Vivaldi’s webmail service contains a full fledged solution to display your events and synchronize your calendar.

To view your Vivaldi calendar:

1. Log in to your Vivaldi account on webmail.vivaldi.net;
2. On the left side of the window, click Calendar on the menu.

When you log in with an existing account for the first time since CalDAV support was implemented, it will ask you to import your calendars to CalDAV so you can synchronize them with your phone and other calendar clients. Click Import to view your existing events and make them available for syncing.

In case you clicked Don’t Import, but have changed your mind and want to import the events:

1. Go to Settings > Preferences > Calendar > Import events from older calendar;
2. Disable the option Don’t ask me again if I want to import old calendar data;
3. Click Save.
4. Go back to Calendar, where you’ll be asked whether you want to import events.
5. Click Import.

Create a new event

To create a new event:

1. Click on Create on the menu above the calendar or click anywhere in the calendar;
2. In the event editor, add a summary (i.e. a title) and a start and end time. Additionally, you can add a description, reminders, participants, attachments and much more.

Save emails as calendar events

Emails can be saved to the calendar as events from More > Save as event.

Events shared with you via email can be saved to your Calendar by clicking on the small downward arrow next to the attached event file and selecting Save to Calendar.

Edit events

To change some information about an event:

1. Click on the event and then on Edit in the modal window;
2. Make the changes;
   If you’re making changes to a recurring event, select whether the changes should affect just the current event, only upcoming events or all events.
3. Click Save.

Delete events

To delete an event:

1. Click on the event and then on Delete in the modal window;
2. Confirm your decision by clicking OK.
   If you’re deleting a recurring event, select whether you want to delete just the current event, only upcoming events or all events.

Share events

Events can be sent to others by opening the event and selecting Send from Options.

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Create a new calendar

To create a new calendar:

1. Click on the menu button above the list of calendars and select Add Calendar;
2. Give the new calendar a name, pick a colour and decide whether you want to get event reminders;
3. Click Save.

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Edit calendars

To edit an existing calendar:

1. Select it in the list of calendars;
2. Click on the menu button above the list of calendars and select Edit calendar;
3. Make the changes;
4. Click Save.

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Delete a calendar

To delete a calendar and all its events:

1. Select it in the list of calendars;
2. Click on the menu button above the list of calendars and select Delete calendar.
3. Confirm your decision by clicking Delete.

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Import & export events

To import events stored as iCalendar (.ics) files on your computer:

1. Click Import on the menu above the calendar;
2. From Import from file, click Browse and find the iCalendar file;
3. Select the destination calendar and time frame;
4. Click Import.

To export events:

1. Click Export on the menu above the calendar;
2. Select which calendar’s events you want to export and the time frame;
3. Click Export.

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Sync your calendars using CalDAV

To add one or all of your calendars to a calendar client or app:

1. Select the calendar;
2. Click on the   menu button above the list of calendars and select Show calendar URL;
3. Copy the second URL to your calendar client.
   It looks like the link below:
   https://calendar.vivaldi.net/calendars/[email protected]/CALENDAR-NAME/;
   Some calendar clients allow you to synchronize all your calendars in one go using the following link:
   https://calendar.vivaldi.net/calendars/;
4. Add your username (make sure to include @vivaldi.net at the end), login password and other information that the client requires.

Do this for every calendar you want to sync.

Important

Some clients’ settings are case sensitive. If your username includes uppercase letters and calendar sync doesn’t work, try writing your username identically or only with lowercase letters anywhere it’s mentioned.

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Calendar Settings

You can customize the calendar in Settings > Preferences > Calendar. There you can change settings like:

• Default view (day/week/month/agenda),
• First weekday,
• Event colouring,
• Reminder settings,
• Categories,
• and more.

Don’t forget to save any changes you make.

Filters are a good way to automatically organise your mailbox. In Vivaldi webmail you can create filters, for example, to move incoming emails to a specific folder, to reply with a predefined message or to set a flag for the email.

Creating filters

To create a filter:

1. Go to Settings > Filters;
2. Click on Create on the menu above the filter information;
3. Add a filter name, select the scope, make a rule and decide what sort of action should be executed;
4. Click Save.

When you’re filtering by email address, make sure to use the full email address ([email protected]) not just the domain (@email.com).

