Main Menu in Vivaldi on Android gives you access to most of Vivaldi’s key features and tools.
Access the Main Menu
Whether you’re using the browser on a small phone screen, a large tablet screen or from your car’s center console, the menu can always be accessed from the right side of the Address Bar. Just tap on the Vivaldi logo to open it. The options available in the menu depend on whether you have open a web page or the browser’s Start Page.
To close the menu, tap on the feature you want to use or on an area outside the menu.
Customize the menu
On smaller screens, in the Main Menu, there’s a menu bar with 5 of the most important menu options. There’s more screen real estate on larger screens, so the menu bar is not available on tablets and the like. Since the importance depends on the person using the browser, you can customize the menu bar to fit your needs.
To customize the menu:
Go to Vivaldi Menu > Settings > General > Menu Settings.
Choose between the 2 presets or make your own menu.
To put together your own custom layout for the menu bar:
In the Main Menu Layout settings, choose the third option, Custom layout.
Move the menu items you want to see on the menu bar to the first 5 positions in the list. To reorder menu items, long press on the item you want to move and drag it to your preferred position.
On desktop, Ctrl+F / ⌘ F is a well known Keyboard Shortcut for searching through the open web page. On mobile devices, where the screens fit even less content in the visible area, being able to just search for a keyword is even more useful.
To search in Vivaldi on Android:
Open the Vivaldi menu.
Select Find in Page.
Enter your search keyword.
Search results will start showing as you type. Use the arrows in the top right corner to move to the previous and next results. Tap on the , when you’re done with your search.
To update your account information, first go to your Vivaldi account’s profile:
Hover the mouse over your username or avatar in the top right corner of the page
From the menu select Account.
Profile image
To upload a new profile image:
Click on the current image;
Choose the new image file (max size – 5MB);
Crop, if needed;
Click Done.
Updates to the account are checked during login. If you don’t see the new profile image on the forum, blogs, or Vivaldi Social, log out of the account and in again.
Name
Your name will be displayed on the Forum, Blogs and Themes if you choose to do so.
To change your name in Vivaldi webmail, go to Settings > Identities.
To update the display name on Vivaldi Social, go to Preferences > Profile.
Recovery email
To change your account’s recovery email:
Enter the new email address in the email field on your profile;
Click Save;
Head to the new recovery email’s mailbox and look for a ‘Recovery Email Change Request‘ email from Vivaldi;
Open the link in the email (the link is valid for 48 hours);
Enter your account’s login password and click Verify email address;
When you return to the profile, you’ll see the new email.
Two-Factor Authentication
To keep your account secure, consider enabling Two-Factor Verification. When enabled, in addition to the login password, you’ll be asked to verify yourself with an additional method.
Click on Change password in the bottom left corner of the page;
Enter the current password and then the new password twice;
Click Update.
Log in with the new password.
Alternatively, you can send yourself a password reset email here.
Delete account
For instructions on how to delete your Vivaldi account, please visit a separate help page here.
Trouble updating the profile?
If after clicking Update on the profile you see an error messages, for example, ‘Can’t verify the user‘, try updating the account again in a Guest Profile or a new User Profile. An Extension or some Setting may cause the issue in the browser’s main profile.
In case updating account information didn’t work in a clean profile either, please report the issue to us using the contact form below.
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 blocking extensions) to see, if any of them hinder the browser’s work.
Check the status of our services on status.vivaldi.com to see if everything is operational.
Make sure Cookies for Vivaldi.net sites have not been blocked.
Clear Cookies & Storage, Cache, and Application cache from History.
Haven’t received the account activation email?
Make sure a valid email address was entered in the registration form. In case you might have made a typo in the recovery email or gave an invalid email, please contact us below with your account’s username, the email you signed up with and what the email address should be. We’ll fix it for you.
Check all mailbox folders, including the Spam folder, for an email with the title “Vivaldi.net – Account Activation”.
Be patient. Occasionally, email service providers queue emails, so the email might arrive in your Inbox with a delay.
