Don’t like Opera’s new Tab Emojis? Here is how you can disable it

From Fun to Frustration: Turning off Opera’s Tab Emojis

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Published onJune 11, 2024

published onJune 11, 2024

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Opera recently introducedTab Emojisfor users to add emojis to tabs and identify them among many open ones. While there’s no built-in option to disable this feature yet, luckily we can still turn it off via a command line switch until Opera offers a proper setting.

Opera comes with Tab Islands to organize tabs. They’ve added a new feature that lets you personalize and manage tabs with Tab Emojis. These emojis help tabs stand out and make them easier to identify.

Opera claims you canpersonalizeyour tabs with emojis. If you have many tabs open, assigning emojis can avoid having to read the entire title to identify tab content. To add an emoji to a tab, hover over the tab and select from a selection of five available emojis. You can also choose from over a thousand emojis by clicking the “+” button. Scroll down or search and pick one from the emoji library.

The company says Tab emojis are afunway to use and can be a useful tab management tool in addition to workspaces and Tab Islands. However, some users have found the feature unnecessary and bloatware. The initial implementation has somedrawbacks.

Normally, hovering over a tab displays the full title. Now, emojis appear above the title, potentially taking precedence over it. This can be frustrating if you rely on hovering to quickly see the full context of a tab.

The placement of these emojis can also be a bit intrusive, positioned close to the tab’s close button. This can lead to accidental emoji selection instead of closing the tab, especially for users who close tabs frequently.

How to disable Tab Emojis in the Opera browser

Apart from Tab Emojis,Opera is testing a mini Player for music in its Sidebar.

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Don’t like Opera’s new Tab Emojis? Here is how you can disable it

How to disable Tab Emojis in the Opera browser