Creating a filter from an email

To create a filter from an email you’ve received:

1. Open the email;
2. Click More on the menu above the email and select Create Filter;
3. Add a name, review the rules and decide what sort of action should be executed;
4. Click Save.

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Creating a new filter set

To add a new filter set or manage existing filter sets,

1. Go to Settings > Filters;
2. Click on the menu button above the list of filters and select Actions > Add filter set;
3. Give the new filter set a name and decide whether you want:
   1. it to be empty to start with,
   2. to move filters from an existing set there, or
   3. to upload filters from a file.
4. Click Save.

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Managing filters

To disable filters (e.g. an automatic vacation reply):

1. Go to Settings > Filters;
2. Select the filter;
3. Toggle off Filter enabled.

To delete a filter:

1. Go to Settings > Filters;
2. Select the filter;
3. Click Delete on the menu above the filter information.

To access a website from your Desktop or files folder, you can create a shortcut following the instructions below.

Create a shortcut of an open web page

To create a shortcut to a web page that you already have open:

1. Make sure the browser window isn’t maximized and your Desktop or File Manager/Finder folder is visible;
2. Hover the mouse cursor over the Site Info button on the left side of the Address Bar;
3. Holding down the left mouse button, drag the site link onto Desktop or into the destination folder;
4. The shortcut is created when you release the mouse button.

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Create a shortcut of a link on a web page

To create a shortcut of a link that you see on a web page:

1. Make sure the browser window isn’t maximized and your Desktop or File Manager/Finder folder is visible;
2. Hover the mouse cursor over the link;
3. Holding down the left mouse button, start dragging the link vertically until you see the page title and URL.
   In case you’ve disabled Allow Text Selection in Links in Settings > Webpages, you can start dragging the link in any direction.
   
   Then continue dragging the link onto Desktop or into the destination folder;
4. The shortcut is created when you release the mouse button.

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Save a web page

To save a web page as an HTML file:

1. Open the web page you want to save;
2. Go to the  Vivaldi menu > File > Save Page as;
3. For Save as Type, select “Webpage, HTML Only (*.html;*htm)”;
4. Click Save.

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Delete a shortcut

To delete a shortcut:

1. Locate it in the saved location, such as your Desktop or File Manager/Finder folder.
2. Select it and press Delete on the keyboard.
   Alternatively, right-click on the shortcut and select Delete.

With Vivaldi, you can cast the content from the sites you’re browsing to your TV using Chromecast.

Start casting

To start casting:

1. Make sure your Chromecast is set up and ready to use;
2. Right-click on the web page or go to Vivaldi menu > File;
3. Select Cast;
4. Click on the device you want to cast to.

You can choose between casting:

• A file – cast audio and video;
• A tab – cast an open tab in Vivaldi;
• Desktop – cast your whole computer screen.

Some websites detect a Chromecast connection and display the casting option on the website. Look for the Cast button, for example, on a video player’s menu.

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Stop casting

To stop casting:

1. Right-click on the web page or go to Vivaldi menu > File;
2. Select Cast;
3. Click Stop casting.

Vivaldi comes in many languages. Find out how to switch languages in the browser and on our websites.

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Vivaldi Browser on desktop

To change the desktop browser’s user interface language:

1. Go to Settings > General > Language > User interface Language;
2. Select your preferred language from the drop down menu;
3. Click Save Language below the drop down menu;
4. Confirm your decision by clicking Save Language again in the pop up dialog;
5. Restart the browser.

In addition to the user interface language, you can choose, in which languages you prefer the content to be displayed in, in case they’re available in multiple languages.

To add a new language:

1. Go to Settings > General > Language > Accepted Languages;
2. Click on Add Language;
3. Select a language from the menu.

You can change the order of priority using the up and down arrows below the list.

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Vivaldi Browser on Android

To change the Android browser’s user interface language:

1. Go to Vivaldi menu > Settings > General > Language settings > App language;
2. Select your preferred language from the menu;
3. Tap Relaunch now.

In addition to the user interface language, you can choose, in which languages you prefer the content to be displayed in, in case they’re available in multiple languages.

To add a new language:

1. Go to Vivaldi menu > Settings > General > Language settings > Content languages;
2. Tap on Add Language;
3. Select a language from the menu.