Accidentally closed the activation page?
In case you leave the account activation page, you can return to it by trying to log in to your account on Vivaldi.net. On the activation page you can also request a new code should the one you had have expired.
Account activation failed?
After activating the account you should be asked to log in and then you should find yourself on your account’s profile. In case the code wasn’t accepted (e.g. it had expired), request a new code and try again.
Sometimes Extensions can cause trouble, so try if after disabling them account activation works. For example, dark mode extension, Dark Reader, is known to break functionality on Vivaldi.net, but there may be other extensions as well. You might have to restart the browser for the change to take affect.
Login issues
When instead of being logged in you’re asked to enter a 6 digit code, it means that you haven’t activated the account yet. If you just registered, check your recovery email to find the code. In case the code has expired, request a new one by clicking on the resend link on the activation page or request a new email here.
For login it’s best to use your username, but your Vivaldi email address is also accepted. In case you don’t remember the username, send a username reminder to your recovery email address.
Reset the password with your username. Please note that, password reset won’t work, if the account is locked or hasn’t been activated yet.
In case you’ve already tried logging in with the wrong password at least 5 times, the account will be locked for 5 minutes as a security measure. After the 5 minutes have passed, reset the password to access the account again.
If you only recently registered and are having issues with login to Vivaldi Webmail, you might not have built enough reputation for your account yet to be granted access. In that case, keep being an active member of the community and try again some other time.
Check the status of our services on status.vivaldi.com to see if everything is operational.
Delete Vivaldi Cookies following the instructions in the video:
Check what the error message means
Take a look at this Help page explaining what various Vivaldi account related error messages can mean and what to do when you encounter them.
None of the above was helpful?
In case you tried the troubleshooting steps above, but still can’t access your account, please send us a message below, so we could look into the issue. Make sure to share your account’s username, where you tried to log in and what the error message said. Also, make sure to give a contact email we can reach you on.
You can always access your calendar from any browser on https://webmail.vivaldi.net/ > Calendar, but you can also set your account up in a desktop calendar client or calendar app on your mobile device.
There are many different calendar clients available. To add your Vivaldi account to a calendar client of your choice, follow the calendar client’s instructions for adding a new account.
Focus on the text box in the top left corner of the page.
Compose your message.
Click Post.
Of course, there are various ways to give additional flare to your posts or toots, as they’re often called on Mastodon. Continue reading to see what all you can do.
Post text
The posts you write can be a maximum of 1337 characters long.
Links
If you want to add links to your post, make sure that they start with either https:// or http://. All links, regardless of length will be counted as 23 characters long.
Hashtags
You can convert any alphanumerical word into a hashtag by adding the # symbol in front of it, for example #vivaldi. Posts including hashtags will be discoverable to anyone searching for that hashtag. If the hashtag you’re going to use consists of multiple words, capitalize the first letter in each word, for example #VivaldiBrowser.
Hashtags can be incorporated into the post’s text or added in a special section below the post. To add hashtags to the very end of the post, include a blank line break between the post’s main content and the list of hashtags
Mentions
You can tag other users in your posts. If you write their username as @name, the user in Vivaldi Social’s instance will be tagged (if a user with that username exists). To tag users from other instances, you also need to add their domain in the username, for example, @[email protected]. After having typed @ and at least two characters, you’ll see suggestions of users you can mention below the text field.
Emojis
You can insert emojis to your post by clicking on the smiley face on the post editor’s options menu and selecting one from the menu.
Alternatively, you can type : and the emoji’s name to insert it, followed by :. For example, type :heart: to insert ❤️. As you type you’ll see suggestions you can select.
Attachments
Click on Add images, a video or an audio file button below the text box, to attach images, GIFs, videos and audio files to your post.
Images – You can upload up to 4 images per post. Maximum file size is 8MB and the files can be in PNG, JPG and GIF formats.
Animated GIFs – are converted to soundless MP4s.
