In Vivaldi, you can customize the commands in the main application menu as well as in various context menus to fit your workflow.

To import data from a Vivaldi on another device, we recommend using the browser’s Sync feature. Continue reading to learn how to import data from other browser and from files on your computer, including alternative ways to transfer data between Vivaldi browsers.

Import Bookmarks

To import Bookmarks from another browser on the same computer or from an HTML file,

1. Go to the Vivaldi menu > File > Import from Applications or Files.
2. Select which browser you want to import bookmarks from.
   If you have saved your bookmarks in a file, select Bookmarks HTML file from the dropdown menu.
3. Click Start Import.

Depending on the source browser, you can import other browser data, such as Passwords and History, at the same time as well.

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Export Bookmarks

To export bookmarks:

• Go to the Vivaldi menu > File > Export Bookmarks;
• Choose the download location;

The file will be saved as an HTML file.

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Import Passwords

1. Go to the Vivaldi menu > File > Import from Applications or Files;
2. Select which browser you want to import passwords from;
3. Click Start Import.

To import passwords from .csv file:

1. Type “vivaldi://password-manager/settings” into the Address field.
2. In the Import passwords section, click on Select file.
3. Choose the .csv file with your passwords.
4. Click Open.

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Export Passwords

To export passwords from Vivaldi:

• Go to the Vivaldi menu > File > Export > Export Passwords.
• Verify your identity, for example, by entering your Windows’ login password.
• Select the destination folder.

Important! Storing passwords in a .csv file will make them visible to anyone with access to the file.

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Import History

In addition to Bookmarks and Passwords, from most browsers, you can also import your browsing History.

1. Go to the Vivaldi menu > File > Import from Applications or Files.
2. Select which browser you want to import history from;
3. Click Start Import.

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Import open Tabs

To bring over the tabs you have open in other browsers:

1. Go to the Vivaldi menu > File > Import from Applications or Files.
2. Select which browser you want to import the open tabs from.
3. Click Start Import.

At this stage, importing tabs works only from Chromium-based browsers (Chrome, Edge, Opera, Brave, etc.).

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Import Notes

To import notes:

1. Make sure all notes you want to import are in one folder and saved as a text or markdown file.
2. Go to the Vivaldi menu > File > Import from Applications or Files.
3. From the drop-down menu select Notes Folder.
4. Click Choose a Notes Folder.
5. Select the source folder.

Alternatively:

• Type “Import notes“ in Quick Commands (F2 / ⌘ E).
• Create a Keyboard Shortcut or Mouse Gesture for the action.

All applicable files in the folder will be imported as notes to Vivaldi.

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Export Notes

To export your notes:

1. Go to the Vivaldi menu > File > Export > Export Notes.
2. Select the destination folder.

Alternatively:

• Type “Export notes“ in Quick Commands (F2 / ⌘ E).
• Create a Keyboard Shortcut or Mouse Gesture for the action.

All notes will be saved as separate text (.txt) or markdown (.md) files.

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Import Reading List

To import a Reading List:

1. Go to the Vivaldi menu > File > Import from Applications or Files.
2. From the drop-down menu select Reading List (CSV).
3. Click Choose a File.
4. Select the source folder.

Alternatively:

• Type “Import Reading List“ in Quick Commands (F2 / ⌘ E).
• Create a Keyboard Shortcut or Mouse Gesture for the action.

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Export Reading List

To export your Reading List:

1. Go to the Vivaldi menu > File > Export > Export Reading List.
2. Select the destination folder.

Alternatively:

• Type “Export Reading List“ in Quick Commands (F2 / ⌘ E).
• Create a Keyboard Shortcut or Mouse Gesture for the action.

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Import Extensions

You can import Extensions to Vivaldi from other Chromium-based browsers, for example, Chrome, Edge, Opera, etc.

To import Extensions:

1. Make sure the browser you want to export from is closed.
2. In Vivaldi, go to the Vivaldi menu > File > Import from Applications or Files.
3. Select the Chromium-based browser you want to import data from.
4. Click “Start Import”.
5. When the import has finished, click “Close”
6. On the Extensions management page that opens, enable the extensions you want to use in Vivaldi by clicking the toggle button at the bottom right corner of each extension card.

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Import and export Feeds

To learn how to import and export feeds to and from Vivaldi’s Feed Reader, take a look at the Help page about it here.

