Pop-out Video, aka Picture-in-Picture, is a popular feature on desktop, but did you know it’s also available on Android and iOS? The main difference is that, on your mobile device, you can’t browse other tabs in Vivaldi while Pop-out Video is enabled, but you can use most other apps.
Enable Pop-out Video on Android
While browsing with Vivaldi, find a video you want to watch.
Press play and enable full-screen view of the video.
Tap on your phone’s home button.
The video will continue playing in a small rectangle on your home screen. You can move the video by dragging it around and use the two-finger zoom gesture to change the size of the video.
Pop-out video from Vivaldi open on top of the Shazam app.
Tap on the rectangle to see video controls. Pop-out Video includes controls for:
Pausing the video.
Moving to the next/previous video (when playing a video from a playlist).
Closing the popped-out video.
Returning to the main window.
Shortcut to Android’s Picture-in-Picture settings.
If you’re unable to use Pop-out Video in Vivaldi, check whether you can enable it from Android Settings > Apps > Special Access > Picture-in-Picture.
Though, Vivaldi is a commercial company, fighting the gatekeeping behemoths of the web comes with a cost. Our users often show interest in contributing to Vivaldi’s development. Some give their time and volunteer as translators, testers, moderators, and/or ambassadors. Others prefer to give a donation.
You can donate anonymously or show off a donator’s Badge of Appreciation that gets added to your profile picture on vivaldi.net and in the browser. The badge is given automatically to all logged-in users. Logged-out users can claim the badge at a later date via the donation confirmation email.
Select Monthly or Yearly above the predefined donation amounts.
Select or enter a custom amount that you want to give each month.
If you want to have a badge on your profile picture, tick the box for “I want The Badge of Appreciation“.
Click Donate / Log In and Donate.
Enter your email address and card information.
Click Pay and subscribe. You may be directed to your bank’s website to confirm the payment.
View and download the invoice.
The receipt will also be sent to the email address you provided and can be downloaded within 30 days from the donation date.
Claim the Badge of Appreciation
The badge is given automatically to all logged-in users. If you were logged out during the donation, follow these steps to claim your badge:
Open the donation confirmation email.
At the end of the email, find the link to claim your badge and open it.
Log in to your Vivaldi account.
Manage recurring donations
If you were logged in during the donation, you can view your invoice history from your account’s profile on Vivaldi.net > Manage Subscriptions. In case you were logged out, you’ll find the link to manage your subscription in the donation confirmation email.
To update how much you donate each month:
Click on Update plan.
Select the new amount.
Click Continue.
Click Subscribe and pay.
To update the payment method:
In the Payment method section, click on Add payment method.
Enter the new card’s information.
Click Add.
Click on the 3 dot menu after the new card’s info.
Select Make default.
Click on the 3 dot menu after the old card’s info.
Select Delete and confirm the decision.
To update billing information:
In the Billing information section, click on Update information.
Enter a new email address and optionally your address.
Rocker Gestures are Mouse Gestures used to execute commands with the left and right mouse buttons.
Rocker Gestures are enabled by default, but the feature can be disabled from Settings > Mouse > Rocker Gestures > Allow Rocker gestures. Restart the browser for the change to take effect.
Use Rocker Gestures
To perform an action using Rocker Gestures, you have two options:
Rock to the right – hold down the left mouse button, then click the right mouse button.
Rock to the left – hold down the right mouse button, then click the left mouse button.
Edit Rocker Gestures
Predefined Rocker Gestures take you back and forward in History, but they can be assigned various different commands.
Vivaldi for Snap is distributed through Snapcraft. You may find Snap already built into your Linux distribution’s software center app. If not, click the button below or copy the following link: https://snapcraft.io/vivaldi.
How do I set Vivaldi for Snap as my default browser and/or as my mail client?
You must set your preferred applications through the desktop’s file and protocol association settings.
For GNOME, go to System Settings > Apps > Default Applications > Web > select Vivaldi.
