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    • Seasun21
      Seasun21 last edited by

      Opera has been my default browser for years. In the past when I got a new computer my passwords and bookmarks always transferred with no problem; however this time around, I can't get my passwords to transfer to my new computer and this is causing me a headache. Please, how to I recover all my stored passwords?

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      • leocg
        leocg Moderator Volunteer @Seasun21 last edited by

        @seasun21 Are you logged in to Sync and passwords synchronization is enabled?

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        • Seasun21
          Seasun21 @leocg last edited by

          @leocg said in Passwords not Transferring To New Computer:

          @seasun21 Are you logged in to Sync and passwords synchronization is enabled?

          Logged in and password sync is enabled but so far only 2 passwords are showing and those are the 2 most recent passwords I saved.

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          • leocg
            leocg Moderator Volunteer @Seasun21 last edited by

            @seasun21 In opera://sync-internals/, the board under Type Info shows that passwords syncing is running? It's green?

            Check on all synced devices.

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            • Seasun21
              Seasun21 last edited by

              @leocg said in Passwords not Transferring To New Computer:

              opera://sync-internals/
              Opera Snapshot_2024-05-29_215837_opera.png

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              • leocg
                leocg Moderator Volunteer @Seasun21 last edited by

                @seasun21 That's not opera://sync-internals

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                • Seasun21
                  Seasun21 last edited by

                  @leocg Thanks for baring with me but, maybe I don't understand: "opera://sync-internals/, the board under Type Info shows that passwords syncing is running"

                  Is this what you're talking about?
                  Opera Snapshot_2024-05-29_224032_opera.png

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                  • leocg
                    leocg Moderator Volunteer @Seasun21 last edited by

                    @seasun21 Yes

                    How many passwords are listed in sync.opera.com?

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                    • Seasun21
                      Seasun21 @leocg last edited by

                      @leocg Only 3.

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                      • leocg
                        leocg Moderator Volunteer @Seasun21 last edited by

                        @seasun21 So it seems that all synced passwords are now on your new installation.

                        If you had more saved passwords in the old computer,they weren't synced.

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                        • Seasun21
                          Seasun21 last edited by

                          Exactly, and that's the problem. More than 10 years of saved passwords gone. It's a huge headache which has me switching back to Chrome where I can access Google saved passwords.
                          Is there any way to recover my old Opera passwords?

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                          • leocg
                            leocg Moderator Volunteer @Seasun21 last edited by

                            @seasun21 They were listed there in sync.opera.com before?

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                            • leocg
                              leocg Moderator Volunteer @Seasun21 last edited by

                              @seasun21 If you still have the old computer or, at least, the old disk with all its contents, maybe you can recover the passwords.

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                                Seasun21 @leocg last edited by

                                @leocg said in Passwords not Transferring To New Computer:

                                @seasun21 If you still have the old computer or, at least, the old disk with all its contents, maybe you can recover the passwords.

                                Unfortunately the computer was sent to HP for repair, and it was deemed unrepairable, so they sent me a new one. I though maybe Opera had cloud storage, since I was always able to transfer bookmarks and passwords to new computers. Oh well, back to Chrome.

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                                • leocg
                                  leocg Moderator Volunteer @Seasun21 last edited by

                                  @seasun21 That cloud storage would be Sync, although it's a synchronization service and not a storage/backup one.

                                  But, unfortunately, your old saved passwords weren't synced.

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                                  • Seasun21
                                    Seasun21 @leocg last edited by

                                    @leocg Thanks for helping

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