History is not permanently deleted
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pe73 last edited by
I noticed that browsing history is not permanently removed in the latest Opera v4.5.0 browser on the iPhone 13 Pro Max with iOS 17.3. If I delete the entire history and reopen it, it is blank. This is fine unless the Opera browser is deleted from the iPhone cache. Then the entire history is magically back as if it had never been deleted before.
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pe73 last edited by
I've found a temporary solution until Opera fixes it.
Unfortunately, it's quite a pain because you have to delete each history entry by swiping left and pressing the delete button. In this case, the history is deleted permanently.
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pe73 last edited by
What I really miss on this forum is the interaction of Opera staff. No one bothers to answer. The forum is run by Opera, so the lack of communication from Opera staff really sucks.
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pe73 last edited by
@kane12
In the meantime, I discovered a more friendly way of deleting history.If you have a long history and want to avoid deleting entry by entry do the following.
Go to the menu and select the option to clear history, then open any web page, go back to the history and delete this entry manually, i.e. swipe left and press the delete button. After that, the history will remain cleared even after you clear Opera from your iPhone's cache.
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pe73 last edited by
Even the new version 4.6.0 of iOS/iPadOS Opera has not fixed this bug. It's an easily and fully reproducible bug, so it remains a mystery to me how Opera can ignore such an annoying bug.
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pe73 last edited by
Another way to permanently delete history and perhaps the most convenient is to leave at least one webpage open, then you can delete history in the Opera menu and close the open web page. After that the history remains cleared even after you clear Opera from the iPhone's cache.
Regardless, this is still a bug that the Opera devs need to address!!
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jonaballen last edited byThank you for reporting this!
Its a known issue and we have a fix ready that is about to be released. However, the update is currently stuck in Appstore app review, so it got delayed. Once we have sorted out the issues it will be available.
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jonaballen last edited by
Yes thanks!
We just managed to get the update approved and released this morning (CET).
Thanks again for reporting
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pe73 last edited by
You're welcome! I just wish there is more interaction with Opera devs on this forum.
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jonaballen last edited by
@pe73
Duly noted, problem is time and resources, but we do check.
But we could/should interact more.We appreciate the feedback nevertheless
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pe73 last edited by
Yeah, I know what you're talking about.
As far as I'm concerned, I try to only post important bugs or wishes. Well, actually I only have one and that is the full sync feature for Opera iOS/iPadOS. I've been using Opera since the good old Presto days. Actually, I have it on all Win & Apple devices and the lack of full sync on iOS is really giving me problems. So hopefully one day I'll be gifted by Opera devs.
