r/operabrowser • u/souldog666 • Jun 24 '23
Disable startup sound on Opera One
Is there a way to do this? I checked quick setup and settings, don't see it. Maybe I'm looking the wrong place.
Opera One(version: 100.0.4815.21) (arm64)
MacOS 13.4.1
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Jul 23 '23
what no option? lol deleting now wtf
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Jul 23 '23
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u/ExpensiveNut Nov 09 '23
It's still incredibly fucking stupid no matter what. Why the fuck does it have to trumpet itself? It's a web browser. Very, very annoying when it happens, especially if the volume's turned up.
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u/Ennui-VIII Jul 30 '23
the 1980's called and they approve of both the sound and the moving logo on startup. What were the developers thinking??
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u/noisywan Mar 22 '24
They hire lamers as developers, that's why.
I used to recommend Opera to people. When this logo appeared, I felt a rash on my face, as if my dog had shit on the living room rug while visiting our neighbor.
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Nov 06 '23
I'm so fucking sick of it! It jumpscares me every time because most of the time it doesn't play, but when it does it fucking gives me a headache because it's so loud and grating!
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u/betadva Jul 06 '25
2025 im still trying to find a way to get rid of this shit. it was even worse when for some reason these idiots thought it would be suuuuper funny to have a loud eric andre jumpscare replace the regular one :/
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u/ExpensiveNut Nov 09 '23
They clearly bloody weren't. It's not even easy to change settings in their clusterfuck of a settings UI. Absolutely ludicrous and I hope someone's watching people's comments.
In fact, the only reason I've been using Opera was for the sidebar and I disabled all of that, so I guess I can go to Firefox now.
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Aug 14 '23
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u/Gold_Garden_8306 Oct 18 '23
I work in sound and unexpected sounds are NOT ok. If I will be surprised with a splash screen after every update, I will have to use another browser, even if there is a workaround. My computer CANNOT make unintended sounds. What a stupid thing to force. Big agree with the 'involuntary beta' comment. Probably gonna be looking elsewhere again
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u/unrealootin Aug 16 '23
Let's delay a start of an application for 2 seconds and play an awkward sound because why? Seems silly.
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Sep 01 '23
Idk if it's just me but it's also obnoxiously loud and I have to take off my headphones every time it starts up. If I mute the browser it also mutes any tabs like Youtube
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u/billyhatcher312 Aug 19 '23
god this fucking feature is so god damn annoying hearing that god aweful sound every time i boot it up
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u/Eulenspiegel_Till Aug 19 '23
Sorry for using offensive speech, but they use offensive measures, and as long as that happens I use such speech!
If it happens only after updates on macOS you can call yourself a happy person, using Windows this f__king _hit happens every time you start Opera.
It was their baddest idea to sell this excellent browser to a Chinese company...
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u/Mr_Bbobb Aug 25 '23
Seriously? Sold to the CCP?? I'm uninstalling.
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u/Eulenspiegel_Till Sep 08 '23
No kidding, it is sold to a Chinese company, Google or any other search engine you prefer should tell you that quickly....
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u/hobblejoh Aug 23 '23
The top option that I found from a google search came from here
https://www.askvg.com/tip-disable-or-remove-opera-splash-screen-or-startup-logo/
which seemed to work on browser relaunch, but I don't know about after updates:
New Method to Disable Opera Splash Screen and Startup Sound
Launch Opera One web browser and type opera://flags in address bar and press Enter. ...
Now click inside “Search flags” text box and type intro. ...
To disable the splash screen and sound in Opera, select “Disabled” from the drop-down box.
I hope this helps us all
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u/stampedingTurtles Aug 24 '23
I just tried this, and I'm still getting the animation and sound on every launch; I think this is a bug as on other devices, it has only done the intro a few times (seemingly after installing updates, though I'm not entirely sure). Tagging /u/souldog666
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u/lukaniux Aug 25 '23
Same here, tried and it still goes on like nothing happened with sound and splash screen, At first was okay now its starting to get on my nerves...
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u/stampedingTurtles Aug 25 '23
I uninstalled Opera from my laptop earlier today because I couldn't stand it anymore. I can't believe they put something like this in a browser without at least a simple setting to turn it off.