You can change the order of priority by tapping on the = symbol in front of the language name and dragging it up or down in the list.

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Vivaldi.com

To view Vivaldi Browser’s website in another language:

1. Scroll to the bottom of the page;
2. Select your preferred language from the drop down menu in the bottom right corner.

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Vivaldi.net

Profile

To change the profile page’s language on Vivaldi.net:

1. Click on your user avatar in the top right corner of the page;
2. Select Profile.
3. Select your preferred language from the drop down menu in the bottom right corner of the page;

Blogs

To change your Vivaldi blog‘s  language:

1. Click on your user avatar in the top right corner of the page;
2. Select My Blog;
3. Then go to your-username.vivaldi.net > Dashboard > Settings > General > Site Language.
4. Select your preferred language from the drop down menu;
5. Click Save Changes.

To change the language for the backend:

1. Click on your user avatar in the top right corner of the page;
2. Select My Blog;
3. Then go to your-username.vivaldi.net > Dashboard > Users > Your Profile > Language;
4. Select your preferred language from the drop down menu;
5. Click Update Profile.

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Webmail

To change the user interface language in Vivaldi Webmail:

1. Go to Settings > Preferences > User Interface > Main Options > Language;
2. Select your preferred language from the drop down menu;
3. Click Save.

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Forum

To change the Forum language:

1. Click on your user avatar in the top right corner of the page;
2. Go to Settings > Language;
3. Select your preferred language from the drop down menu;
4. Click Save Changes.

Please note that the content will still be in English. For posts in other languages, check out our Local Forums.

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Vivaldi Social

To change the interface language on Vivaldi Social:

1. Go to Preferences > Appearance > Interface Language.
2. Select your preferred language from the drop down menu.
3. Click Save Changes.

To filter content in public timelines by language, go to Preferences > Other > Public Timelines.

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We depend on volunteers’ help to translate Vivaldi. If you’d like to contribute, let us know about it on the Join Vivaldi Translation Team thread on the Forum and we’ll get in touch with you. Alternatively, send a private message to our Translations Manager.

Write down ideas or gather information snippets with Vivaldi Notes.

Accessing Notes

For quick access, Notes are available in the side Panel of Vivaldi. To access the full window Notes Manager, either:

• Click on Notes on the Start Page navigation menu;
• Type vivaldi://notes in the Address Field; or
• Right-click on a note in the Notes Panel and select Open in Tab.

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Notes Manager layout

By default, the notes are displayed in a horizontal layout with the list of notes on top and the note content displayed at the bottom. To switch to a vertical layout, with notes listed on the left and the content on the right, click on Toggle Layout in the top right corner of the notes list section.

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Managing Notes

Adding Notes

To create a new note in the Notes Manager:

1. Click on the New Note button in the top right corner of the page. You can also right-click on the list of notes and select New Note from the context menu.
2. Write and format the note content.

All new notes and changes to existing notes are saved automatically.

Copy to Note

To add a note from a web page:

1. Highlight the text;
2. Right-click on the highlighted text and select Copy to note from the context menu.
   Alternatively,
   1. Use the Keyboard Shortcut Ctrl+Shift+C / ⌥ ⌘ C,
   2. Type “Copy Selected Text to Note” in Quick Commands.
   3. Create a Mouse gesture for the action.

By default, the link and screenshot of the web page is attached to the note. You can disable automatic screenshots from Settings > Panel > Notes Panel.

Append to Note

While Copy to Note creates a new note with the text you’ve selected on a web page, Append to Note will add the text to an existing note of your choice.

To add text to a note:

1. Select the text.
2. Right-click on the highlighted text and select Append to Note from the context menu.
   Alternatively:
   • Type “Append Selected Text to Note” in Quick Commands.
   • Create a Keyboard Shortcut or Mouse Gesture for the action.
3. Select the note you want to add the text to.
4. Click Add to Note.

New Note with Capture Page

In addition to text, you can take screenshots and save them as Notes. To save a screenshot as a note:

1. Click on Capture Page on the Status Bar;
2. Select whether you want to capture the full page or just a part of it;
3. For Format select Create Note With…;
4. Click Capture.

The note will be added with the capture as an attachment, the webpage link, and the creation date. You can add a title and note about the screenshot.

