Settings on Android

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Change your Vivaldi Android preferences in Settings. Click the links (underlined blue text) for additional information.

To access Settings in the Android version of Vivaldi:

1. Tap on the Vivaldi menu on the Address Bar, and
2. Select Settings.

There you can:

Sync

• Access Sync settings;

General

• Change the default Search Engine;
• Enable Search suggestions;
• Show Search Engine suggestions;
• View Passwords and edit password settings;
• Enter and edit Payment methods and Addresses;
• Change your preferred languages for the app, web content and translations;
• Edit the browser’s Main Menu;
• Toggle on or off closing the app with a double tap on the back button;
• Enable Address Bar swipe gesture to open the Tab Switcher;

Tabs

• Enable closing tabs with a swipe;
• Enable the Tab Bar;
• Enable Tab Stacks;
• Enable showing of the Close button for background tabs;
• Show tabs as favicons without the tab title;
• Set a minimum width for tabs;
• Select the new tab’s position;
• Toggle on and off focusing on the Address Bar right after opening a new tab;
• Set a time interval for automatically closing inactive tabs;

Privacy

• Check your Tracker and Ad Blocker settings;
• Review Privacy settings and clear browsing data;

Appearance

• Move the Address Bar to the bottom of the screen;
• Enable displaying search suggestions in a reverse order (most relevant at the bottom), when the Address Bar has been moved to the bottom.
• Change the size of Speed Dials on the Start Page;
• Switch between a light and dark Theme, set an accent color and enable dark mode for websites;
• Toggle on or off the visibility of Vivaldia game in the menu;
• Enable scrollbars in Vivaldi’s internal pages;
• Hide the Status Bar on web pages (area where time, battery and other information is displayed);
• Enable always showing controls, so the toolbars won’t disappear when you scroll down on a web page;
• Enable showing Start Page’s button on the Address Bar, when it’s set to be at the bottom of the screen;
• Toggle on or off Keyboard Accessory View, which, when enabled, helps you autofill login fields faster.

Web Pages

• Enable desktop view for all websites.
• Improve Accessibility by changing the font size and enabling force zoom and the Reader View (simplified view);
• Access Site Settings;
• View Download settings.
• Update app notification settings;
• Set a homepage and new tab page;
• Enable opening of external pages in the browser instead of dedicated apps.

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