How to transfer Opera: express panel, passwords, bookmarks. Synchronization in Opera

Hello! Like many other articles on this site, this article is from personal experience. I'll tell you about a solution to a problem that I encountered a few days ago. It's about saving Opera browser settings. I will show you how you can transfer express panel, bookmarks, passwords and other settings of the Opera browser to another computer, or when reinstalling Windows.

It all started when I decided to reinstall Windows 7 on Windows 10. And the main task was to transfer the settings of the Opera browser. It was very important for me to completely transfer the express panel, all bookmarks and passwords saved in Opera first of all. Simply put, I needed to save my Opera profile, and restore it after reinstalling Windows, in the newly installed browser.

I must say right away that I did not find a solution on the Internet. There are many articles on this topic, and following them you can easily transfer bookmarks, speed dial settings, history, etc., simply by saving certain files. But, passwords cannot be transferred in this way. The fact is that Opera saves all saved passwords in a separate file and they are tied to a specific Windows user. When I transferred the password file to the profile of the new, newly installed Opera, the passwords were not transferred. The sites for which I saved passwords simply did not have the ability to automatically log in. Well, in the browser settings, the list of saved passwords was empty. That's when I got a little upset, because it was very important for me to transfer all saved passwords.

I knew of course that Opera has a sync feature. But I read somewhere on the internet that this feature only syncs bookmarks and open tabs. Passwords are not syncing. For some reason I remembered this, and I ruled out this method. And in vain, as it turned out.

When I had already read a bunch of different instructions, and realized that I could not transfer passwords, I decided to check the synchronization function. And as it turned out, everything is synchronized in Opera. Including passwords. At the time of my torment, the version of Opera was 43.0. I can't say for sure, but it may well be that in earlier versions, password synchronization did not work.

Eventually: I used the sync function to transfer my entire Opera profile (passwords, express panel, bookmarks, settings) when reinstalling Windows. In the same way, you can save and restore Opera settings on a new computer, for example.

As I did: in the browser from which I needed to transfer everything, I created an Opera account, and enabled password synchronization in the settings. I waited a little (there is no synchronization status), and logged in under this account in the Opera browser on the newly installed Windows 10 (I have two OSs on my computer). And in a minute all the settings were tightened. Bookmarks, express panel, and most importantly, all passwords were synchronized. As if I hadn't reinstalled anything.

Save the Opera profile (files). Just in case

I do not know which case you have specifically. But it seems to me that this is most likely one of two options:

• You need to transfer all settings from the Opera browser when reinstalling Windows. The peculiarity is that after reinstallation, you most likely will not have access to the browser. Therefore, I advise you to save your profile folder in a safe place. There are all the files that store the express panel settings, bookmarks, passwords (which cannot be transferred by the file).
• New computer. Or another computer. In this case, everything is much simpler. After all, you will have access to both browsers (clean and old with all your settings). In this case, you can immediately proceed to setting up synchronization.

It is very easy to save the profile folder with all the settings. Open the browser menu and select "About". Copy the path to the profile folder.

Open Explorer, or "My Computer", and paste this address into the address bar. Click Enter. The folder with the Opera profile will open. It is better to copy this folder and save somewhere in a safe place. She may be useful to us.

In this folder, some files contain bookmarks, express panel, etc.

By replacing these files in the newly installed Opera profile folder, we will restore the corresponding information.

Synchronization in Opera. Passwords, settings, express panel, bookmarks

Synchronization is easy to set up. If you don't have an Opera account yet, you need to create one. I immediately created an account in the browser from which I want to transfer information.

Click on "Menu" and select "Synchronization". A window will appear on the right in which we click on "Create an account".

We display our mail and password. Come up with a good and complex password. Also, save it somewhere, or write it down. Enter the data for registration and click on the "Create an account" button.

You will be automatically logged in. To turn on password synchronization right away, click on the "Select data to sync" link.

Select the items you want to synchronize with checkmarks and click Ok.

For some reason, I did not notice the synchronization status, or the message that everything is ready. But it seems to me that if you click on "Menu" - "Synchronization", and there is a green checkmark next to the icon, then everything is ready.

I just waited a bit and logged into my account on another Opera browser.

Login to your Opera account

Open the "Menu" - "Synchronization", and click on the "Login" button. Next, enter your account data and click "Login".

Turn on password synchronization. This can be done in the settings. "Menu" - "Settings". Click on the "Advanced settings" button, select "Passwords" and "Ok".

Literally a minute later, all information from the old Opera browser was transferred to the new one. There is only one nuance with the express panel. I'll tell you now.

Speed ​​Dial Synchronization

The fact is that the express panel is synchronized, but it is transferred to another folder. To make it appear on the home screen, you need to move it. Now I'll show you how.

And it seems like some trifle, synchronization of browser settings, but how much time and nerves this function saves. It's scary to imagine how much time it would take to re-configure the express panel manually, or, even worse, enter passwords on all sites.

If you decide to reinstall Windows, or transfer your browser to a new computer, then you cannot do without synchronization. True, in the event that you definitely need to transfer passwords. If not, then bookmarks and settings of the express panel can be transferred with files from your profile, as I showed above. But syncing is much easier. And there will be for the future. In case something happens to the computer. After all, all data is stored on Opera's servers.

And security seems to be all right. Encryption and all that. I think this shouldn't be a problem.

Watch the video: Operas bookmarks: how do they work? BROWSER FOR COMPUTER. OPERA (May 2024).