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Transfer the full Vivaldi browser profile

We strongly recommend using Sync and Export/Import options within the browser to transfer data from one Vivaldi to another. In case you want to import more data than can be synced, you can copy and replace the full profile folder. To transfer only some data types, move to the next paragraph.

To locate the profile folder:

1. Go to Vivaldi menu > Help > About or vivaldi:about.
2. Find the Profile Path in the Update Info section.
3. Click on the Open Profile Folder next to the path.

To move the profile from one Vivaldi to another:

1. Move a copy of the Default folder from the source computer to the target computer;
2. Locate the Default folder you want to replace in your File Manager/Finder.
3. Exit/Quit Vivaldi;
4. Paste and replace the profile;
5. Open Vivaldi.

Important! Saved passwords and cookies will not be transferred when moving the profile between computers or users on the same computer. You must only move — and not make a copy — of an existing profile. Two copies of Vivaldi cannot run from the same profile — even on different computers! The profile contains identifiers that must remain unique between your installations. Services like Sync and Mail Accounts with OAuth will not work when two instances of the same profile is used.

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Import data files from Chromium browsers

While Vivaldi is closed you can replace files in the profile folder, with the same files from Vivaldi’s or another Chromium-based browser’s profile folders.

Before trying to import data this way, we recommend making a backup of your current profile folder just in case.

To locate the profile folder in Vivaldi:

1. Go to Vivaldi menu > Help > About or vivaldi:about.
2. Find the Profile Path in the Update Info section.
3. Click on the Open Profile Folder next to the path.

Refer to the other browser’s Help documentation to locate its profile folder.

With this method, you can import the following data:

• Bookmarks,
• Current Session,
• Current Tabs,
• Favicons,
• History,
• Last Session,
• Last Tabs,
• Login Data,
• Notes (only available in Vivaldi),
• Preferences,
• Web Data.

One option to hide the user interface is to go into full screen mode, but then the Tab you have open will be the only thing you see on the screen. An alternative is to hide just the browser’s toolbars. Continue reading to learn how to hide the toolbars all at once and one by one.

Hide the full user interface

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Hide the Tab Bar

To hide the Tab Bar:

• Go to the Vivaldi menu > View > Show Tab Bar.
• Go to Settings > Tabs and disable Show Tab Bar;
• Type “Tab Bar” in Quick Commands;
• Create a Keyboard Shortcut or a Mouse Gesture for the action.

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Hide the Address Bar

To hide the Address Bar:

• Go to Settings > Address Bar and disable Show Address Bar;
• Type “Address Bar” in Quick Commands;
• Create a Keyboard Shortcut or a Mouse Gesture for the action.

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Hide the Panel

To hide the Panel bar on the side of the browser:

• Click on the Hide/Show Panel button on the left side of the Status Bar;
• Go to the Vivaldi menu > View > Show Panel.
• Type “Panel” in Quick Commands;
• Use the Keyboard Shortcut F4 / ⌥⌘P;
• Create a Mouse Gesture for the action.

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Hide the Status Bar

To hide the Status Bar:

• Go to the Vivaldi menu > View > Show Status Bar.
• Go to Settings > Appearance > Status Bar and enable Hide Status Bar;
• Type “Status Bar” in Quick Commands;
• Use the Keyboard Shortcut Ctrl+Shift+S / ⌘/;
• Create a Mouse Gesture for the action.

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Hide the Bookmark Bar

To hide the Bookmark Bar:

• Go to the Vivaldi menu > View > Show Bookmark Bar;
• Go to Settings > Bookmarks > Bookmark Bar and disable Show Bookmark Bar;
• Type “Bookmarks Bar” in Quick Commands;
• Use the Keyboard Shortcut Ctrl+Shift+B / ⇧⌘B;
• Create a Mouse Gesture for the action.

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Show hidden user interface elements

To show the hidden Tab, Address, Status Bar or the Panel again, follow the same instructions as for hiding them.

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Hide buttons on the toolbars

To hide or move buttons on the toolbars, take a look at our help page about Editing Toolbars.

Login issues

In case you can’t log in to your account, first make sure you’ve typed the username and password correctly.

If you’re having trouble remembering your username, send yourself a reminder here: https://login.vivaldi.net/profile/id/recoverAccount.

