Like the desktop browser, Vivaldi on iOS has a unique user interface.

Tab Bar

On the Tab Bar, you can see all your open Tabs, just like on desktop. If you have a lot of Tabs open, swipe left or right on the Tab Bar to see the rest of the tabs.

To enable/disable the Tab Bar:

1. Go to  Vivaldi menu > Settings > Tabs.
2. Toggle on/off Show Tab Bar.

To move the Tab Bar to the bottom of the screen together with the Address Bar:

1. Go to  Vivaldi menu > Settings > Tabs.
2. Select Bottom for Address Bar Position.

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Address Bar

•  Content blocker – change the tracker and ad blocking level for the website.
• Address and Search field – type in the link you want to visit or a search term you want to look up.
•  Vivaldi menu – access options such as Bookmark Page, Settings, and much more by tapping on the Vivaldi logo.

To move the Address Bar to the bottom of the screen:

1. Go to  Vivaldi menu > Settings > Tabs.
2. Select Bottom for Address Bar Position.

When moving the Address Bar to the bottom it’s recommended to reverse the order in which search suggestions are displayed and keep the most relevant suggestion closest to the Address Bar.

To reverse the order of search suggestions:

1. Go to  Vivaldi menu > Settings > Tabs.
2. Make sure Bottom is selected for the Address Bar Position.
3. In Search Suggestions, enable Reverse search suggestion order.

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Bottom Toolbar

•  Panels – access your Bookmarks, History, Notes, and Downloads.
•  History back – move back in history of visited pages.
• Focus on the Address Field to start a search or enter a website address. In the Tab Switcher, you’ll see a New Tab button in that place.
•  History forward – move forward in history of visited pages.
•  Tab switcher – view all open, private, synced, and recently closed tabs.

When you’ve moved the Address Bar to the bottom, there will be two toolbars at the bottom of the screen. In case you have the Tab Bar enabled, at the bottom of the screen, the Tab Bar will replace the bottom toolbar.

In landscape mode and on larger screens, such as on the iPad, all the icons from the bottom toolbar are moved to the Address Bar.

Sessions are a way to store your open tabs for easy access later. It allows you to close some unused tabs or all of them – freeing up memory and resources on your computer. A Session can contain tabs from a single window, all your windows, and optionally your Workspaces. Learn how to manage your Sessions using the Sessions Panel.

Access the Sessions Panel

To open the Sessions Panel:

• Click on the  Sessions panel button on the sidebar.
• Type “Session Panel” in Quick Commands.
• Create a Keyboard Shortcut or a Mouse Gesture for the action.

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Add a New Saved Session

To save tabs as a session via the Sessions Panel:

1. Open the Sessions Panel.
2. Click on Save Tabs as Sessions near the top right corner of the panel.
3. Give the session a name.
4. Decide, whether to include tabs from all Workspaces in the session or not and whether to save tabs from all windows or only the current window.
5. Click Save.

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View and Edit Sessions

To see and edit the contents of a saved session:

1. Open the Sessions Panel.
2. Select a session.
3. Click on Edit Session in the top right corner of the panel.

You can rearrange, rename, and remove tabs as you would with the active session in the Windows Panel.

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Auto-save Sessions

To automatically back up all your open tabs as a session once every hour:

1. At the bottom of the panel, click Automatic Session Backup.
2. Select how many days worth of backups you want to keep:
   • Last day
   • Last 3 days
   • Last 5 days
   • Last 30 days

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Delete a Saved Session

To delete a session:

1. Open the Sessions Panel.
2. Select a session you want to remove.
3. Click on Delete Session near the top right corner of the panel.

Alternatively, right-click on the session and select Delete from the context menu.

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 or restart the app for any changes to take effect.

Restart the app

Sometimes the simplest things help, so exit the browser, and hopefully on restart the issue will be gone.

To exit Vivaldi on iOS, open your device’s app switcher and swipe up on Vivaldi to close the app.

If you’ve kept your mobile device on for a long time, restarting the device may help as well.

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Update the app

In case you’ve turned off automatic updating of apps, check for updates manually from the App Store or from the app store you installed Vivaldi from.

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Disable Tracker and Ad Blocker

Website functionality may depend on elements with trackers that are blocked by the Tracker and/or Ad blocker. Click on  Content Blocker on the left side of the address bar to disable blockers and test the website.

