Using shared or borrowed PCs and want your own browser setup every time? Opera USB runs the Opera browser from a USB drive, carrying a portable profile between computers. Bookmarks, browsing history, extensions, and other profile data stay on the drive.
What travels with the USB browser?
Opera USB stores browsing information in a user profile on the removable drive. That profile can include bookmarks, history, cookies, and installed extensions, so the browser can pick up those details when opened from the drive on another computer.
Because the profile is kept on the USB, the browser's saved information is not stored locally on the host computer. The drive serves as both the place Opera runs from and the place it keeps its portable profile.
Which Opera features are included?
The portable browser retains familiar Opera tools alongside its profile features. The built-in ad blocker can reduce ads while browsing, and visual bookmarks provide a graphical way to reach saved sites.
Opera's battery-saving feature and personal news reader are also available. Extensions installed in the portable profile remain part of that profile when the USB drive moves to another computer.
How do you use Opera USB on another computer?
Plug in the drive, start Opera from it, and your setup is there; unplug it and nothing of your browsing stays behind on that PC.
- Use the portable profile to keep browsing data together on the drive.
- Open the browser from the USB when switching to another computer.
Pros
- Carries bookmarks and browsing history in the USB user profile
- Keeps installed extensions with the portable profile
- Includes ad blocking, visual bookmarks, and a personal news reader
- Offers Opera's battery-saving feature on the portable browser
System requirements: Windows 7, Windows 8, Windows 8.1, Windows 10, Windows 11
Does Opera USB leave browsing data on the computer?
No. Bookmarks, history, cookies and extensions are stored in the profile on the USB drive.
Which Opera features does the portable version include?
The built-in ad blocker, visual bookmarks, battery saver and personal news reader.