Opera has this really nice feature to handle .torrent files itself with its integrated BitTorrent protocol solver. Turns out, most of the torrent users already have a client software like uTorrent for downloading torrents. So the BitTorrent feature in Opera not only becomes useless, it also gets quite irritating when downloading torrent files. What happens is, when ever you click on a .torrent file link, Opera tries to open the torrent in its own torrent client. To avoid this, you first need to save the .torrent file on your computer and then run it using your favorite torrent client software.

As a workaround for this little problem, you can disable Opera’s BitTorrent feature altogether.

1) In Opera’s address bar, type in ‘opera:config’ and press enter. This will open the Preferences Editor.

2) Now roll open the third option that says ‘BitTorrent’ and un-check ‘Enable’ checkbox. Click ‘Save’. 

That’s it. Now whenever you click on a .torrent file link, it will open in your torrent client and not in Opera.