Search results: cookies
Desktop browser / Privacy and Security
Cookies are small pieces of data (text files) that a website – when visited by a user – asks your browser to store on your device in order to remember information about you, such as your language preference or login information. The cookie will be used to recognize you and your preferences the next time […]
Site Settings in Vivaldi on Android
Android browser / Appearance and Customization
Some permissions in the app are enabled by default, others are blocked and in many cases a website will ask for your permission, for example, to access your device’s camera and microphone, to show you notifications, etc. To review and adjust your preferences for each of the settings: Go to the Vivaldi menu > Settings […]
Account and services / Account
Having trouble creating a Vivaldi account or logging in to the account? Read on for a few troubleshooting tips. Registration issues Error message after submitting the registration form Go back, check that all information is correct and try again. Refresh the page and start again, if necessary. Try disabling Extensions (especially privacy, security and/or content […]
Android browser / Privacy and Security
Answers to common security-related questions about Vivaldi. The questions and answers can also be found on https://vivaldi.com/security/common-questions/. I am unable to login or register for my Facebook/Google/Other website account We make the Vivaldi web browser. We do not own the websites that you visit (except vivaldi.com and vivaldi.net) and we cannot control your accounts on […]
Address Field is a section on the Address Bar where you can see the URL of the page you’re currently on. There you can enter a new web page link to navigate to the website or a search term to see search results. But the Address Field in Vivaldi has a lot more to offer. […]
Desktop browser / Troubleshooting and reporting issues
When you encounter an issue and you’re trying to determine whether you can fix it yourself or need to report a bug, follow the steps below. Remember that in many cases it’s important to reload the web page for any changes to take effect. Restart the browser Sometimes the simplest things help, so exit/quit the […]
Preventing Vivaldi profiles from being uploaded to Git repositories
Desktop browser / Privacy and Security
There was a recent news report that showed that thousands of people had accidentally uploaded their home directories/folders to public Git repositories that they were working on, and that included the profile directories for other browsers. You can read more about this here: https://www.theregister.com/2021/11/18/firefox_cookies_github/ We added a detection and protection to the latest release of […]
Progressive Web Apps (PWA) are websites that can be installed as independent applications. They can be opened from shortcuts and used in their own window separate from the main browser. Install Progressive Web Apps To install a website as a PWA: In a tab, open the website you want to install. While the site is […]
Troubleshooting issues on Android
Android browser / Troubleshooting and reporting issues
When you encounter an issue and you’re trying to determine whether you can fix it yourself or need to report a bug, follow the steps below. Remember that in many cases it’s important to reload the web page for any changes to take effect. Restart the app Sometimes the simplest things help, so exit the […]
What are Feeds? Feeds are a good way to consume frequently updated web content in a simple format from a single location, the feed reader. The types of content published via newsfeeds include news, blogs, podcasts, forum discussions and more. Depending on the website, you may see the full content in the feed reader or […]
delete browsing data>cookies, which cookies?
I can't find an explicit statement about this in vivaldi help.: will all cookies be deleted, or just cookies that have been not been saved. ie, site info>cookies>sites that can always use cookies>add. (too bad that vivaldi doesn't have the setting to delete all cookies that are not in the 'allow' list, whenever the browser [...]
Cookies not synced - possible to copy cookies to other PC?
On my new PC, I enabled sync and everything is like the old PC, exept for cookies. I still need to sign in to every web site again. Is it possible to transfer the cookies from the old installation to the new, so I don't need to sign in again? I'm aware that it may [...]
I changed my search nengine to you.com and enabled zero tracking and ADs. Also made cookies available for the session. Now I am being aksed to login every time I start the browser. What Sin have i committed unknowingly
When blocking a cookie using this dialog box, the blocked cookie doesn't move over onto the "Blocked" tab, and I can't find any other way of unblocking it through settings. I've inadvertently blocked a cookie from a website that I really need to use, and can't unblock it, making the site unusable!
Is there any workaround? Add-ons are not supported by Android Vivaldi. Thanks and Happy New Year to all!
Some cookies can't be accepted
Check this link: https://www.picenotime.it No way to accept some cookies...
Seems like since I installed the previous version when I reboot my logins are not saved. For example, I have Gmail as a tab to open when I open Vivaldi. It asks me to log in every time I reboot. Although I saved the page once I had logged in. It used to open the [...]
Will someone help me retain some site cookies while using the "delete all cookies" setting? Thanks