For KDE Plasma, go to System Settings > Applications > Default Applications > Web Browser > select Vivaldi.
For LXQt, go to Settings > File and Protocol Associations > Default Apps > Web Browser.
The instructions will be similar for other desktop environments. If you do not see Vivaldi as an option after installing, please log out of your desktop session and back in again.
How do I import data from another web browser?
Vivaldi for Snap cannot detect or import data directly from another web browser, such as Firefox, Google Chrome, or Opera, but you can import the files exported from the other browsers for Bookmarks, Notes, and more.
In the Import passwords section, click on Select File.
Locate the file and open it.
For a more complete import, including browser History and Cookies, you can import into a native installation for Vivaldi, available from vivaldi.com, set up Vivaldi Sync in the native version, and then log in to Sync in Vivaldi for Snap.
Vivaldi Sync is available for free and uses confidential end-to-end encryption.
I’m having trouble getting an extension to talk with an app on my system.
The NativeMessaging API — used by extensions to communicate with other installed software on your computer — is unavailable in Vivaldi for Snap. This can affect password managers, hardware-integration extensions, and other extensions.
How do I migrate my profile between Vivaldi for Snap and a native install?
The best way to migrate from one install to another, or to keep using both versions in sync with access to your Bookmarks, Logins, Notes, and other data, is to set up Vivaldi Sync.
Vivaldi Sync is available for free and uses confidential end-to-end encryption.
Where is my User Data stored in Vivaldi for Snap?
Vivaldi for Snap stores data in the ~/snap/vivaldi/current/.config/vivaldi/ folder. Native Vivaldi stores data in the ${XDG_CONFIG_HOME:-$HOME/.config}/vivaldi directory.
You may do a one-time migration by copying the folder from one to the other, on the same computer. You should not run two copies of Vivaldi with the same data directory.
To use Vivaldi Mail, make sure you’ve enabled Mail, Calendar and Feeds from Settings > General > Productivity Features. On a brand new installation or in a new User Profile, choose the “Browser, Mail, and Calendar” option in the welcome flow.
Add an account
To add your first mail account to Vivaldi Mail:
Go to Mail settings, either by:
Opening the Mail Panel and clicking on Add Mail Account,
Going to Settings > Mail > Mail Accounts > Add Account.
Enter your email address, select whether you want to add an IMAP (recommended) or POP account, and click Continue. Vivaldi will try to fetch the server settings automatically. If it can’t, please add them manually. To find the server settings, check your email service provider’s help documentation.
Enter your mail account’s login password. Some email service provider’s require login from clients using either OAuth or an app-specific password. Before entering the password, choose the option that’s most relevant for your account.
Once the account has been added you can add:
Sender Name – shown to recipients of your emails in their mailbox instead or in addition to the email address.
Account Display Name – displayed for the account in the Mail Panel’s All Accounts section.
Signature – text appended at the end of every email message you send.
You can also enable the following sync options:
Download messages to view them offline and improve search results,
Upload sent messages to Sent folder, so you can view your sent messages via other clients or the account’s web interface.
Offline account to (temporarily) stop checking for updates.
Click on Add account below the list of already added mail accounts.
Enter your email address, select whether you want to add an IMAP (recommended) or POP account, and click Continue.
Enter your mail account’s login password, app-specific password or log in using the service provider’s OAuth window.
If you’d like to use Vivaldi Mail, Calendar and Feeds separately from your main browser, we suggest setting your mail and calendar accounts up in a new User Profile. You can find more detailed instructions here.
Add a Google account to Vivaldi Mail
When you add a Google account to Mail or Calendar, you’ll be asked to log in through Google’s OAuth dialog. Previously, there was a single login, which, in addition to the mail and calendar clients, logged you in to your Google account on all Google’s websites. Since Vivaldi 4.3, the logins are kept separate, improving privacy. This means that even if you’ve added, for example, your Gmail account to Vivaldi Mail, Google won’t know what you watch on YouTube or search on Google (unless you log in to the website). If, for some reason, you’re logged out from your account(s) in Vivaldi Mail and Calendar, Google’s OAuth dialog will appear again for each account and service (Gmail, Google Calendar) you’ve added to Vivaldi. In that case, please login to your account again. If you ignore or dismiss the dialog, it will keep reappearing every time the account checks for updates. Alternatively, put the account offline from Settings > Mail > Mail accounts > select the account > enable Offline Account. Though, in that case you won’t receive new messages until you log in again.