To change blocking settings globally, go to  Vivaldi menu > Settings > Tracker and Ad Blocking > Default blocking level.

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Delete Browsing Data

Websites get updated all the time, but information about the old version of the site is still stored in cache files and Cookies. This may cause discrepancies in the displayed website and occasionally even break functionality.

In addition, storing old browsing data for a long time will use up your device’s memory space, so deleting it every now and then can have a positive effect on the browser’s speed as well.

To delete browsing data in Vivaldi on iOS:

1. Go to  Vivaldi menu > Settings > Privacy and Security > Clear Browsing Data.
   Alternatively, go to Panels > History panel and tap on Clear Browsing Data at the bottom right corner of the screen.
2. Select the data you want to delete and a time range.
3. Tap on Clear data.

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Reset flags

Experiments are a great way to test new features that are being developed. But these features are hidden behind flags for a reason – they can still be buggy. If you’ve experimented with flags and suddenly Vivaldi doesn’t work as it should or crashes altogether, go back to the default settings.

To reset flags:

1. Go to vivaldi://flags;
2. Tap on Reset all in the top right corner;
3. Tap on Relaunch at the bottom of the window to restart the browser.

On rare occasions, the browser needs to be restarted twice for the experiments to be fully reset.

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Check iOS settings

iOS operating system’s settings may affect, how Vivaldi functions. Check and change the settings that might affect Vivaldi and test the issue again.

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Disable other apps

In case you’re using apps that can affect Vivaldi (e.g. VPN), try browsing with them disabled to see if the bug is still there.

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Test the Snapshot version of Vivaldi

Sometimes the bug you’re encountering has already been fixed and is being tested in the Snapshot version of the browser. In that case, you just need a little patience until the fix is released in the Stable version.

On iOS, you can install the Snapshot version of the app from TestFlight.

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Found a bug?

When you’ve followed the steps listed above and you can consistently reproduce the issue, please discuss it on our Forum. There, our Community members can test on their devices and either confirm the bug or suggest a fix for the issue. Some of them can also tell you whether the devs are already aware of the bug or a new bug report should be created.

To report a bug first check our bug reporting guidelines and then go to vivaldi.com/bugreport to file it.

Panels offer a quick way to access useful tools like Bookmarks, History, Notes, and Downloads.

Accessing Panels

To open Panels, tap on the Panels button on the left side of the toolbar at the bottom of the screen.

In Vivaldi on iOS, there are 4 panels:

• Bookmarks,
• History,
• Notes, and
• Reading List.

To switch between panels tap on their respective icons at the top of the panels view.

Tap on the Search field to search through the active panel’s content.

Panel specific actions can be found at the bottom of the screen.

To close Panels, tap on the Done in the top right corner.

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Panels on tablets

With more screen space available, Panels on iPads follow the design of Vivaldi on desktop.

To open Panels on a tablet:

1. Tap on the Panels button on the left side of the Address Bar. Panels open with the last visited panel.
2. Tap on the different panel icons listed vertically on the left side to switch between them.

To close the panel:

• Tap on Done in the top right corner of Panels.
• Tap outside the Panels area.

Vivaldia is a game series developed by Porcelain Fortress for Vivaldi. Vivaldia 2 is an arcade-style runner game, where, as the character Vivaldia, you embark on an adventure and fight against the evil Robot Overlord to save the Lost Valley.

While the first Vivaldia game is integrated into the Vivaldi browser on desktop and Android, Vivaldia 2 can be played on the web on any device and browser.

Playing the game

To play Vivaldia 2:

1. Go to https://vivaldi.com/games/vivaldia2/.
2. Select New Game.
3. Choose your mode:
   • Normal, or
   • Challenge.
4. Decide, whether you’d like to start with the tutorial or get straight to playing.

Game inputs on desktop:

• ← and → – move left and right
• ↑ – climb up and proceed to the next level
• ↓ – crawl and climb down
• N or Space – jump
• M – shoot

The game can be played with a game controller as well.

On a mobile device with a touch screen, you can display the controller buttons on the screen or play with a connected game controller.

To get the best experience, enable full-screen mode, by clicking/tapping on the double-ended arrow in the top left corner.

