I made a reddit post about this issue, so I am just gonna copy paste what I said there, to here.
I am trying to get in contact with Opera GX app support but it seems impossible, I have to say I’m surprised there’s no email support or ticket
option for the Opera GX app for iphone…. Anyways:
https://www.reddit.com/r/OperaGX/comments/1vmoqus/opera_gx_app_taking_up_9gb_for_no_reason
“ Just had to uninstall and reinstall the Opera GX app, because it was taking up 9GB. (iPhone 13)
But wtf? I had only like 6 tabs open, and I only mainly use Opera GX app for streaming pirate site shows and movies in PiP mode while playing Roblox, usually.
I usually never use it for anything else, safari is my main internet app on iphone. (chrome on desktop)
Opera GX devs you need to fix your app or something cause wtf.
9GB was being taken up by your app when i don’t even mainly use it, and only use it for streaming shows or movies on pirate websites.
I truly don’t understand how this could’ve happened.
Only been using it for like a year, too.
TLDR / Summary:
Opera GX app on iphone has been good for streaming shows/movies in PiP mode, while also playing Roblox app at the same time.
Opera GX crashes less than safari does, while doing this.
but now I just had an issue today where Opera GX was taking up 9GB on my iphone 13, when only using it for that, 6 tabs open, and a year or so of using it. So I had to uninstall and reinstall the Opera GX app. I find it ridiculous I have to do this fix to begin with.
Update:
Thought I should do an update, here. So here it is:
After reinstalling the Opera GX app on my iphone 13 and continuing to watch the pirate site episodes of the show I was watching, within TWO DAYS, of reinstalling and doing this, the opera GX app went back up to 8GB……..
Clearly that is not normal, and is insane.
I don’t know if it’s an issue with the website or the opera gx app or what but I’ve decided to stop using Opera GX and just go back to using safari, on my iphone, due to this issue.
Considering this is a really bad issue with opera gx, I will link the site. Literally all I did was just watch these episodes of the show, the site provided.
I don’t know if Opera GX was, like, downloading those episodes and keeping them stored, and that’s the reason for the insane app size, or what. But I hope the opera gx devs can fix this issue.
Either way, Safari does not have this issue, so I will just be watching stuff on it instead. I don’t plan on using Opera GX app at all after seeing there’s an insane cache overload issue. It holding onto 8GB of cache in 2 days.