In case you don’t want to use OAuth to log in to your Google account, you could use an App password instead.
Alternative Option – App password (needs two-factor authentication)
For this to work you will need to set up an App Password in your Google account settings. You have to have two-factor authentication set up as well. Once you have the password you can just fill this in when the password prompt appears in the setup with the option to use App-Specific Password.
Add a Microsoft account to Vivaldi Mail
To log in with a Microsoft hosted account (Outlook, Hotmail, MSN, etc.) you have two options. You can use OAuth or an app-specific password.
Option 1 – OAuth
In Vivaldi, go to Settings > Mail > Mail Accounts > Add account.
Enter your Microsoft email address and click Continue.
Select Use OAuth.
Follow the instructions in Microsoft’s OAuth window.
To create an app password, you need to have two-factor authentication enabled for your account. If you haven’t already, enable two-factor authentication following Microsoft’s instructions.
Click Create a new app password in the App password section. You’ll see a generated password on the screen.
In Vivaldi, go to Settings > Mail > Mail Accounts > Add account.
Enter your Microsoft email address and click Continue.
Select Use App-Specific Password.
Enter the password that Microsoft generated for your account.
Click Sign In.
Add an Apple account to Vivaldi Mail
To add your Apple’s iCloud account to Vivaldi Mail:
Create an app-specific password to use in Vivaldi Mail (instructions).
In Vivaldi, go to Settings > Mail > Mail Accounts > Add account.
Type in your iCloud email address and click Continue.
Click on Keychain Access and enter your Mac profile’s password.
From the Keychain Access’ app menu go to File > Import Items.
Locate the “cert.pem” file and click Open.
Find the imported certificate named “127.0.0.1” and double-click on it.
Expand the Trust section.
For “When using this certificate” select “Always Trust”.
When asked, enter your Mac profile’s password and click Update Setting.
Exit Keychain Access.
On Linux
In Vivaldi, go to chrome://settings/certificates.
On the page, go to Your certificates > View imported certificates from Linux.
Click Import.
Locate the certificate file (“cert.pem”) you exported from the Bridge and click Select.
Check the box for “Trust this certificate for identifying websites”.
Click OK.
Add a Yahoo account to Vivaldi Mail
To log in with your Yahoo account (or Yahoo hosted email account) with your email address and login password, Yahoo requires the client or app to have Yahoo’s branded login dialog. Vivaldi Mail doesn’t have that feature implemented just yet, so adding a Yahoo account to Vivaldi Mail requires a small workaround.
On the page, go to App Password > Generate app password > Get started.
Fill in the App name, for example, Vivaldi Mail and click Generate Password.
In Vivaldi, go to Settings > Mail > Mail Accounts > Add account.
Enter your Yahoo email address and click Continue.
Select Use App-Specific Password.
In the password field, instead of your regular login password, enter the app password that Yahoo generated for you.
Click Sign In.
IMAP vs POP3
With IMAP (Internet Mail Access Protocol), your emails and email folders are kept on the server. Any changes you make in the mail client will reflect on the server and vice versa. You can add your mail account using IMAP to as many mail clients as you need and also access your mail from the email service provider’s webmail interface.
With POP3 (Post Office Protocol version 3) the mail client downloads and stores your emails on the computer as soon as they arrive to the mail server and then generally deletes them from the servers. Vivaldi doesn’t delete the messages on the server automatically, but you can enable it in Settings > Mail > Mail Accounts > select account > Server settings.
Download full messages
When you enable Download Messages for Offline Viewing and Searching for a mail account, all content of your messages will be indexed in the mail database even before you open the message. Downloading messages, aka prefetching, improves search results and lets you easily access your messages offline.