Editing Notes

To edit a note:

1. Click on the note in the list of notes;
2. Update the content in the editor. All changes to notes are saved automatically.

To rename a note:

1. Right-click on the note;
2. Select Rename;
3. Update the title and press Enter or click somewhere else on the page.

You can choose between two editor types:

• Text editor, where you can use Markdown formatting, HTML formatting options available in the editor menu, and common keyboard shortcuts.

• Visual editor, where you can use the HTML formatting options available in the editor menu and common keyboard shortcuts.

To have more space for writing longer notes, hide the list of notes by clicking Enter Full View in the top left corner of the note editor. Click the same button to exit full view.

Attachments

To add images to notes:

1. Click on Attachments > Add attachment in the top right corner of the note editor;
2. Find the file and add it as an attachment.

To view attachments:

1. Click on # Attachment(s) in the top right corner of the note editor;
2. Click on the image thumbnail. The image will open in the same tab.

To delete an attachment:

1. Click on # Attachment(s) in the top right corner of the note editor;
2. Hover over the image file;
3. Click on Remove attachment.

Sorting Notes

Notes can be sorted by Title, Address, Date Created, and Attachments. To sort notes, click on the column title according to which you want to sort your notes. Click again to reverse the order or to return to manual sorting.

With manual sorting, you can reorder notes using drag and drop.

Deleting Notes

To delete a note select it and:

• Press Delete on your keyboard;
• Click on Delete above the list of notes;
• Right-click on the note and select Delete from the context menu.

Hold down Shift or Ctrl / ⌘ key to select multiple notes.

Importing Notes

To import notes:

1. Make sure all notes you want to import are in one folder;
2. Open Quick Commands (F2 / ⌘ E);
3. Type “Import notes“;
4. Select the folder you want to import and click Select Folder.

All applicable text files in the folder will be imported as notes to Vivaldi.

Exporting Notes

To export notes:

1. Open Quick Commands (F2 / ⌘ E);
2. Type “Export notes“;
3. Select a folder you want to export the notes to and click Select Folder.

All notes will be saved as separate text files.

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Notes Folders

To create a new notes folder, either:

• click on the New Folder button in the top left of the page, or
• right-click in the page and select New Folder from the context menu.

To create a new sub-folder, select the parent folder and then either:

• click on the New Folder button, or
• right-click on the parent folder and select New Folder from the context menu.

Use drag and drop to move notes from one folder to another.

Right-click on the list of notes and select Expand all folders to see all notes and folders or Collapse all folders to view only the top-level notes and folders.

Hold down the Alt key and click on the arrow in front of the folder name to expand/collapse all sub-folders in the folder tree.

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Searching Notes

To find a specific note, enter the keyword in the Search field in the top left corner of the page.

Search results can be displayed either in a Flat search, where only found notes are listed, or in a Tree search, where also the folders the notes are in are shown. To change the view:

• Right-click on the list of notes;
• Hover over Settings;
• Select either Flat Search or Tree Search.

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Export and Import Notes

Exporting Notes

To export your notes:

1. Go to the Vivaldi menu > File > Export > Export Notes.
2. Select the destination folder.

Alternatively:

• Type “Export Notes“ in Quick Commands (F2 / ⌘ E).
• Create a Keyboard Shortcut or Mouse Gesture for the action.

All notes will be saved as separate text (.txt) or markdown (.md) files.

Importing Notes

To import notes:

1. Make sure all notes you want to import are in one folder and saved as a text or markdown file.
2. Go to the Vivaldi menu > File > Import from Applications or Files.
3. From the drop-down menu select Notes Folder.
4. Click Choose a Notes Folder.
5. Select the source folder.

Alternatively:

• Type “Import Notes“ in Quick Commands (F2 / ⌘ E).
• Create a Keyboard Shortcut or Mouse Gesture for the action.

All applicable files in the folder will be imported as notes to Vivaldi.

Geolocation is a service that allows web pages to request the coordinates of your physical location. You might see this on a map where you click a button for the map to show you your position on the map. Alternatively, you might see a prompt when visiting a website, where the website has asked for your permission to see your location.

