History

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The History tool in Vivaldi is somewhat different than in a typical browser – instead, Vivaldi’s History is a detailed overview backed by statistics and presented in a fresh, visual way. It was built to give users a powerful and useful tool to explore their browsing patterns and to make finding previously visited sites easier than ever.

Accessing History

To open the History page:

• Click on History on the top menu of the Start Page (vivaldi://startpage).
• Go to  Vivaldi menu > Tools > History.
• Enter vivaldi://history in the Address Field.
• Type “History” in Quick Commands.
• Middle-click on the History Panel button.
• Use the Keyboard Shortcut Ctrl H / ⌘ Y.
• Create a Mouse Gesture for opening the History manager.

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Searching visited pages

To search specific History entries, enter the page’s title or URL in one of the following places:

• History Manager’s search field in the top left corner of the page.
• History Panel‘s search field at the top of the panel.
• In the Address Field, type “@history” followed by a space and your search keyword to see results only from History.

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Delete browsing history

Clearing browsing data can be done from the History page by clicking the Clear Browsing Data button in the top-right of the History page.

Alternatively, open the Delete Browsing Data window:

• From Vivaldi menu > Tools > Delete Browsing Data.
• By clicking the Clear Browsing Data button in the top-right corner of the History Panel.
• By typing “Delete Browsing Data” in Quick Commands.
• Using the Keyboard Shortcut Ctrl Shift Del / ⇧ ⌘ ⌫.
• Creating a Mouse Gesture for the action.

Select:

• The time range
  • Past Hour
  • Past Day
  • Past Week
  • Past 4 Weeks
  • Everything
• Which elements of the stored browsing data to delete
  • Browsing History
  • Downloads
  • Cookies
  • Storage
  • Cache
  • Passwords
  • Form Autofill Data
  • Application Cache
  • Site Settings
• And confirm by clicking Delete.

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History Retention

You can decide for how long your browsing history is saved in Vivaldi.

To review and change the time:

1. Go to Settings > Privacy and Security > Privacy > Save Browsing History.
2. Choose between:
   • Session Only – meaning your history will be deleted every time you exit the browser.
   • One Day
   • One Week
   • One Month
   • Three Months (the default)
   • Six Months
   • One Year
   • Forever
3. Restart the browser.

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Privacy

History data is strictly private and stored locally to individual Vivaldi installations – Vivaldi Technologies does not collect any History data from browser users. Find out more about Vivaldi’s Privacy policies and terms here.