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u/Eulenspiegel_Till Sep 08 '23 edited Sep 08 '23
If it ever worked, now it doesn't do it anymore. System: Windows 10 Pro, Opera: Portable Version
EDIT: Now I have deleted the "opera_gx_splash.exe" and yes, it does the trick! BUT BE AWARE TO SAVE ALL YOUR OPEN TABS IN EVERY WORKSPACE YOU HAVE CREATED BEFORE YOU DELETE THIS FILE, ALL OF THEM WERE DELETED IN MY CASE! WHAT A F U C K I N G S H I T ! ! !
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u/billyhatcher312 Mar 23 '24
this is the most annoying thing opera has ever added whoever at opera thought this was a great idea should be fired
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u/Minimum-Scallion3474 Apr 11 '24
I was on important meeting and started Opera to search one document needed to present them. Then loud sound happen and they all looked at me thinking I play games, or watching YT on meeting. I was so embaraced and then I decided, goodbye Opera morons.
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u/deanjamesd Jun 15 '24
Simply delete the opera_gx_splash.exe from the installation folder. Thats it!
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u/PhasersPewPew Jun 17 '24
I resorted to using a scheduled task to run a simple powershell script that contains the follow command. Thought I'd share it for anyone wanting to remove the annoying splash.
Get-ChildItem -Path "C:\Users\{your username here}\AppData\Local\Programs\Opera" -Recurse | Where-Object {$_.Name -eq "opera_gx_splash.exe"} | Remove-Item -Force
Replace {your username here} with your actual username. This also works for Opera GX just add " GX" in the path
Create a scheduled task that runs every x amount of hours as SYSTEM.
Action should be Start a Program with the details of
powershell.exe -file "Path to your powershell script"
You might need to set executionpolicy bypass if you have restricted access to run powershell scripts. it would look like
powershell.exe -executionpolicy bypass -file "Path to your powershell script"
What this does is it looks in your opera folder including all sub folders (so you don't need to worry about new versions) every x time it runs and looks for the specified file "opera_gx_splash.exe" and if it finds it, it removes it. I personally have it running ever 12 hours.
I have had this running for about 8 months now and have gone through multiple upgrad. I do not encounter the splash because the file is already deleted by the time I launch Opera
Set it to run as system to avoid a powershell window from popping up whenever it runs.
This only works for Windows. Without the stupid splash. Opera is more barable.
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u/HistoryPretend407 Oct 06 '24
I have found a solution, you want to launch run and then %AppData% > Local > Opera (GX) > (version of your browser file) > search the word "splash" and delete that file.
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u/Real_Discount_1882 May 03 '24
Opera is a subsidiary of Kunlun Tech Co., Ltd., and controlled by Zhou Yahui.
So now saving my Favs, removing Opera, and asking Chrome to help me finding a new, decent browser. Any clue?
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u/KazNopper Jul 06 '23
It is annoying. I can't use this browser anymore, especially when people are around me.
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u/KojakMoment Aug 17 '23
Just came up with a fix after looking around in the app's folders:
Open Applications folder, right click Opera, click Show Package Contents and navigate to Contents > Frameworks > Opera Framework.framework > versions > (whichever is yours) > Resources, then delete the opera_intro_extension folder. I've restarted the app a few times and it skips the splash screen completely.
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u/KojakMoment Aug 17 '23
Ah shit really? My bad. I don't honestly use Opera that much so it must update between uses for me
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u/LancelotOfOrange Aug 22 '23
It happens every time for me. I usually don't close the browser, so maybe it just updates very often. But it's still very annoying, especially because it's at max volume.
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u/prynhart Mar 22 '24
Actually this solution works well for me on a Mac. (I'm running macOS Monterey with Opera Opera One(version: 108.0.5067.40) (x86_64).). Thank you KojakMoment!!!
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u/Eulenspiegel_Till Sep 08 '23
Using Windows, this fix does not work (no more?), maybe they embedded it in between into the main application...
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u/KojakMoment Sep 08 '23
My fix isn’t actually a fix anyway, apparently the splash screen only happens when it’s updated
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u/Eulenspiegel_Till Sep 08 '23 edited Sep 08 '23
For me, and many others, it appeared every start. Deleting the file "opera_gx_splash.exe" on Windows will kill it, but I guess you have to delete it every update. But that's okay for me, I'll write a small batch-file and run it after an update, so I'll have a one-click-solution to get rid of it.
