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Clear Opera Browsing Data in Windows 7

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Hi, you're watching VisiHow. This is a tutorial on how to clear data in the Opera web browser on a Windows 7 computer.

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Start off by opening the Opera browser
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To open it, double-click on the Opera icon.

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Once the browser opens, go to the settings
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To do so, press the Opera button in the top left corner of the screen.

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Click "Settings" in the drop down menu
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Once the settings are open, go to "Privacy & security"
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Click it once.

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In the Privacy section, there is a button that says "Clear browsing data"; click it once, and a new window will open
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In this window, select the duration of time you would like to delete the data from
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For example, when I click the drop down menu to the right of "Obliterate the following items from:", I can choose "the past hour", "the past day", "the past week", "the last 4 weeks", and "the beginning of time". For this example, I will choose "the beginning of time". This means that it will delete all of the data since the installation of the program.

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Now, choose which data you would like to delete
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In this example, I will delete the browsing history, download history, cookies and other site data, and empty the cache. I want to keep the saved passwords and the Autofill form data, so I will leave them unchecked. When you've selected what items to delete, click "Clear browsing data" at the bottom. Wait for it t finish. Depending on the amount of data, it may take seconds, minutes, or maybe even hours.
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This concludes our tutorial on how to clear browsing data in the Opera web browser on a Windows 7 computer
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