Unfortunately, our existing geolocation provider is no longer able to provide us with a service, due to new legal restrictions. Because of how important privacy is, especially when it comes to something as sensitive as your exact location, we will only trust a geolocation provider that respects your privacy. So for now, we are looking into the available providers, and testing them to see if their coverage is good enough to serve our user base. Currently, on Windows we use Windows’ geolocation service, but on macOS and Linux geolocation has been disabled. This is not a situation we are happy with, and we are trying hard to find a solution. Your privacy is just too important to us.

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How geolocation works

Your location can be detected using your device’s GPS sensors, if your computer or device has a GPS sensor. However, if your device does not have a GPS sensor, the browser can request your location from a geolocation provider. Typically, it sends the geolocation provider limited details of the WiFi networks that your computer can see. The geolocation provider uses known WiFi network locations and strengths to calculate your likely position. If it is unable to do so using the networks in your area, then it may resort to using an even more approximate geographical IP address lookup, using a large database of the approximate locations of all IP addresses. These databases were common before geolocation services became popular, and require constant maintenance, as IP addresses are frequently re-allocated to different providers.

The geolocation provider returns the longitude and latitude of the location that it calculates, and these coordinates are all that the website gets to see.

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Protecting your privacy

Your exact physical location is one of the most important pieces of personal data, and typically, you might not want websites or other people to be able to see your exact location. If you trust a website enough to give it permission to see your location, Vivaldi stores your choice, so that next time you visit that website, you will not have to give it permission again. This permission is only allowed to be given to secure websites. When a page accesses your location, a geolocation icon will appear in the address field in Vivaldi for desktop. You can revoke permission using the geolocation icon or by clicking on Site Info in the address field. You can set the default location permission to Allow or Block, using Settings > Webpages.

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Are there any alternatives?

Although geolocation is currently disabled on macOS and Linux, there is a way that you can provide a location for websites to use:

1. Load a page that wants to see your location, but do not agree to any Geolocation request yet.
2. Open Developer Tools using  Vivaldi menu > Tools > Developer Tools (or press Ctrl+Shift+I).
3. Click on the vertical ellipsis in the top right corner of the Developer Tools window.
4. > More Tools >Sensors.
5. Choose a Geolocation override or click Manage to define a new one.
6. Once an override is selected, you can allow the Geolocation request from the geolocation icon in the address field.

For subsequent visits, instead of steps 3 and 4, select the Sensors tab in the bottom panel of the Developer Tools.
To provide your actual location, you will need to either find this on a map which exposes latitude and longitude as numbers. There are normally apps available to do this on your system, using your system’s geolocation service.

Spatial Navigation allows you to browse through controls on websites using only the keyboard.

Navigating websites

Hold down the Shift key and use the arrow keys to move from one link on the page to another. When focused, press Enter to go to the link or press Ctrl + Enter to open the link in a new Tab.

You can edit the Keyboard Shortcuts used for navigating in Settings > Keyboard > Page.

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Enabling Spatial Navigation

To enable or disable the feature:

1. Go to Settings > Webpages > Spatial Navigation;
2. Tick the box for Enabled.

Using the clock, you can set alarms and countdowns or just keep an eye on the time.

Add the clock to a toolbar

Using the Toolbar Editor, you can add a clock to any of the browser’s toolbars.

1. Right-click on, for example, the Status Bar and select Edit > Customize Toolbar.
2. If needed, select Status Toolbar from the dropdown menu above the buttons.
3. Locate the Clock in the selection of toolbar buttons.
4. Drag it to a toolbar you want to display the clock on.
5. Click Done.

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Customizing the clock

To change the look of the clock, right-click on the clock button and select whether you want to:

• Display the date.
• Display seconds, in addition to hours and minutes.
• Change the button style to show either:
  • Image and text,
  • Image only, or
  • Text only.
• Change the label style to show either:
  • the Name, or
  • Time only.
• Play a notification sound.

To change the location of the clock, hold down the Ctrl / ⌘ key and drag the clock to your desired location.

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Setting an Alarm

To set a new alarm:

1. Click on the clock.
2. Select Alarm.
3. Choose from preset alarms or create a new one by setting the time and giving it a name.
4. Click Start.

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Starting a Countdown

To start a new countdown:

1. Click on the clock.
2. Select Countdown.
3. Choose from preset timers or create a new one by setting the time and giving it a name.
4. Click Start.

