Can't Enable Push Notification for Twitter/X

[Galaxyrelic]

Galaxyrelic last edited by

Twitter/X keeps saying the browser is unsupported for notifications and that it doesn’t support push notifications, even though, last I checked, on other websites, push notifications can be turned on and work.

I also have permission enabled in the browser for that website.

[leocg]

leocg Moderator Volunteer @Galaxyrelic last edited by

@Galaxyrelic Opera, Opera GX or Opera Air?

[leocg]

leocg Moderator Volunteer @Galaxyrelic last edited by

@Galaxyrelic What does X/Twitter support says about that?

[burnout426]

burnout426 Volunteer last edited by

It's working fine here in Opera 130.0.5847.92 64-bit on Windows 11 23H2. Make sure your Opera is updated as there was a bug with this a while ago that was fixed.

[Galaxyrelic]

Galaxyrelic @burnout426 last edited by Galaxyrelic

@burnout426 I just updated to 130.0.5847.92 for Opera, and it is not working for me.

@leocg Opera, and I have not reached out to Twitter/X support yet, as I was waiting to see if it was something with the browser, since when I tried to turn it on, it said "unsupported browser" because it does not support push notifications.

I will contact Twitter/X support later today.

[burnout426]

burnout426 Volunteer @Galaxyrelic last edited by

@Galaxyrelic Any difference with Opera's adblocking and tracking protection off at the URL opera://settings/privacyProtection?

With all your extensions off at the URL opera://extensions?

Does it work fine in a test standalone installation?

[Galaxyrelic]

Galaxyrelic @burnout426 last edited by

@burnout426 It works in a test standalone installation. What should I do now to repair it on my main browser and not through the standalone installation?

[leocg]

leocg Moderator Volunteer @Galaxyrelic last edited by

@Galaxyrelic The message means that x/Twitter doesn't support Opera, that's why I asked about their answer.

[leocg]

leocg Moderator Volunteer @Galaxyrelic last edited by

@Galaxyrelic Try disabling all extensions

[Galaxyrelic]

Galaxyrelic last edited by

Hey! I have since gotten it to work by uninstalling and reinstalling it, as turning off extensions and other things did not work.

Thank you everyone for your help!

[burnout426]

burnout426 Volunteer last edited by

Glad you got it. I'll leave what I was just going to post for others:

If disabling your extensions doesn't help, here are some other things to try:

You can goto the URL opera://settings/content/all, type x.com in the search field and click "Delete displayed data". Then, repeat for twitter.com for good measure. Then, goto the URL opera://settings/clearBrowserData and clear "Cached images and files" for all time.

Then, goto the URL opera://settings/content/notifications, make sure the default behavior is set to "Sites can ask to send notifications". Then, remove any x.com entries from the allow list by click the 3 dots next to each entry found and clicking "Remove".

Then, restart Opera, log back in to x.com, go to the push notification settings, enable them, click "allow" when asked and see if notifications get enabled as expected.

If that doesn't work, goto the URL opera://settings/clearBrowserData, switch to "advanced" and clear just "site settings" for all time and then try again.

If that doesn't work, you can goto the URL opera://settings/reset and reset just Opera's settings. You won't lose your data, but you might lose your opened tabs.

Also, in "Settings -> System -> Notifications" in Windows, make sure "Notifications" are enabled, make sure "Do not disturb" is disabled and make sure "Opera Browser" is in the list. Then, click on "Opera Browser" and make all the notification settings for it are correct. If Opera doesn't show up in the notification app list, in Opera, goto https://cleverpush.com/en/test-notifications/, click "Greetings", allow notifications and click "Greetings" again. Then, close out of Settings in Windows and go back in to the Notification settings.

You can also restart Windows if needed.