How to completely remove the "Opera" from the computer. Questions about uninstalling, resetting settings and restoring the browser

Web browser "Opera" is one of the mostpopular browsers and all ratings ranked among the top five. But it often causes problems, and some users when changing Opera to another browser often wonder how to completely remove Opera from a computer running Windows. It is not difficult to do this, however, to begin with it is worth considering the specifics of the browser itself, as well as some situations where uninstalling the browser may not be required.

Features of the browser "Opera"

Before we proceed directly tosolving the problem of how to completely remove the "Opera", consider some features of the browser. Probably, many users know that the versions of the program today on the same Internet you can find a huge amount (both official and unofficial).

Immediately it should be noted that at the firstinstallation official releases NEVER create their own keys in the system registry. This is akin to how the most common portable software does not require installation. Therefore, with reference to the official versions, even with manual uninstallation, the question of how to remove the "Opera" from the computer entirely, search for residual registry keys does not provide. Only standard deletion of the program and its residual folders is used. If we are talking about alpha and beta versions created by enthusiasts on the basis of official modifications, the registry will have to tinker. But now the main problem of how to completely remove the "Opera" will be considered exclusively for official releases. For this there are two ways at a minimum. But more on that later.

How to delete a page in the "Opera"?

Browser "Opera", like many of its analogs, toUnfortunately, it is not immune from the impact of hijacker viruses, which spontaneously change the start page and produce a huge amount of advertising. When antiviruses are powerless, users simply try to get rid of the browser.

But this is not always advisable. Initially, you need to uninstall or disable all suspicious add-ins, check the path to the executable file via the PKM menu on the program shortcut (so that at the end after Lancher.exe there was nothing written, for example, start.webalta.ru) or enter the address of the suspicious site in the hosts file, which can be opened in Notepad, running as administrator. Finally, you need to set another start page (empty, for example) if it was changed. Here the removal of the browser itself is not needed.

How can I restore the default browser settings?

In some cases, instead of solvingthe question of how to completely remove the "Opera" from the computer, it is much easier to return the browser, so to speak, to the factory state with the original default settings.

You can do this through the help section, wherethe item "About the program" is selected. On the page for specifying all the ways in which the browser saves its own data and settings, you need to use the settings item, open the corresponding folder and delete the Operaprefs.ini file from it, and then the initial parameters will be restored (the system reboot is required).

How to completely remove the Opera from your computer?

But suppose that none of the above versions of the user is satisfied, and he really wants to get rid of the browser.

In this case, as usual, you can usea section of programs and components where a list with a name of the application is selected in the list and the delete button is pressed. After that, as an option, you can check the ProgramFiles and ProgramFiles (x86) directories and delete Opera directories in them, if there are any. Then, similar actions should be performed with the folders nested in the AppData (Roaming and Local) directory in the user directory, which is selected from the Users section in the system partition. As already mentioned, when uninstalling official releases, no actions are required with the registry.

Using the uninstaller

If one approaches the question of how completelydelete the "Opera" from the computer in a simpler way, it's best to turn to specialized applications to remove any type of software (for example, iObit Uninstaller) as completely as possible.

As in the case of standard deletion, fromthe list of selected browser version (if there are several), the deletion button in the form of a basket is pressed, a powerful scan is launched, after which all the results are cleared with the function of deleting files.

Can I restore a remote browser?

So, with the removal understood. Nothing particularly complicated that could cause difficulties, there is no. Now let's see how to restore a remote "Opera" and whether it can be done at all. In principle, you can.

The easiest way is to roll back the system toearlier condition. In this case, the browser with all its settings will be restored. But what if the user deleted all saved restore points and their corresponding system backups?

Restore "Opera" in case of complete removal fromcleaning of the residual components, if the uninstaller was used, is impossible. If you made a normal deletion through the programs and components section without further cleaning, you can try. When the installation tool starts up, the installer can display a window that contains the items of the installation (Modify), Repair (Repair) and Remove (Remove). Choose the second item and follow the instructions of the "Wizard".

Finally, the optimal recovery optionit is considered a situation when the account was initially created using the built-in Opera Link tool, which allows you to synchronize all settings or bookmarks with the developer's server. In this case it will be enough just to enter your personal cabinet and use the corresponding section.