Go Private Quickly
for Opera

What it does

• Standard Private Window — click the toolbar icon, click the button, and a normal Opera private window opens. Nothing else changes.
• Open Hardened Private Window — opens a private window and tightens supported privacy settings for that private session only (WebRTC IP protection, network prediction, search suggestions, hyperlink auditing, ad-targeting APIs, third-party cookies, and more).
• It cleans up after itself. Those settings apply to the private session alone. Your normal browsing is never changed, and Opera restores everything automatically when the last private window closes — even after a crash or force-quit.
• It never weakens security. Safe Browsing, your password manager, certificate/HTTPS checks, and updates are never touched.
• State-aware icon — the toolbar mask is vivid in a normal window and goes muted silver when you're focused on a private (secure) one.

Works on

OperaWin · Mac · Linux

Using Chrome, Brave, Edge, Arc, or Vivaldi instead? Those install from the Chrome Web Store build. On Firefox, see the Firefox build.

How to install

1. Open the Opera add-ons store listing (link goes live once it's approved).
2. Click Add to Opera, then confirm.
3. A welcome page opens. Follow the one-time step: opera://extensions → find Go Private Quickly → turn on Allow in private mode — Opera requires you, not the extension, to flip this.
4. Click the toolbar icon and choose Standard Private Window or Open Hardened Private Window.

Listing pending store approval. The install button above links here until it's live.

What it is not

GPQ is a convenience-and-privacy tool, not anonymity. It is not a VPN, it does not hide your IP, and it does not block ads or trackers (pair it with uBlock Origin for that). Files you download during private browsing stay on your computer after the window closes. See the full privacy policy.