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Creating presets

To create a preset alarm or countdown that you can reuse:

1. Create a new alarm or countdown by setting the time and giving it a name.
2. Click Save Preset.
   If you want to also start the same alarm/countdown, make sure to click Save Preset before clicking Start.

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Deleting timers

To delete either a preset, an ongoing timer or a past timer, click on the button on the right side of the timer’s name. In case you accidentally deleted a preset, you’ll need to set it up again.

In addition to Vivaldi not tracking you, we protect you from web trackers and give you the option to block ads.

Tracker blocker

Tracker blocker prevents ubiquitous web trackers from following you around the web and from gathering personal data about you. When the feature is enabled, trackers are blocked by relying on lists of well-known tracker URLs and stopping requests to those URLs before they are ever sent.

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Ad blocker

While blocking trackers, the Tracker Blocker also blocks many of the ads on websites. So, the Ad Blocker can be viewed as an additional level of protection you can use to block ads that the Tracker Blocker hasn’t already blocked.

We recommend blocking trackers on all sites, but blocking ads only on sites where they are intrusive or distracting. As ads are a big, if not the only, source of revenue for most websites consider not enabling Ad Blocker by default to support content makers.

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Blocking settings

To change the blocking level for all websites:

1. Go to Vivaldi Menu > Settings > Tracker and Ad Blocking > Default Blocking Level.
2. Choose between:
   • No Blocking,
   • Block Trackers, or
   • Block Trackers and Ads.

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Blocking per site

To change the blocking level for a particular website, while the site is open in the active tab:

1. Tap on the  Content Blocker button on the left side of the Address Bar;
2. Choose between:
   • No Blocking,
   • Block Trackers, or
   • Block Trackers and Ads.

Alternatively, you can add sites to the Exception List from  Vivaldi Menu > Settings > Privacy > Tracker and Ad Blocking > Exceptions > Manage blocking level per site:

1. Tap on  Add New Domain;
2. Enter the website’s link;
3. Select the blocking level;
4. Tap Done.

To change the level of blocking for exceptions:

1. Tap on the website on the exceptions list;
2. Choose between:
   • No Blocking,
   • Block Trackers, or
   • Block Trackers and Ads;
3. Tap Done.

To remove a website from the Exceptions List:

1. Tap on the website on the list;
2. Tap on  Delete in the top right corner.
   Alternatively, change the blocking level to your default setting.

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Blocking Sources

You can view and manage Tracker and Ad Blocking sources in   Vivaldi Menu > Settings > Privacy > Tracker and Ad Blocking > Sources.

To enable a blocking source, tick the box for the listed source. Untick to stop using the blocking source.

Adding Lists

If the blocking source you want to use for Tracker and Ad blocking isn’t already listed, you can import more sources by:

1. Clicking on  Add New Source;
2. Enter the URL of the blocker rules;
3. Click Import.

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Hide Cookie warnings

Since Europe’s GDPR and a few other user privacy laws don’t allow placing cookies in your browser without consent, most websites ask for your permission as the first thing after the web page is loaded. The fastest option is to just accept everything, which always serves the interests of the website not the user. The other option is to manage your preferences and disable the data usage options all at once, if you’re lucky, or one by one, if the website wants to make it especially cumbersome.
Vivaldi offers a third option by including two blocker lists in the Ad Blocker that hide these banners and dialogs on most websites. To enable these lists:

1. Go to Vivaldi menu > Settings > Privacy > Tracker and Ad Blocking;
2. Enable Block Trackers and Ads;
3. Go to Sources > Manage Ad Blockings Sources;
4. Enable “Remove cookie warnings (Easylist Cookie List)” and “Remove cookie warnings (I don’t care about cookies)”.

If you only wish to hide the cookie warnings, but don’t want to block ads, disable other blocking sources.

Please note that not all cookies are used for creating behavioral profiles about users. Some are necessary for the website to function. When the website you’re viewing doesn’t look or work as it should, please disable the blockers. You can do so per site from the Content Blocker menu on the Address Bar.

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Privacy Statistics

How many trackers and ads have been blocked on a specific site can be viewed from the Content Blocker button on the Address Bar. Tap on the number to see a detailed list.