Delete private data
To delete private data, go to Settings > Delete Private Data. A dialog displays, allowing you to select the data you want to delete.
This dialog helps you to delete traces of your browsing activity, however take care not to erase useful data inadvertently. If you are not already familiar with them, try private tabs; the data for each private tab is automatically deleted when you close the tab.
Delete Private Data dialog options are:
- Delete temporary cookies
- Delete session cookies
- Delete all cookies
- Delete password protected pages and data
- Delete HTTP authentication passwords (not in Password Manager)
- Delete entire cache
- Clear history of visited pages
- Clear history of downloads
- Clear bookmark visited time
- Clear all email account passwords
- Clear Password Manager
- Delete persistent storage
- Close all tabs
Warning: After deleting private data you may need to re-enter various passwords and set up preferences on websites again.
Related topics
See also: Guide to security and privacy in Opera.
From the help of Opera for computers 12.10, archived on September 18, 2012. See the original page.
Opera for computers
- ActiveX and VBScript support in Opera
- Advertising Preferences
- Auto-update
- Automatic redirection
- Backing up Opera
- BitTorrent
- Bookmarks
- Browser identity
- Browser layout map
- Browsing
- Cache
- Camera settings
- Chat
- Content
- Content blocking
- Cookies
- Custom toolbars
- Delete private data
- Developer tools
- Dialogs
- Display modes
- Do not track
- Download and install Opera
- Downloads
- Dragonfly
- Email and news
- Error console
- Error page
- Exit actions
- Extensions
- Feeds
- File Types
- Fit to width
- Fonts
- Forms
- Fraud and Malware Protection
- Full screen mode
- General preferences
- Geolocation
- Glossary
- History
- Home page
- Images
- Import or export data
- Java
- JavaScript
- Keyboard shortcuts
- Kiosk mode
- Language
- Languages
- Main Menu
- Menus
- Mouse gestures
- Multimedia
- Network
- Notes
- Notifications
- Older versions of Opera
- Opera Link
- Opera Next
- Opera Turbo
- Opera Unite
- Opera Widgets
- Page icons
- Page loading
- Page style
- Panels
- Personal Information
- Plug-ins
- Pop-ups
- Preferences
- Privacy
- Private browsing
- Programs and paths
- Referrer information
- Report a site problem
- Save data for online forms
- Save passwords
- Save sets of tabs
- Scrolling
- Searching in Opera
- Security
- Security certificates
- Security protocols
- Server settings
- Set Opera as the default browser
- Share menu
- Shortcuts
- Show page size
- Site preferences
- Skins
- Sound
- Sounds
- Source Viewer
- Speed Dial
- Spell checker
- Start and exit
- Start up tabs
- Storage
- Style modes
- Tabs
- Themes
- Toolbars
- Tooltips
- Trusted website list
- Use other programs for certain actions
- Using M2
- Using the Hotlist
- Using the mouse
- Using voice
- Voice preferences
- Webpage preferences
- Welcome to Opera
- When Opera crashes
- Windows
- Work offline
- Zoom