You get points by collecting golden coins and other (hidden) treasures, and for defeating enemies. Additional points are given at the end of each level if you pass the level in good time.

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Settings

Game settings

Go to Settings > Game to adjust the volume of in-game sounds. You can adjust the volume separately for:

• Sound effects (SFX)
• Music
• Ambience

Set the volume to 0 to mute the sound.

If you’ve connected a game controller to your mobile, you can hide on-screen input buttons by going to Settings > Game and enabling Hide touch input.

Language

To change the language of the game:

1. Go to Settings > Language.
2. Select the language of your choice.

Did you mean [site name]?

Sometimes spelling mistakes slip in when typing a URL into the Address Field. When navigating to a link with a typo, you might end up nowhere with the message “This site can’t be reached“, but you may also end up on another website. Some of these websites with eerily similar URLs to the one you planned to go to might be legitimate, but it’s not uncommon for malicious people to take advantage of this honest mistake, so you’ll need to be cautious.

If, based on your browsing history and URL variants of a small protected blocklist, Vivaldi suspects that you may have ended up on a website you didn’t plan to visit, it will show a warning dialog, prompting you to be vigilant about the site. For example, if you have somesite.com in History, you might see the warning when you enter smoesite.com in the Address Field.

In that case, double-check the URL in the Address Field to confirm that you are in fact visiting a website you intended to.

Installing Vivaldi from the App Store

To install Vivaldi on your iOS device:

1. Open the App Store.
2. Search for Vivaldi Browser.
3. Tap on GET and verify yourself.
4. Once it has finished loading, tap Open.
5. Go through the onboarding flow and start browsing!

Vivaldi on iOS is supported on iOS version 15.0 and above.

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Updating the mobile browser

The app will be updated silently in the background when you have automatic updates enabled in your iPhone’s/iPad’s Settings > App Store > App Updates. You can tell that the app has been updated to a new version when iOS’ What’s New page is opened in a new tab.

In case you have automatic updates disabled:

Option 1

1. Open the App Store.
2. Open the account menu in the top right corner.
3. Scroll to the Upcoming Automatic Updates section.
4. Find Vivaldi on the list.
5. Tap on Update.

Option 2

1. Search for Vivaldi on the App Store.
2. Open the app’s profile.
3. Tap on Update.

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Uninstalling the browser

To uninstall Vivaldi:

Option 1

1. Find Vivaldi in your app library or home screen.
2. Long-press on the app logo.
3. Tap on Delete App.

Option 2

1. Search for Vivaldi on the App Store.
2. Open the app’s profile.
3. Tap on Uninstall.

View the progress and history of your downloaded files in the Downloads Panel.

Downloads Panel

To view your downloads, tap on the  Panels button on the left side of the bottom toolbar and swipe to the fourth panel. Instead of swiping you can also tap the  Downloads button in the bottom menu.

Alternatively, select  Downloads in the  Vivaldi menu.

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Searching downloads

To search through your downloads, tap on the  Search button in the top right corner and enter your search term.

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Sharing downloads

To share a downloaded file:

1. Tap on the  overflow menu;
2. Select Share;
3. Pick an app or a feature to use for file sharing.

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Deleting downloads

To delete a downloaded file:

1. Tap on the  overflow menu;
2. Select Delete.

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Download location

To change the default download location:

1. Open the Downloads Panel;
2. Tap on  Settings at the top of the page;
3. Pick the new default download location (internal storage or SD card).

On the same page you can also enable Ask where to save files to specify the download location for each file separately.

Vivaldi on iOS offers a selection of App Icons for you to choose from, allowing you to match Vivaldi with your iPhone’s / iPad’s style. Your chosen App Icon will be displayed on the home screen, in the App Library, and elsewhere where Vivaldi is displayed.

To choose a custom App Icon:

1. Go to Vivaldi menu > Settings > App Icon.
2. Tap on the icon you’d like to set for Vivaldi.
3. Tap OK to confirm your decision.

To make Vivaldi your default browser on Android:

1. Open the Vivaldi menu and select Set as default browser.
   If you have Settings open, scroll to Web Pages section and toggle on Set as default browser.
2. In the view that opens, tap on Browser app to set a new default.
3. Select Vivaldi Browser.

Alternatively, open Android Settings and go to Apps > Default Apps, to make Vivaldi the default browser app.