Where Does Opera GX Store Your Profile?
Where Opera GX keeps its browser profile with bookmarks and logins on Windows and Mac, and how to back it up.
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Opera GX keeps profile data in the standard Chromium layout for your OS. History, bookmarks, logins and preferences sit together in one profile folder. Cache sits in a separate Local tree on Windows.
Extra profiles live as siblings with side profile names. The about page inside the browser prints both paths, which beats trusting any guide blindly. Close the browser before copying anything or files come out half written. Passwords only restore under the same OS account, so a cross machine copy carries history and bookmarks more reliably than logins.
Where Opera GX stores this, by platform
C:\Users\[Username]\AppData\Roaming\Opera Software\Opera GX Stable
Main profile with Bookmarks, History, Login Data and Preferences. Cache sits separately under Local Opera Software. Side profiles are siblings with _side_profiles names.
~/Library/Application Support/com.operasoftware.OperaGX
Main profile equivalent on Mac. Confirm the exact Cache path on your build through opera://about, since it varies by release.
Frequently asked questions
How do I back up Opera GX bookmarks and passwords?
With GX closed, copy Bookmarks, Login Data and Preferences from the profile folder to a safe place. Restoring means dropping the same files back with the browser closed. Passwords only restore on the same OS user account.
How do I confirm my exact Opera GX profile path?
Open opera://about and read the Profile and Cache lines. That page shows the exact paths for your install, including side profiles. Use it whenever a guide path does not match your machine.
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