Videos – Maximum file size is 99MB and the files can be in MP4, M4V, MOV and WebM formats.
Audio – Maximum file size is 40MB and the files can be in MP3, OGG, WAV, FLAC, OPUS, AAC, M4A and 3GP formats.
Edit attachments
It’s recommended to add a description to attachments. It’ll be shown when hovering over the media and in cases when media fails to load for some reason. Also, the description will be picked up by screen readers.
To add a description:
Click on Edit in the top right corner of the attachment.
Insert a description.
Click Done.
In addition, you can set a focal point for images by dragging and dropping the circle on the image. Then the focal point will always be visible, even when your image doesn’t fit the 16:9 ratio.
Polls
Another option is to create a poll. You can add up to 8 reply options to your poll’s question. From a menu option below the poll options, you can turn the poll into a multiple choice question. Before publishing the poll, also select the expiration time – 5 minutes, 30 minutes, 1 hour, 6 hours, 1 day, 3 days, or 7 days.
Post privacy
There are 4 different privacy levels for posts on Vivaldi Social.
Post privacy is set per post and can’t be changed once the post is published. To change the visibility of a published post, open the 3 dot menu below the post and select Delete & re-draft. You’ll lose the post’s favorites, boosts and comments in the process.
Public – visible for all
Anyone can see your post at the permalink without logging in.
Your post will appear in-app in the public timelines.
Your followers will receive the post in their home feeds, and anyone mentioned will receive the post in notifications.
Your post can be boosted into other home feeds.
Quiet public – visible for all, but opted-out of discovery features
Exactly the same as public, but your post will not appear in Mastodon’s public timelines, like Local and Federated.
Followers only – visible for followers only. It’s recommended to disable Automatically accept new followers in your profile settings to prevent anyone unwanted from following you and thus seeing your posts.
Seeing your post at the permalink requires being logged in on the same website as someone who follows you or was mentioned.
Your post will not appear in-app except to followers browsing your profile, and to anyone mentioned.
Your followers will receive the post in their home feeds, and anyone mentioned will receive the post in notifications.
Your post cannot be boosted, except by yourself.
Mentioned people only – visible for mentioned users only. Direct messages are not encrypted, so be cautious what information you share in them.
Seeing your post at the permalink requires being logged in on the same website as someone who was mentioned.
Your post will not appear in-app except to anyone mentioned.
Anyone mentioned will receive the post in notifications. It will not appear in the home timeline.
Your post cannot be boosted.
You can set the default privacy setting in Preferences > Posting defaults > Posting visibility.
Content warnings
Whether your post and accompanying media contains spoilers of a popular TV-show, is of sensitive nature that some might not want to see, or you just want to collapse a long post and only show a bit of it, you can use the content warning setting.
When enabled, you’ll need to add a warning title, which will be visible to everyone. To see the main content, users will need to click on the post. Giving your post a content warning will automatically mark any media you add as sensitive as well and display it blurred unless clicked on.
To mark all media you post now and in the future as sensitive enable it in Preferences > Posting defaults.
Post language
Last but not least, you can assign a language to your post. That will only show your post to people, who have opted for seeing posts in that language in public timelines. The post will be visible to everyone visiting your profile. Also, when you assign the correct language to your post, people with different language preferences will see a Translate option below your post.
You can assign a default posting language in Preferences > Posting defaults >Posting language.
Vivaldi Social is a Mastodon instance aka server run by Vivaldi. Like many other instances, you can follow people on your own instance, but also from many other open instances, and vice versa, you can have followers from Vivaldi Social, but also from most other instances.
Content from people you follow, from people on Vivaldi Social, and people on other instances are divided into a few different timelines.
Pages and timelines
Home
Posts in chronological order from people you follow will appear on the Home page. From the page settings, you can toggle on and off Boosts and Replies.
Explore
Great place to discover popular content from both Vivaldi Social and other instances. You can check out trending posts, hashtags, people, and news. “People” lists people that are recommended for you. They can be from the Vivaldi Social instance but can be from elsewhere as well.