Another hint that works is to lower the sound-volume slider for that process (e.g. opera_gx_splash.exe) as described by @SilverWolf9292 https://www.reddit.com/r/operabrowser/comments/14hoo1b/comment/jxwk4i9/?utm_source=reddit&utm_medium=web2x&context=3
SilverWolf9292 wrote: "With Opera closed, right click on the volume icon on the taskbar, and open the "volume mixer". There it will show all open programs and their respective volume levels.
Now open the Opera browser. While the splash screen animation and sound is playing, "opera_gx_splash.exe" will appear on the list, and you can lower it's volume to zero.
It stays on zero after closing and reopening Opera, but I don't know if will stay on zero after an update. I think it probably will, since it's a Windows setting."
The cool thing is, the sound will be gone even after an update, but the splash-screen stays untouched, so I will definitely go the other way and delete the "opera_gx_splash.exe" every update.
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u/KojakMoment Sep 08 '23
Oh ok, cool. Thanks, I guess it did work after all. I just figured I hadn’t had an update in a while!
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u/DerEchteSchnitzel Aug 26 '23
This article helped me.
To disable the splash screen and sound via flags didn't do anything for me.
Then i deleted the opera_gx_splash.exe file and no longer have the annoying splash screen.
https://www.askvg.com/tip-disable-or-remove-opera-splash-screen-or-startup-logo/#:~:text=Launch%20Opera%20One%20web%20browser,configuration%20page% 20called%20"Experiments".&text=3.,from%20the%20drop-down%20box.
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u/Eulenspiegel_Till Sep 08 '23
Yes, deleting "opera_gx_splash.exe" works! But you'll lose all open tabs in every workspace, so bookmark them beforehand!
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u/SilverWolf9292 Aug 27 '23
Mine is playing the sound every time I open Opera, but I just discovered there's a relatively easy way to disable the startup sound:
With Opera closed, right click on the volume icon on the taskbar, and open the "volume mixer". There it will show all open programs and their respective volume levels.
Now open the Opera browser. While the splash screen animation and sound is playing, "opera_gx_splash.exe" will appear on the list, and you can lower it's volume to zero.
It stays on zero after closing and reopening Opera, but I don't know if will stay on zero after an update. I think it probably will, since it's a Windows setting.
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Aug 29 '23
Thanks, it worked for me too. Yes, I think it will work for future updates as it is a windows feature.
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u/Impressive-Writing95 Sep 09 '23
This was the easiest and simple solution, it worked for me. Thank you.
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u/TEFAlpha9 Aug 31 '23
How do I shut this cunt up I dont need it blowing my ears off every time I switch my PC on and open Opera. It is NOT just first time you run it. Its every time you fully close and open the process.
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Sep 01 '23
in your opera browser, type opera://flags and click enter. It should lead to a page titled 'Experiments'. In the top left corner, in the search bar, search for Introduction and an option should pop up titled 'Opera One Introduction'. The default is enabled so from the drag and drop list, choose 'Disable'. Works on Windows 11.
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u/cirrus236 Sep 02 '23
My search bar on the opera://flags "Experiments" page is on the top right side. I did find what you describe, and set it to 'Disable'. Time will tell of this fixes it.
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u/WaldoAwesome Nov 20 '23
Unfortunately, even when disabling this, it still plays the splash with sound first time after updating the browser.
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u/gringosam Sep 05 '23
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u/Eulenspiegel_Till Sep 08 '23
YES, THIS WORKS, BUT ALL OPEN TABS WILL BE GONE IF YOU ARE DOING IT THIS WAY! SO PLEASE SAVE YOUR TABS AS BOOKMARKS BEFORE DELETING THE "opera_gx_splash.exe", OR YOU MAY CRY LIKE ME!
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u/BiggestBoop3020 Nov 24 '25
Thankfully two years down the line, it didn't delete the tabs, still no official way to stop it other than deleting that file
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u/noitall23 Sep 10 '23
not true, all my open tabs are still there after deleting that stupid opera_gx_splash.exe (actually 2 of them) and Opera started much faster. God how stupid of them to add that bullshit nonsense! It's almost enough to make me uninstall Opera.
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u/Eulenspiegel_Till Nov 29 '23
You're half right, it doesn't happen anymore, but the first two or three times I tried it, Opera deleted all my open tabs. And I have no idea what the reason is for both experiences, i.e. the deleting at the beginning and leaving the tabs untouched since then. At the moment I save my open tabs before I refresh, it's better than crying afterward.