Note: When emails are deleted from the server (another client or webmail) and the body of the email is already fetched we put those emails in trash and mark them as internal. You can then replace them from there if the deletion was a mistake. If the body wasn’t already fetched we just delete them since there’s no reason to keep them.
Edit an account
To update the name, signature, password or check the account’s server settings: 1. Go to Settings > Mail > Mail Accounts. 2. Select the account you want to edit. 3. Update the information.
By default, signatures are in plain text. In case you’d like to format the text and add images, below the Signature field, tick the box for Enable Rich Text and Images. That will add the common text formatting options to the text field.
To add an image to your signature, locate the image file and drag it to the Signature field.
Signature location
Your signature can be located in one of two places:
At the bottom – if you’re replying to emails, the signature will be at the very end, after the quoted text.
At the top – if you’re replying to emails, the signature will be straight after your message, before the quoted text.
Furthermore, you can decide whether the signature is included when you reply to a message and when forwarding a message.
Remove default signature
If you don’t want to include any signatures in the email and want to delete the default signature:
When you move the Tab Bar to the side or bottom of the browser window, buttons like the Vivaldi Menu, Minimize, Maximize and Close will be merged with the Address Bar as long as it’s at the top of the browser window. When the Address Bar is at the bottom, a title bar with the buttons will be displayed.
To always display the Title Bar when the Tab Bar isn’t at the top of the window:
You can add, move and remove any of the components on the Navigation Toolbar, Status Bar, Panel, Mail Toolbar, Mail Composer Toolbar and Mail Message Toolbar using the Toolbar Editor.
To open the Toolbar Editor, either:
Right-click on one of the components and select Edit > Customize Toolbar.
Go to the Vivaldi menu > View > Customize Toolbar.
From the Toolbar Editor’s drop down menu select the toolbar where the component can be found by default.
Pick the component you want to add from the selection and drag it to its new place. A vertical line in your Theme’s highlight color will indicate where the component will be added.
To add components to Mail views, first open the Mail tab or the Mail composer and then open the Toolbar Editor.
Command Chains
In addition to components normally found on the toolbars, you can also add buttons for Command Chains.
In this article we’ve put together some guidelines that will help you write a good bug report. A good bug report will help our developers reproduce and fix the bug.
Before reporting a bug
Make sure you have the latest version of Vivaldi. If you’re on an older version, please update your browser and check if you can still reproduce the issue.
If you can still reproduce it, follow the steps on our help page about troubleshooting issues in Vivaldi. Some bugs are caused by an Extension or a setting and can be easily solved.
Check the Forum. Well-known bugs, updates and temporary workarounds are often discussed there.
In case no one has mentioned the issue you’re having on the Forum, please start a new topic. Then our Community members can either suggest solutions for a fix or confirm the bug. When others can confirm the bug, please report the bug following the instructions below.
How to report a bug?
Report each bug separately on vivaldi.com/bugreport/. Reports with more than one bug cannot be processed because each bug is allocated a unique bugtracker number.
Describe the issue in as much detail as you can.
If you’re reporting from another computer / browser, include information about the Vivaldi version and the operating system the bug is occurring on.
Add an exact link to a web page where the issue occurs, so it can be tested.
It helps, if you include some information about the extensions and security tools you’re using – they often point us in the right direction.
If you’re having issues with audio or video give information about your installed codecs and graphics card/GPU (vivaldi://gpu).
You can add more information, by attaching relevant files (screenshots, crash logs, etc.) to the bug report.
After reporting the issue, you will receive a confirmation email from the bugtracker with the bug number VB-XXXXX, so make sure you give a valid contact email address.
If you have questions about the bug please ask in the forum first and do not forget to post the VB-XXXXX bug number. Our helpful forum moderators will be able to help you.
Important! Please do not use the bug report page for support or other questions. These questions should be asked on the forum.
