I recently tried the synchronization feature of Opera. Although it’s a neat feature, I wasn’t really needing it, therefore I decided to cancel it. But for some days I kept seeing a new message on the status bar: “Synchronization disabled”.

A quick search didn’t reveal any non-trivial (read: touch ini files) methods, but, after reading a relevant post on Opera’s forum, I came up with the solution:

• Open a new tab and type “opera:config“
• On the “Quick find” text box type “Opera Account” (this may be a tad slow, depending on your computer – another way is to paste that text to avoid the delay)
• Click on the “Opera Account” text which should appear bellow.
• Uncheck the setting “Opera Account Used” and delete the text from the “Username” textbox.
• Press “Save” and restart Opera.

You now got your status bar back again.