How to Use Opera Links/Sync to Backup Your Browsing Data on Opera & Opera mini •

Gone are the days that When you switch between several computers and smartphones, you need to worry about losing track of an interesting web page. Nowadays, things can be done easily through syncing. Learn how to use opera sync to backup your browsing data such as; bookmarks, favorite sites on the Speed Dial.

This post contains information that will help you to keep a tab on opera for desktop and mobile browser history, bookmarks, cookies e.t.c

Opera Link or synchronization serves as a kind of backup for Opera Link allows you to share data between all your computers and mobile devices that run the Opera browser. It can synchronize your browser information, such as bookmarks, Speed Dial, passwords, and notes, so they are available to you wherever you go.

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What are the Requirements Needed to Use Opera Sync to Backup Your Browsing data

To use Opera Link on your pc, you need to use the Opera browser and an Opera account. Opera accounts are also used for the My Opera community website, the developer site Dev.Opera, and Opera Unite.

How to Enable Opera Link on a PC

From the browser’s menu go to Tools > select Synchronize Opera >

How to Enable Synchronization

Log in with your Opera account username and password, or create an account by clicking I don’t have an account.
In the Options dialog, choose what kind of browser data you want to synchronize and click Next.
You have now synchronized your browser data.
Opera will continue to synchronize your data until you log out. It means even if you uninstall your opera on your Pc or Mobile device you can be certain that all your bookmarks and settings will remain intact as long as you are logged in.

How to Enable Opera Link/Sync on your mobile phone

To enable opera sync on your phone, go to Menu > Settings > Opera Link/sync. For older versions of Opera, such as Opera Mini 4.2. 4.3, on the start page, select Synchronize Opera.
Secondly, Log in with your Opera account username and password, or create one by providing your details in the registration window.
Congratulations! You have now synchronized your browser data. Opera will continue to synchronize your data until you log out.

Note: The first time you enable Opera Link on your phone with Opera Mini, a unique folder is created in the bookmarks manager of your PC browser. Only the bookmarks in this Opera Mini folder will be synchronized with your phone. Add bookmarks you want to use on your phone to this folder by going to Menu > Bookmarks > Manage bookmarks on your PC browser. Any bookmarks you save while browsing with Opera Mini are automatically saved in this folder.

How to Access Opera Link/Sync data from the Web or other browsers:

The web version of Opera Link allows you to access some of your synchronized data — bookmarks, Speed Dial, and notes — from any web browser. To do this, go to “link.opera.com” and log in using your Opera account details

How Opera Link/Sync works

The first time you enable Opera Link, the Opera browser synchronizes the types of data you select to an online server. If you make any changes in your browser, these are then reflected on the server. Let’s look at an example to see how this works.

Let’s say you use the Opera browser at work, and you have bookmarks that you want to use when you’re at home.
You enable Opera Link and select “bookmarks” as the data you want to synchronize.
When you get home, you start Opera on your home computer and enable Opera Link. The bookmarks saved on the online server are synchronized and merged with the bookmarks you already have on your home browser.
Synchronization occurs continuously.
This means that if you delete a bookmark while at home, this bookmark will also be automatically deleted on the online server and, therefore, your work browser and any other instances of the browser that has Opera Link-enabled using the same Opera account.
In other words, the browser is kept exactly as you left it each time, wherever you are. However, as changes are applied to all instances of the browser, it’s best not to think of Opera Link as a way to keep a backup of your data. The data you can synchronize depends on the browser product you use.