Issues with a Third Party Product
Lastly, if you are encountering an issue with a Third Party product, such as a firewall provider or security software that your company has set up, please share with us the following information:
Product name
Product version
Relevant error messages
If support cases have been opened with the Third Party Product’s support team, we would appreciate information (e.g. a case number) about it as well, so we can reference it in case we need to contact the vendor.
It’s possible to display all settings at once by choosing Display All located at the bottom of the list.
You can also search for the setting you want to modify by entering its term in the search field above the section list.
Many of the settings will be applied immediately; however, if a restart of the browser is needed for changes to be applied it will be denoted next to the setting as applicable.
Settings options
To open Settings in a new Tab instead of a separate window:
Go to Settings > Appearance > Window Appearance.
Enable Open Settings in a Tab.
Settings categories in the column on the left are colored and grouped. If you prefer a more monochrome look on the category icons:
Go to Settings > Appearance > Window Appearance.
Enable Use Monochrome Settings Icons.
Reset Settings
If you’ve changed some settings after which the browser no longer behaves as you’d like, but you’re not sure which setting is causing it, try resetting the settings to their defaults.
To reset settings:
Open Settings.
Go to the settings category you want to reset.
Scroll to the bottom of the section.
Click Reset [category name] Settings to Default.
Confirm the decision by clicking Reset Settings in the popup dialog.
Some Settings, such as Enable Mail, Calendar and Feeds, will not be reset.
Some additional settings can be accessed when typing chrome://settings in the Address Field.
Type the search term in the Search Field on the Address Bar.
To switch between Search Engines, click on the Change Search Engine button on the left side of the Search Field and pick a different Search Engine from the dropdown menu.
When you search with different search engines from your default one in the Search Field, your last used Search Engine will revert back to the default one when you close the browser. To keep your last used search engine, go to Settings > Search and enable Keep Last Selected Search Engine.
To search for the same search term again, click on the Show Search History button on the right side of the Search Field to see a list of your latest searches.
To display the active Search Engine’s favicon instead of the magnifying glass, enable it in Settings > Search > Show Search Engine Icon.
The size of the search field on the Address Bar can be changed by placing the mouse cursor on the left edge of the Search field and dragging the mouse in preferred direction.
Search on the Speed Dial
To search on the Start Page, go to Settings > Search and make sure the Show Search Field on Speed Dial is enabled.
Type the search term in the Search Field on the Speed Dial.
To switch between Search Engines, click on the search engine favicon button on the left side of the Search Field and pick a different Search Engine from the dropdown menu.
To search for the same search term again, click on the Show Search History button on the right side of the Search Field to see a list of your latest searches.
Open search results in a New Tab
You can have your search results open in a new Tab, instead of the current one when you search in the Search Field. This feature could be particularly useful if you’re doing research or need to look up multiple search terms at once.
To enable it, go to Settings > Search and tick the box for Always Search in New Tab.
Alternatively, type the search term in the Address or Search Field and press ALT + Enter to open the results in a new tab.
Search images
You can do a reverse image search to find more information about it or to find similar images.
To do an image search:
Open the web page with the image you want to search with.
Right-click on the image to open the context menu.
Select Search for Image. Select Image > Search for Image, if the image is also a link.
Search results will open in a new tab.
The search is done with your default Image Search Engine. To change the default search engine for images:
Select your preferred search engine that offers image search.
Search with page selection
Instead of copying and pasting a search term from a web page to the Address or Search Field, right click on the highlighted text > hover over Search With > select a Search engine. To open the search results in a new background tab, go to Settings > Search and tick the box for Page Selection Search in Background (see the image above).
Search Suggestions
Among other options in Settings > Search > Allow Search Suggestions, you can decide whether to enable search suggestions in the Address and Search fields. When enabled, you’ll get search suggestions as soon as you start typing in a search query. It’s a convenient feature, but has privacy implications. You can read more on our Team Blog.
Even if you have enabled search engine suggestions, in Settings > Search > Allow Search Suggestions, you can limit it to allowing search suggestions only if you type a Search Engine nickname, which is a clear indication that this is intended to be a search, not a URL.
