Lost Bookmarks

[Noxx18]

Noxx18 last edited by

I recently did a fresh install of Windows 11 because I wanted to get ahead of the game knowing Microsoft will be stopping security updates for Windows 10 in the future. At some point or another, I must have turned off the sync everything setting in Opera gx (very dumb I know), and I totally forgot to check that I had it enabled before reinstalling windows. After reinstalling Opera and re-signing in, I now have none of my bookmarks, data, etc. Does anyone know if there is a way to get any of that stuff back or is it just gone forever?

[leocg]

leocg Moderator Volunteer @Noxx18 last edited by

@Noxx18 Do you have any data in sync.opera.com?

[Noxx18]

Noxx18 @leocg last edited by

@leocg yes but only data from the past day or so since I did the windows reinstall and made sure to enable data sync with the new install. No data from before then.

[leocg]

leocg Moderator Volunteer @Noxx18 last edited by

@Noxx18 Unless you have a backup of your previous profile directory, there's no way to recover your bookmarks

[hooram95]

hooram95 last edited by

Ah, I totally understand your frustration. But honestly saying, if sync was turned off before you reinstalled Windows, Opera wouldn’t have saved any of your data to the cloud. That means once the local files were wiped during the reinstall, your bookmarks and settings are most likely gone.