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.

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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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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.

In Vivaldi you can easily create a QR code linking to a web page and share it with others.

Start using the QR code generator

To show the QR code generator button on the Address Bar:

1. Go to Settings > Address Bar > Address Field Options;
2. Enable QR Code Generator.

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Create a new QR code

Option 1

1. Open the web page you want to share;
2. Click on Share page with QR Code button on the right side of the address field, between the Reader View (if available on the page) and Add Bookmark button.

Option 2

1. Click on Share page with QR Code button on the right side of the address field, between the Reader View (if available on the page) and Add Bookmark button.
2. Type or paste the URL you want to create the QR code for.

Option 3

1. Open the web page you want to share;
2. Right-click on the page to open the context menu;
3. Select Create QR Code for This Page.

Option 4

1. Open the web page you want to share;
2. In Quick Commands type “Create QR Code for Active Page“.

Option 5

Create a Keyboard Shortcut or a Mouse Gesture for the action.

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Share the QR code

Once you’ve created the QR code:

• Scan the image with a QR code reader, for example, with the QR code reader feature on Vivaldi on Android.
• Click on Copy below the generated code to share the image of the code.
• Click on Save to Download to store the image with the QR code on your computer.

With your Vivaldi account you can use the following services:

• Vivaldi Forum
• Vivaldi Social
• Vivaldi’s free (and ad-free) blogging platform;
• Vivaldi’s Sync functionality
• Vivaldi Themes
• Vivaldi Webmail

When you’ve tried logging in and it fails with an error message saying that the account is locked, these could be the reasons.

Account hasn’t been activated

Before logging in for the first time, you need to activate the account with a code from an email we sent to the email address you gave as the recovery email during registration.

Please check your mailbox (including the Spam folder) for the email and activate the account. Then try logging in again.

In case the code has expired or you can’t find the email, send yourself a new account activation email.

If you know you made a typo in the recovery email or gave an invalid email address, please reach out to us using the contact form at the end of this article.

Vivaldi Webmail

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.

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Used the wrong password too many times

In case you’ve forgotten your password and have tried logging in with the wrong password at least 5 times, the account will get locked for 5 minutes as a security measure. When the 5 minutes have passed, reset the login password to access your account again.

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Account got locked for breaking Vivaldi’s Terms of Use

When you’re breaking Vivaldi’s Terms of Use on any of our services, the whole account will be locked and logging in to Vivaldi services will no longer be possible. Some blocking, for example due to misbehaviour on the Forum, is done manually by Forum admins and moderators. Other, such as spamming in Webmail, is mostly done automatically by our antispam filters.

If you feel this blocking has been done in error, please reach out to us and explain what happened. We’ll look into the issue.

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In addition to creating events in the Vivaldi Calendar, you can also add tasks or convert existing events into tasks. To start adding tasks, first make sure you have enabled Mail, Calendar and Feeds in Settings > General > Productivity Features.

Add tasks

To add a new task to the Calendar:

1. Open the main Calendar view, the Calendar Panel, or the Tasks Panel.
2. Start creating a new event or select an existing event you want to turn into a task.
3. Give the task a title and, if you wish, add more information.
4. In the Task section, tick the box for Is a Task.
5. Click Add Task.

To create a task from content on a web page:

1. Highlight text on a web page that will be set as the task’s title.
2. Right-click on the selected text and select Add to Calendar > Task.
3. If you wish, add more information to the task.
4. Click Add Task.

To create a task from a Mail message:

1. Right-click on a message in the Mail list.
2. Select Add to Calendar > Task.
3. Review and edit the task.
4. Click Add Task.

In addition, you can open the task creation dialog by typing “Add Calendar Task (Dialog)” in Quick Commands, and by creating a Keyboard Shortcut or a Mouse Gesture for the command.

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View tasks

Tasks with deadlines will appear in the calendar on the day they’re due. All tasks, including the ones without dates, are listed in Calendar’s Agenda view, in the panel on the right.

Tasks with out deadlines will be listed on top of the Tasks panel in the Agenda view. From the bottom of the panel you can toggle on and off showing completed tasks.

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Edit tasks

To make changes to a task:

1. Find it in the Calendar.
2. Click on the task to open the editor.
3. Make the changes.
4. Click Done.

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Mark tasks complete

To mark a task as complete:

1. Find it in the Calendar.
2. Tick the box in front of the task time and title.

Alternatively, tick the box Complete in the event editor.

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Delete tasks

To delete a task:

1. Find it in the Calendar.
2. Click on the task to open the editor.
3. Click Delete at the bottom of the editor.

Alternatively, right-click on the task and select Delete Event or focus on the task using keyboard navigation and press Delete.

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Tasks in Panels

In addition to viewing and managing tasks in the main Calendar view, you can also access them from the Calendar Panel or from the dedicated Tasks Panel.

What are Filters?

Filters are rules you can set up either in the mail client or on the mail server to filter out emails based on the criteria you’ve set up. They’re an excellent way to organize your mailbox.

In Vivaldi Mail, you can access your filtered messages from the Filters folder on the Mail Panel.

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Create a new Filter

To create a new filter in Vivaldi Mail:

1. Go to Settings > Mail > Mail Filters.
2. Click on  Add Mail Filter.
3. Give the filter a name
4. Define the criteria for filtering.
   You can create a filter for emails that match certain keywords and/or use the subject, sender, recipient and CC’d email addresses for filtering.
5. Click Add to Search.
6. Click Add Action and decide what should happen to the messages that match the filter criteria.
   You can add/remove labels, mark messages as read or spam and archive messages.
7. Click Add Mail Filter.

Save a search as a filter

To save a search in Vivaldi Mail as a filter:

1. Do a search in the Search field above the message list;
2. Click Save on the right side of the message list search details, below the Search field.

Create a new filter on the mail server

With most email service providers you can also create filters on the server. To learn about creating filters in Webmail, have a look at the Help Page here. To create filters on the servers of other email service providers, please refer to their help documentation.

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Edit a Filter

To edit a filter:

1. Go to Settings > Mail > Mail Filters;
2. Select a filter you want to update;
3. Make the changes;
4. Click Save.

To only rename a filter:

1. Do a slow double-click on the filter in the Mail Panel;
2. Change the name;
3. Press Enter or focus on something else in the browser.

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Delete a Filter

There are few options for deleting a filter.

Option 1:

1. Open the filter folder from the Mail Panel;
2. Click Delete on the right side of search details above the message list.

Option 2:

1. Right-click on a Filter name in the Mail Panel;
2. Select Delete Filter.

Option 3:

1. Go to Settings > Mail > Mail Filters;
2. Select a filter you want to delete;
3. Click on Delete Mail Filter below the list of filters.