In case you’ve forgotten the login password, reset it here: https://login.vivaldi.net/profile/id/userInfoView.

If you try logging in with the wrong password at least 5 times, the account will get locked for 5 minutes as a security measure.

If login fails, you can also try whether login works to other Vivaldi services. For example, try logging in to your account’s profile on Vivaldi.net.

For our support team’s assistance, please send us a message at the end of this article and describe the issue in detail.

New account login issues

Vivaldi Webmail is a service for active Vivaldi Community members using Vivaldi’s services. This means that new users, who registered their account after 4th of May 2023, and users who registered between October 2019 and May 2023, but never verified their phone number, first need to build up a reputation to be granted access to the Webmail service.

The reputation system is replacing the previous requirement to verify an account via one’s phone, that was set up to limit the number of spam accounts. For additional information, read our blog post on the topic.

Locked account

The account can be locked for a few reasons:

• You’ve tried logging in with the wrong password more than 5 times and the account got temporarily locked.
  In that case wait 5 minutes and try again, if you’re absolutely sure you have the correct password this time.
  In case you’ve forgotten the password, reset it here.
• The account was locked for breaking Vivaldi’s Terms of Use.
  We have applied several measures and criteria to Vivaldi Webmail in order to prevent spam from being sent using our webmail service. We use automatic tools for spam prevention and if they detect spam, they can lock the account. This means that there occasionally may be some false positives.
  If your account was suddenly locked after using Vivaldi webmail, and you’re sure you haven’t broken our Terms of Use, please get in touch with us using the contact form at the end of the article. We’ll review the account and decide whether the account can be unlocked or not.

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Webmail service is down

Occasionally, login won’t be possible, because the services are down. When downtime is needed due to scheduled maintenance work, we’ll notify everyone with a message sent to the account’s recovery email well ahead of time.

Sometimes accessing your mail won’t be possible, because something has suddenly stopped working. The team will do their best to solve these issues as soon as possible. In that case check Vivaldi’s Status page and keep an eye on the Webmail category on the Forum, where our team and volunteers will keep you updated with the latest news.

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Issues with sending or receiving messages

Sending messages

In case you can’t send messages or recipients claim they don’t receive them, please get in touch with us using the contact form at the end of the article.

If the messages refuse to send, tell us what the error message says.

If the message was sent, but not delivered, please also include the message headers. To get the message headers in Vivaldi webmail:

1. Go to the Sent folder;
2. Open the email that wasn’t delivered;
3. Below the recipient email address, click on Details > All headers;
4. Copy the text in the pop up window to your message.

Receiving messages

In case you’re expecting an email from someone, but it isn’t delivered, please also get in touch with us using the contact form at the end of the article. In the message to our support team, in addition to your account information, please include the full email address and the date and time, you expected to receive the email.

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Trouble with using Vivaldi Webmail in a mail client

In case you can’t access your mail in a mail client, double check the login settings (especially, if you’ve recently changed the password) and server settings in the mail client’s account settings. We’ve listed Vivaldi Webmail’s server settings for incoming and outgoing mail here.

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Settings

To customise your Forum preferences:

1. Click on your avatar in the top right corner of the Forum;
2. Select Settings from the menu.

You can edit the following settings:

• Forum homepage;
• Privacy
  • Show or hide your name,
  • Allow messages from everyone or only users you follow;
• Browsing Settings
  • Decide, how to open outgoing links,
  • Enable/disable in-topic search,
  • Enable/disable showing the new post after replying;
• Pagination
  • Choose between infinite scroll or topic and post pagination
  • In case you’ve chosen paginating topics and posts, decide, how many should be shown per page.
• Emails
  • Subscribe to email updates for the Forum (new notifications and topics) according to a set schedule;
• Language
  • Change the language of the Forum interface;
• Watching topics
  • Enable automatic watching of topics you create and reply to,
  • Change the default category watch state;
• Notifications
  • Choose what kind of notifications you want to receive (e.g. when someone upvotes your post or mentions you in their post)
  • And how you want to receive the notification (e.g. just a forum notification or an email notification)

Remember to Save any changes you make.

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Flag a post for moderation

To flag posts that break our Code of Conduct:

1. Click on the post menu on the right side of the post;
2. Select Flag This Post for Moderation;
3. Pick a category: Spam, Offensive or leave a short comment, why you think the post is inappropriate for the forum.
4. Click Submit Report.

