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How can the user agent be changed in Opera?
The per-site preferences (tab Network, field Browser identification) lists
But can it be set to an arbitrary string (for example, googleinstantisreallyirritating)?
Opera version: 11.11
Peter Mortensen
Posted 2011-06-25T14:14:25.647
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Since Opera 12 there is a new option for an arbitrary string: Open opera:config#UserPrefs|CustomUser-Agent in the address bar, enter the desired string and click on Save at the bottom of the page. The change will apply without restart.
Or you could use the extension https://addons.opera.com/en/extensions/details/user-agent-changer/ which makes it a little bit easier.
Gurken Papst
Posted 2011-06-25T14:14:25.647
Reputation: 3 874
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Opera support document indicates this is not possible. The possible choices are the numeric identifiers, which correspond to each user agent mentioned in the question.
This comment (admittedly, over a year old) by an Opera employee also confirms the same.
Update: the article is down, but source code has been archived to Github--here's a related article.
Sathyajith Bhat
Posted 2011-06-25T14:14:25.647
Reputation: 58 436
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Bad news: the comment is 404. Awesome news: the whole forum (and more) is archived at github!
– Alois Mahdal – 2014-11-13T12:55:46.523@AloisMahdal thanks for the update and fixing it – Sathyajith Bhat – 2014-11-14T04:06:46.503
1The custom config you suggest does not exist, neither the extension... This answer should not be market as acceptable or must be updated! – Julio Marchi – 2019-09-12T00:23:33.023