Alternatively, you can manually disable search suggestions for particular Search Engines, by going to Settings > Search > Search Engines > selecting the Search Engine > emptying the Suggest URL field. Or you can use another Search Engine’s Suggest URL. For example, get suggestions from a more privacy conscious DuckDuckGo, even if you search with Google.
Available Search Engines
Vivaldi has several search engines available by default.
You can set any of the search engines listed in Settings > Search Engines as the default Search Engine.
Option 1
Go to Settings > Search > Default Search Engine;
Select your preferred Search Engine from the dropdown menu.
Option 2
Go to Settings > Search > Search Engines;
Select the Search Engine you want to set as default;
Tick the box for Set as Default Search.
Search in Private Window
To make your private browsing more private, you can set a different default search engine for the Private Window.
Option 1
Go to Settings > Search > Private Window Search Engine;
Select your preferred Search Engine from the dropdown menu.
Option 2
Go to Settings > Search > Search Engines;
Select the Search Engine you want to set as default;
Tick the box for Set as Private Search.
Some search engines allow users to use the POST method for search. The combination of POST and no-redirects, ensures that websites won’t know the search terms you use to find their site, nor will your search terms be stored in your local history. If you have enabled Use POST method, but search doesn’t come up with any results, this means that the search engine of your choice doesn’t support the POST method. If you still want to use this search engine, you should disable Use POST method.
Search Engine Nicknames
Using Search Engine Nicknames, you can quickly switch between one Search Engine to another just by typing the nickname at the front of your search term.
Get to know the default Search Engine Nicknames in Settings > Search > Search Engines.
Start the search with the Search Engine Nickname, followed by Space. For instance, the search term “d Vivaldi browser” will search for “Vivaldi browser” via DuckDuckGo.
You can change the default Search Engine nickname to anything you like by:
Clicking on the search engine you would like to assign a new nickname to;
Entering the new nickname in the Nickname field;
To hide search engine nicknames in drop-down menus, go to Settings > Search > Search Field Display and disable Show Search Engine Nickname in Drop-Down Menu.
Add a New Search Engine
Vivaldi lets you add your preferred search engines in a few simple steps.
Option 1
Go to the page you want to add.
Right-click on the search field of the page and select Add as Search Engine.
If you wish, add a nickname and make the new Search Engine your Default Search.
Click Add.
Option 2
Do a search on the website you want to add as a Search Engine.
Copy the URL of the search results page.
Go to Vivaldi Browser Settings > Search > Search Engine Editor.
Click on the Add Search Engine button to add a new Search Engine.
Paste the link to the URL field and substitute the used search term with %s
Enter the Name and a Nickname for the Search Engine.
Some websites make sure to check from which browser you’re viewing their pages from and based on the information may alter what you see. The websites may also block access to their content and features altogether. To check whether a website is displayed differently because you’re using Vivaldi, you can change the browser’s Sec-CH-UA identity and check the website again.
To change which browser brand is reported:
Go to Settings > Network > User Agent Brand Masking.
From the drop-down menu, select whether you want the browser to identify itself without a brand, as Vivaldi, Google Chrome, or Microsoft Edge. In addition, you can set up a custom brand by entering the browser’s brand and version number manually.
Restart the browser for the change to take effect.
Tick the box for Append Vivaldi Brand to, in addition to the chosen brand, add Vivaldi’s brand information at the end of the reported identity.
Important! Please note that changing the reported browser brand can cause compatibility issues with sites.
Supporter – one-time donation.
Patron – recurring donation.
Advocate – long-term donor.
Add Account. 
Add account below the list of already added mail accounts.
Delete mail account button.
Hide/Show Panel button on the left side of the 
Settings button on the bottom of the side 
Change Search Engine button on the left side of the Search Field and pick a different Search Engine from the dropdown menu.
Show Search History button on the right side of the Search Field to see a list of your latest searches.
Delete search engine button.