Forum admins and moderators will review the flag and decide what to do next.

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Moderation

The Vivaldi Forum is moderated by Community Managers (Vivaldi employees) and Moderators (volunteers). They can move your topics if there’s a better category for them and they may also edit your post to clarify a point and/or remove parts that are not in line with our Community Guidelines and Terms of Use.

Community Managers and Moderators also have the right to delete inappropriate and duplicate posts, as well as, ban users either temporarily or permanently, who have broken the aforementioned rules and guidelines.

In case you have any questions or complaints regarding moderation, please contact one of the Community Managers in a private message on the Forum or through the contact form below.

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Start a new discussion

Before you start a new thread, search the forum to see if there already is a discussion about the same topic. If there isn’t:

1. Make sure you’re logged in to your Vivaldi account.
2. Click on New Topic in one of the forum categories above the list of topics.
   If you don’t see the New Topic button, you’re not allowed to post in that category (for example, Announcements).
3. Make sure the category you’re going to post in is fitting for the topic. Click on the drop-down menu in the top left corner to change the category.
4. Enter a short and clear title.
5. Write the content of the message.
6. Select tags, if available for the category.
7. Click Submit to publish the topic.

You can use simple formatting options available in the post editor, add links, images, and emojis. It’s also possible to style your post using Markdown formatting.

When reporting problems with the browser, tell us which platform and it’s version you are on, Vivaldi browser version, extensions (if any), system specification (CPU, RAM), connection type and architecture (X32 or X64), and give us the steps to reproduce your issue.

Ask as a question

In addition to starting a general discussion topic, you can also mark your topic as a question. Question topics without a highlighted answer will have an Unsolved label in front of the topic title. When the topic starter or in some cases Vivaldi Forum Moderators have chosen the best answer, the topic will have a Solved label in front of the topic title and a copy of the best reply will be displayed below the first post. That way other Forum visitors with the same question don’t need to read through long threads to find the answer.

To mark your topic as a question:

1. In the post’s editor, click on the little arrow next to the Submit button.
2. Select Ask as question.
3. Submit your topic.

When you forgot to mark the topic as a question when you started the new topic, you can still do it by editing your post.

To mark the topic as solved:

1. Find the post that answers your question the best.
2. Open the 3-dot menu in the bottom right corner of the post.
3. Select Mark as correct.

You can only highlight one reply.

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Reply to a topic

To reply to the discussion in general, click on the blue Reply button at the top or bottom of the comment thread. To start a new discussion based on that topic, click on the small arrow next to the Reply button and select Reply as Topic. If the reply is meant for specific user(s), tag them by typing @ and their username in your comment.

To reply to a specific comment, use the Reply and Quote options next to the comment.

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Edit post

In case you want to add something to your comment or just want to fix an accidental typo:

1. Locate your post or comment.
2. Click on the post menu on the right (next to the upvote button).
   
3. Select Edit, which opens the post editor.
4. Make the changes.
5. Click Submit.

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Delete a post

To delete your post:

1. Click on the post menu on the right (next to the upvote button).
2. Select Delete.
3. Confirm your choice.

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Notifications

When you create or reply to a topic, you’re automatically added as a watcher to these topics and will get a notification, when someone comments in the same thread.

To stop receiving notifications:

1. Open the topic.
2. Click on Watching in the menu below the first post or after the last post.
3. Change to an option you prefer:
   • Watching – notified, when someone replies and topic appears in Unread,
   • Not watching – won’t get notified, but topic still appears in Unread,
   • Ignoring – won’t get notified and topic doesn’t appear in Unread.

To change notification settings globally:

1. Click on your avatar in the top right corner of the Forum.
2. Select Settings from the menu.
3. Change your preferences in Notifications & Sounds.
4. Save the changes.

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With thousands of topics on the Vivaldi Forum, it’s easier to use Search to find what you’re looking for rather than browse through all the categories. It’s also important to search before you post a new topic (especially a feature request) as the same question may already be discussed in a different thread.

Simple search

To do a simple search:

1. Click on the Search button in the top right corner of the page;
   
2. Enter the search keyword;
3. Browse through quick results in the drop-down menu or press Enter to see all results.

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Advanced search

With Advanced Search, you can filter out irrelevant results.

