They added a second button right next to the already existing button for creating a new tab. This makes it really annoying to close a tab because I end up creating new tabs. I'm not sure why this needs to exist. I've been using this browser for 15 years, in the past 2 years I can't understand why you are making it more annoying to use than ever before. I get that new leaders need to change things to justify their existence but you could make better changes instead.

]]>https://forums.opera.com/topic/67475/how-to-remove-second-new-tab-buttonRSS for NodeSun, 07 Jun 2026 21:51:27 GMTWed, 01 Nov 2023 02:42:46 GMT60You can avoid it by not using tab islands. At the URL opera://settings/userInterface, disable "Automatically create tab islands". And, never manually create tab islands.

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/336712https://forums.opera.com/post/336712Fri, 08 Dec 2023 06:59:08 GMT@lanadrahlaer i have the same problem this same new plus button is so annoying and i can not find a way to turn it off. why did they make this mandatory i don't understand. i am also using opera so many years and it's very annoying to get used to this new pointless "feature"

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/336676https://forums.opera.com/post/336676Thu, 07 Dec 2023 16:08:45 GMT@leocg Thanks for getting back to me. Maybe I'll just switch to Firefox. I can barely tell what tab I have open because they are all grey now. It's just getting really annoying using this browser and worse every update.

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/332336https://forums.opera.com/post/332336Fri, 03 Nov 2023 00:31:59 GMT@lanadrahlaer That's the add new tab to tab island button and there is no way to remove it as far as I know.

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