Thu, 27 Jul 2023 21:12:29 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to [Solved]Disabling splash screen & changelog after an update on Thu, 27 Jul 2023 21:11:37 GMT]]>@braken121 Not seeing such option in Opera 100

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/319854https://forums.opera.com/post/319854Thu, 27 Jul 2023 21:11:37 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to [Solved]Disabling splash screen & changelog after an update on Thu, 15 Jun 2023 16:12:00 GMT]]>https://www.google.com/search?q=prevent+specific+exe+from+running might help to block any opera_gx_splash.exe from running. Something to investigate at least.

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/313297https://forums.opera.com/post/313297Thu, 15 Jun 2023 16:12:00 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to [Solved]Disabling splash screen & changelog after an update on Thu, 15 Jun 2023 14:05:26 GMT]]>@leocg i already said that i found that out i think.

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/313292https://forums.opera.com/post/313292Thu, 15 Jun 2023 14:05:26 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to [Solved]Disabling splash screen & changelog after an update on Tue, 13 Jun 2023 20:46:25 GMT]]>@braken121 Not a bug, it was designed to work that way.

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/313091https://forums.opera.com/post/313091Tue, 13 Jun 2023 20:46:25 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to [Solved]Disabling splash screen & changelog after an update on Tue, 13 Jun 2023 20:41:18 GMT]]>@waggers5 i researched some more on some other posts. Its not possible to make it not happen after an update. Sorry for the bad news. Although you could request for this to not happen.

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/313090https://forums.opera.com/post/313090Tue, 13 Jun 2023 20:41:18 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to [Solved]Disabling splash screen & changelog after an update on Tue, 13 Jun 2023 20:32:23 GMT]]>@waggers5 might be a bug then

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/313085https://forums.opera.com/post/313085Tue, 13 Jun 2023 20:32:23 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to [Solved]Disabling splash screen & changelog after an update on Mon, 12 Jun 2023 09:36:09 GMT]]>@braken121 That's already switched off. That setting is for the splash screen to display every time, but it seems to have no effect on launching after an update.

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/312958https://forums.opera.com/post/312958Mon, 12 Jun 2023 09:36:09 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to [Solved]Disabling splash screen & changelog after an update on Sat, 10 Jun 2023 15:08:22 GMT]]>@waggers5 Try turning this off 0b22090d-24cd-4b6d-acf0-85e99de5df1a-image.png

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/312858https://forums.opera.com/post/312858Sat, 10 Jun 2023 15:08:22 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to [Solved]Disabling splash screen & changelog after an update on Wed, 17 May 2023 19:15:50 GMT]]>Agreed. Would love to be able to turn this off. I'm even fine with the changelog tab, but the splash screen is very obtrusive

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/310329https://forums.opera.com/post/310329Wed, 17 May 2023 19:15:50 GMT