To do an advanced search:

Option 1

1. Start with a simple search;
2. On the results page, click on Advanced Search;
3. Fine-tune the search criteria;
4. Click Search.

Option 2

1. In the search field, click on the Advanced Search button;
2. On the Search page, enter the search keyword;
3. Fine-tune the search criteria;
4. Click Search.

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Search in mobile view

In case you’re browsing the Forum in a smaller window (phone, Web Panel) and see the mobile view of the Forum, to search:

1. Tap on the Search button on the blue menu bar;
2. Enter the search keyword;
3. Browse through quick results in the drop-down menu. To see all results either tap Go on your phone’s keyboard or tap on See more results below quick results.
4. Fine-tune the search criteria;
5. Tap on Search.

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Search options

To get only the most relevant results, we suggest narrowing down your search using the various search options available on the Advanced Search page.

You can search:

• Titles and Posts,
• Titles,
• Posts,
• Bookmarks,
• Categories,
• Users,
• Tags.

Choose whether the results need to match:

• all words,
• any word.

You can narrow the search results by:

• Category,
• Tags,
• Post author,
• Reply count,
• Post time.

You can sort results in both ascending and descending order by:

• Relevance,
• Post time,
• Votes,
• Last reply time,
• Topic title,
• Number of replies,
• Number of views,
• Topic votes,
• Topic start date,
• Username,
• Category.

You can display the results as:

• Posts with content preview,
• Just topic titles.

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Save search preferences

In case you do similar searches often, you can speed up the process by saving your search preferences. That way, every time you do a simple or advanced search, it will use your preferences to narrow down the results.

To save your search preferences:

1. Set up your search criteria on the Advanced Search page;
2. Before you click Search, click Save > Save preferences.

To clear search preferences:

1. Go to the Advanced Search page;
2. Click Save > Clear preferences.

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Add Vivaldi Forum search as a custom search engine

To find Forum discussions quickly even when you don’t have the Forum open, add Forum’s search as a custom search engine in your Vivaldi browser.

To add Forum’s search as a custom search engine:

1. Go to the Vivaldi Forum;
2. Click on the Search button in the top right corner of the page;
3. Right-click in the search field;
4. Select Add as Search Engine from the context menu;
5. If you wish, edit the search engine description;
6. Give the new search engine a nickname. For example ‘f’ or ‘vf’.
7. Click Add.

To learn more about search in Vivaldi and custom search engines, take a look at the help page about Search.

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Search users

To look for users, go to the Users tab on the (blue) forum menu. There you can see who’s online, who has posted the most and users with the highest reputation, as well as search for users when you know the username.

If you’re not looking for a specific user, but someone in a certain role, such as Community Managers or Moderators go to the Groups tab and browse through the groups.

To receive notifications when a user starts a new thread, follow them by going to their profile and clicking on the + button on the edge of their avatar. You can view all your followers and the people you follow on your profile from the menu on the edge of the cover image > Following / Followers.

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Sometimes things go wrong and instead of achieving your goal, an error message is shown. In this article, we’ve listed common error messages shown when using Vivaldi services doesn’t go according to plans and suggestions for solving the issue.

Browse through the list to find a solution to the error you’re seeing. In case you need our assistance, use the contact form at the end of this article.

Vivaldi.net

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Webmail

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Sync

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In case you need our help accessing your account, please send us a message using the contact form below.

QR (Quick Response) Codes are an easy way to share links and other information. With Vivaldi’s QR Code scanner on Android you can quickly scan QR Codes and barcodes to open links, menus, payment screens, apps and get specific information unique to the code without the need to type anything. In addition to scanning, you can also create codes to share links.

Open the QR Code scanner

There are three ways to access the QR Code scanner:

• From the right side of the URL field;
• Through the search widget;
• By long pressing on the app icon and selecting Scan QR Code.

Scan a QR Code

To scan a QR code:

1. Open the QR Code scanner using one of the methods mentioned above;
2. On first use, grant Vivaldi access to your phone’s camera;
3. Place the frame on the phone’s screen over the QR Code or barcode;

If the scanner detects a URL, it’ll automatically open the link in a new tab. In case it detects some other information, it offers to copy the information or to do a search with it.

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Create a QR code

To create a QR code:

1. Open the web page you want to share;
2. Go to Vivaldi menu > Share;
3. Select QR code;
4. Show your phone to someone, so they could scan the code or download the QR code as an image.