Live Feeds
This server
The most recent public posts from people, who have an account on Vivaldi Social are listed in this view.
Other servers
This timeline shows the most recent public posts from people on Vivaldi Social as well as from other instances of the decentralized network that are known to Vivaldi Social.
Private mentions
By changing the post’s privacy settings you can make posts visible to only the mentioned people – turning them into direct messages. These discussions will be shown on your Home feed as well, but to see only private conversations, go to the “Private mentions” page.
Bookmarks
To save posts for later, you can Bookmark them. They’re collected on the Bookmarks page in the order you bookmarked them.
Favorites
Favorites are the same as likes or upvotes on other social media sites. On Vivaldi Social, you can let the poster know that you like their post, by clicking on the Favorite button below their post. All posts liked by you will show up on the Favorites page.
Lists
You can group people you follow into various groups called lists. To create a list and add people:
Go to Lists page.
Enter a name in the New list title field and click Add List.
Click on the newly created list.
Click on Show Settings in the top right corner.
Click on Edit list.
Click on Search among people you follow and start typing names of people you want to add to the list.
When an account is found, click on Add to list next to their name.
Click outside the pop up window when you’re done editing the list.
Search for content and people
To search anything on Vivaldi Social and the larger Mastodon Fediverse, type your search term in the search field in the top left corner of the page. In case you’ve added Vivaldi Social as a Web Panel or access it from a mobile device, you’ll find a search button on top of the page. When you enter only simple text, posts, hashtags, users and everything else matching the search term will be shown in results. To narrow your search you can use the following filters:
Add a # in front of the search word to find hashtags.
With the format @username@domain you can look for users.
If you know the user’s profile link you can just enter it into the search field to find the user you’re looking for.
If you have a post link, you can enter it into the search field to load the post.
Use one of the following search operators without spaces to filter out the most relevant results.
has:media – Shows posts with attachments (images, audio, video).
has:poll – Shows posts with a poll.
has:embed – Shows posts with links that display embedded media (for example, YouTube or PeerTube links)
language:fr using language codes – Shows posts in the specified language.
is:reply – Shows posts that are replies to other posts.
is:sensitive – Shows posts that are marked as sensitive.
from:user – Shows posts from the specified user.
from:me – Shows your own posts.
in:all – Shows results from posts that are visible to you.
in:library – Shows posts you have made and/or interacted with.
before:YYYY-MM-DD – Shows posts that were published before the specified date.
during:YYYY-MM-DD – Shows posts that were published on the specified date.
after:YYYY-MM-DD – Shows posts that were published after the specified date.
To exclude specific posts from search results, add a - (hyphen or minus symbol) in front of the operator.
Make your own content discoverable
To make the posts you’ve publicly shared show up in other people’s search results:
Go to Preferences > Public Profile > Privacy and reach.
Vivaldi logo to open it. The options available in the menu depend on whether you have open a web page or the browser’s Start Page.
Vivaldi menu.
previous and 
next results. Tap on the 
, when you’re done with your search.
Add images, a video or an audio file button below the text box, to attach images, GIFs, videos and audio files to your post.
poll. You can add up to 8 reply options to your poll’s question. From a menu option below the poll options, you can turn the poll into a multiple choice question. Before publishing the poll, also select the expiration time – 5 minutes, 30 minutes, 1 hour, 6 hours, 1 day, 3 days, or 7 days.
Public – visible for all
Quiet public – visible for all, but opted-out of discovery features
Followers only – visible for followers only. It’s recommended to disable Automatically accept new followers in your profile settings to prevent anyone unwanted from following you and thus seeing your posts. 
Mentioned people only – visible for mentioned users only. Direct messages are not encrypted, so be cautious what information you share in them.
content warning setting.
Bookmark them. They’re collected on the Bookmarks page in the order you bookmarked them.
Favorite button below their post. All posts liked by you will show up on the Favorites page.
Show Settings in the top right corner.