How to use Private Browsing Mode for Opera for Desktop
This tutorial is only applicable for users running Opera browser on Mac OS X and Windows operating systems.
In an effort to improve your future browsing sessions, Opera stores a significant amount of information on your device as you surf the web. From a list of websites you’ve visited in copies of local web pages to increase load times on subsequent websites, the benefits of these files offer many benefits. Unfortunately, if they receive the wrong party they may initiate some significant significant privacy and security concerns. This potential risk is especially prevalent when browsing a computer or portable device is shared with others.
Opera provides a personal browsing mode in such cases, ensuring that no personal data is left behind at the end of a browsing session Activating private browsing mode can be done in just a few simple steps, and this tutorial takes you through the process on Windows and Mac platforms. First, open your Opera browser.
Windows users
Click the Opera menu button in the upper left corner of your browser. When the drop-down menu appears, select the New Personal Window option, cycled in the example above. You can use the following keyboard shortcut instead of clicking this menu option: CTRL + SHIFT + N
Mac OS X users
Click the file in the Opera menu at the top of your screen . When the drop down menu appears, select the New Personal Window option. You can use the following keyboard shortcut instead of clicking this menu option: COMMAND + SHIFT + N
Personal browsing mode is now enabled in a new window, represented by the hotel style “Do Not Disturb” icon to the left of the current tab name. When surfing the web in private browsing mode, the following data elements are automatically deleted from your hard drive as soon as the active window closes. Please note that saved passwords and downloaded files will not be deleted .
- Browsing History: Opera typically stores a list of URLs for each website you have visited in the past . Personal browsing mode is enabled when this address is not saved.
- Cache: Also known as temporary Internet files, cache consists of images, multimedia files, and sometimes complete web pages. This file is stored on your local hard drive, in each case a visit to the same website is used in an effort to speed up page load time without making a request to the server. Private browsing mode ensures that cache files are not saved when Opera is closed.
- Cookies: Small text files are stored locally, cookies are used by most websites to maintain user-specific settings and other information such as access certificates. Cookies are used by many sites for tracking purposes. Sites do not allow permanent cookies to be stored on your hard drive when Private Browsing mode is enabled.