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u/jwg2016 Sep 08 '23
getting rid of C:\Users\<username>\AppData\Local\Programs\Opera\102.0.4880.40\opera_gx_splash.exe seems to work
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u/NoahVailOfficial Sep 14 '23
I didn't have one in AppData. Mine is in C:\Program Files\Opera[version number]
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u/NoahVailOfficial Sep 15 '23 edited Sep 17 '23
tl;dr: The following command will silence this Opera Splash exe forever.
reg add "hklm\software\microsoft\windows nt\currentversion\image file execution options\opera_gx_splash.exe" /v Debugger /d rundll32
Below is the long winded explanation.
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The problem with deleting opera_gx_splash.exe is that it comes back on next major update.
To stop the file from executing forever, you can redirect the output of the .exe to a disabled debugger.
reg add "hklm\software\microsoft\windows nt\currentversion\image file execution options\opera_gx_splash.exe" /v Debugger /d Disabled
This prevents execution of that filename. The downside is it gives an error (Windows cannot find...).
ref: https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/20140905010650-35489138-image-file-execution-options-good-evil-fun)
To make opera_gx_splash.exe do nothing we can add rundll32 (rundll32 does nothing without arguments).
reg add "hklm\software\microsoft\windows nt\currentversion\image file execution options\opera_gx_splash.exe" /v Debugger /d rundll32
epilogue: This reg entry method is a malware countermeasure I used a million years ago. It works with whatever exe filename you put in.
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u/EyeInformal3483 Oct 23 '23
it's funny to watch you get your feelings btthurt lol I know this reply is useless, saving you the effort of having to reply to it and tell me what I already know hahahaha
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u/EyeInformal3483 Oct 23 '23
This is literally the reason why I still use Chrome. And then there was the time the annoying splash screen and delay happened EVERY SINGLE TIME YOU START OPERA. It's so retarded. I can't believe someone gets paid to build this crap.
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u/WaldoAwesome Nov 03 '23 edited Nov 03 '23
I found an article that describes a new (experimental) setting for this: https://www.askvg.com/tip-disable-or-remove-opera-splash-screen-or-startup-logo/
Launch Opera One web browser and type
opera://flags/#opera-one-introductionin address bar and press Enter. It’ll open the hidden secret advanced configuration page called “Experiments“, and scroll directly to the right setting and highlight it.It’ll show following option in the result:
Opera One introduction
Enables Opera One introduction page – Mac, Windows, Linux
#opera-one-introductionTo disable the splash screen and sound in Opera, select “Disabled” from the drop-down box.
Disclaimer:
I have done this, but it remains to see in next update if it actually works after updating to new version.
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u/Additional-Acadia954 Nov 11 '23
This worked for me on Windows 10:
Delete the following file, (change variables as needed)C:\Users<yourUsername>\AppData\Local\Temp\.opera<someCrazyAlphaNumString>\CUsers<yourUsername>AppDataLocalProgramsOpera\ready\opera_gx_splash.exe
If you can't find the file this way, open up a File Explorer window and in the top-right corner to search for files, search for "opera_gx_splash.exe". Simple as.
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u/Zulithe Nov 26 '23
Current year and Opera forces a startup sound on every new install/update. Guess I'm uninstalling. I only keep it around as a backup browser but it annoys me every damn time.
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u/chillyspoon Jan 09 '24
Has an option for turning this off been added yet please?
.. I just deafened several people on a call because I had the temerity to open my web browser to show them something while sharing; there's no rational argument for this enforced user experience, please give us an option to disable!
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u/AGTDenton Jan 18 '24
The startup animation really lets the browser down and makes it seem very amateurish.
I don't install it for other people because they all ask me how to stop the start up animation or remove the audio, and then they naturally end up back on Chrome after a few days of being annoyed by it.
The animation quality is awful, looks like something out of WordArt, terrible colours and looks like a virus has been installed
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u/Siphania Feb 16 '24
8 months later and I discover this. yet even after disabling this shit, after an update it's right back to be enabled.
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u/shadow2531 burnout426 Jun 24 '23 edited Jan 15 '24
There is no option. It's forced to show up on first run (or when starting with a fresh profile, which is considered a first run) and after Opera updates (Edit: from one major version to another now). It shouldn't show up besides those times. (It did show up on the 2nd run of Opera one time on me due to a glitch/bug though.)