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.

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.

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.

If you click on the small arrow on the Submit button and select Ask as question, an Unsolved tag will be added to your post title until a solution is found. Then the author and forum moderators can mark the topic as solved and highlight the best answer.

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.

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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 or a topic

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.

To delete a topic:

1. Click on Topic Tools below the first post or after the last post;
2. Select Delete;
3. Confirm your choice.

Please note that, if your topic has 3 or more replies, it’s no longer possible to delete it.

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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.

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.

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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Forum

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Blogs

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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.

With Page Actions you can alter the look of websites to enhance accessibility and readability, to work on your website’s CSS, or just for fun.

Apply Page Actions

To apply a Page Action to a web page:

1. Go to the Vivaldi menu > Page Actions;
2. Enable the option(s) you want to apply.

Available Page Actions

You can choose from the following Page Actions:

• CSS Debugger – outlines various element types for a simple CSS inspection;
• Filter Black and White – turns the page into black and white;
• Filter Grayscale – changes the page’s colors to grayscale;
• Filter Intensify – adds saturation and contrast to the images on the site;
• Filter Invert – adds saturation and contrast to the images on the site (see screenshots below);
• Filter Obscure – hides the content by blurring the page when the mouse cursor is moved outside of the window;
• Filter Sepia – changes the page’s color scheme to reddish-brown;
• Fonts Monospace – forces the text to be displayed in a monospace font. 
• Page Minimap – shows a small overview of the page and your location on it.
• Skewed Images – tilts images at an angle.
• Transform 3D – distorts the whole page on hover;
• Transitions Forced – makes transitions more prominent;
• Transitions Removed – disables transitions;

Page actions are applied only to the active tab, but will affect any website you visit within that tab.

Disable Page Actions

To turn off Page Actions:

1. Go to the Vivaldi menu > Page Actions;
2. Toggle off the enabled Page Action(s).

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. Alternatively, you can also install a second Vivaldi as a Standalone version.

Add a new Profile

1. Click on the Profile button in the top right corner of the browser window and select Manage People.
   
   Alternatively, go to Settings > Address Bar > Profile Management and click on Manage People.
2. Click on Add Person at the bottom of the popout menu.
3. Pick a name for the new profile, select or upload an avatar and decide whether you want a Desktop shortcut for the profile or not.
4. Click on Add Person.

Once you’ve created the new profile, you can always open it from Vivaldi’s profile menu. You can also open the second profile from the desktop shortcut, if you created one. On Windows, while the second profile is open, you can also pin the profile button to the taskbar.

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Set up your accounts

To use Vivaldi Calendar, 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 “Fully Loaded” option in the welcome flow.

Go to Settings > Mail and Settings > Calendar to set up your accounts. For detailed instructions have a look at the following help pages:

• Add and manage mail accounts
• Add and manage calendar accounts
• Subscribe to feeds

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Open links in a different profile

To open links from your Mail profile in your main browser profile:

Option 1

1. Make sure the other profile is open;
2. Right-click on the link in the Mail profile;
3. Select Open link as (profile name).

Option 2

1. Have two windows open in a way that both are visible;
2. Hover the mouse cursor over the link;
3. Click and start dragging the mouse cursor downwards;
4. While dragging, move the link to the second window, for example, to the Address Field, over the Open a new tab button or to a text field.
5. Release the mouse button to place the link.

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Copy content from one profile to another

Unfortunately, it’s not possible to highlight text on a web page and use Send by Mail and Save as Calendar Event features across profiles.

But, in addition to the classic Copy and Paste option, there is another way to move content from one profile to another.

1. Have two windows open in a way that both are visible;
2. Hover the mouse cursor over highlighted text, link or image;
3. Click and start dragging. ;
4. While dragging, move the content to the second window, for example, to the email composer or calendar description.

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Custom taskbar icon

On Windows, each profile gets it’s own Task Bar icon when open. To differentiate the main browser profile from the Mail, Calendar and Feeds profile, you can assign a custom icon for the Task Bar button. To do that:

1. Open the second profile;
2. Right-click on the taskbar button and select Pin to taskbar;
3. Right-click on the taskbar button again;
4. Right-click on Vivaldi (above Unpin from taskbar) and select Properties;
5. In the Shortcut tab, click on Change icon;
6. Browse for your custom icon (has to be in an Icon file (.ico)) and click Open;
7. Click Ok first in the Change Icon dialog and a second time in the Properties dialog.

Unfortunately, macOS and Linux don’t support separate profile buttons on their dock/taskbar.