Save Passwords in Vivaldi on Android

Store your account login credentials in the browser for faster browsing.

Saving passwords

To save a password:

  1. Log in to the account on the site you want to save the login credentials on.
  2. Immediately after logging in, click Save on the dialogue that appears at the top of the screen.

Tap on Settings icon Settings > Never, if you don’t want to save any passwords for the site.

Webpage with Save password prompt

To toggle saving passwords on or off, open the Vivaldi menu button Vivaldi menu > Settings > Password Manager and tap on the Save Passwords toggle.

Managing passwords

To view and manage your saved passwords, go to Vivaldi menu button Vivaldi menu > Settings > Password Manager.

By tapping on the saved entry, you’ll see the site link, username and password with an option to copy them or delete the saved entry.
To view the password, enter your lock screen PIN/pattern/password/etc.

Saved password entry

Below the list of saved passwords is a list of sites that passwords won’t be saved on. To save a password on a site in the Never saved list, first remove it by selecting the entry and tapping on the Delete button Delete button and then login on the site again to get a prompt for saving the password.

Updating saved passwords

Passwords cannot be edited in Settings. When you change the password, log in to the account with the new password. The browser will notice the different password and will ask whether you want to update the saved password entry. Tap on Update.

Deleting passwords

To delete a single saved password:

  1. Go to Vivaldi menu button Vivaldi menu > Settings >Password Manager;
  2. Tap on the saved password entry;
  3. Tap on the Delete button Delete button in the top right corner of the page.

To delete all passwords, including the Never saved list:

  1. Go to Vivaldi menu button Vivaldi menu > Settings > Privacy > Clear browsing data > Advanced;
  2. Select All time for the time range;
  3. Tick the box for Saved passwords;
  4. Tap Clear data.

Export passwords

Your passwords will be exported and downloaded as a text (CSV) file. They will be visible to anyone and any app with access to the folder in which the file is saved.

To export passwords on Android:

  1. Go to Vivaldi menu button Vivaldi menu > Settings > Password Manager.
  2. Tap on the 3-dot menu in the top right corner and select Export passwords.
  3. Enter your device’s lock screen PIN/password/etc.
  4. Read the caution message and if you want to proceed, tap Export passwords.
  5. Rename the file, if you wish.
  6. Select the file folder you want to save the CSV file to.
  7. Tap “Save”.

Download files from the web

View the progress and history of your downloaded files in the Downloads Panel.

Downloads Panel

To view your downloads, tap on the Panels button on the left side of the bottom toolbar and swipe to the fourth panel. Instead of swiping you can also tap the Downloads button in the bottom menu.

Alternatively, select Downloads in the Vivaldi menu.

Searching downloads

To search through your downloads, tap on the Search button in the top right corner and enter your search term.

Sharing downloads

To share a downloaded file:

  1. Tap on the overflow menu;
  2. Select Share;
  3. Pick an app or a feature to use for file sharing.

Deleting downloads

To delete a downloaded file:

  1. Tap on the overflow menu;
  2. Select Delete.

Download location

To change the default download location:

  1. Open the Downloads Panel;
  2. Tap on settings icon Settings at the top of the page;
  3. Pick the new default download location (internal storage or SD card).

On the same page you can also enable Ask where to save files to specify the download location for each file separately.

External download managers

Instead of using the browser to download files, you might want to use other download managers. To enable an external download manager:

  1. Install a download manager app of your choice from Google Play.
  2. In Vivaldi, go to the Vivaldi menu > Settings > Downloads > External download manager.
  3. Select your preferred download manager.

History on Android

View a list of websites you’ve visited in Vivaldi’s History Panel.

History Panel

Open the History Panel by tapping on the Panel toggle button Panel button on the left side of the bottom toolbar and swiping to the second Panel. Alternatively, tap on the History button History option on the bottom toolbar.

The websites will be listed chronologically in descending order (most recent first). Tap on the entry to visit the page again.

Searching History

To search for a history item, tap on the Search button Search button on the top menu and enter the search term.

Deleting History

To delete your browsing history:

  1. Open the History Panel and tap on  Clear Data on the right side of the bottom toolbar.
    Alternatively, open the Vivaldi menu button Vivaldi menu > Settings > Privacy and security> Delete browsing data.
  2. Pick a time range.
  3. Make sure the option for Browsing History is ticked.
  4. Tap Delete data.

To delete a single history entry:

  1. Open the History Panel.
  2. Tap on the Delete button on the right side of the listed history entry.

Use Search to filter out the visited pages you want to delete.

Clear history on exit

If you want to delete your browsing history and other data when you’re finished using the app, you can have it automatically deleted on exit. To enable the settings:

  1. Go to the Vivaldi menu > Settings > Privacy and security > Clear browsing data on exit.
  2. Toggle on the setting.
  3. Choose which data types you want to delete:
    • Browsing history.
    • Cookies and site data.
    • Cached images and files.
    • Close open tabs.

It’s not enough to minimize the app or remove it from the app switcher menu to exit the browser. To exit Vivaldi:

  1. Go to the Vivaldi menu.
  2. Scroll to the bottom of the menu.
  3. Select Exit.

Panels on Android

Panels offer a quick way to access useful tools like Bookmarks, History, Notes, and Downloads.

Accessing Panels

To open Panels, tap on the Panel toggle button Panels button on the left side of the Toolbar at the bottom of the screen.

On Vivaldi Mobile, there are 5 panels:

To switch between panels, swipe left or right or tap their respective icons at the top of the screen.

Tap on the Search button Search button in the bottom left corner to search through active panel’s content.

To close Panels, tap on the Delete button Close button in the top right corner.

Panels on tablets

With more screen space available, Panels on tablets and other Android devices with bigger screens (e.g. Polestar’s infotainment system) follow the design of Vivaldi on desktop.

To open Panels on a tablet:

  1. Tap on the Panel toggle button Panels button on the left side of the Address Bar. Panels open with the last visited panel.
  2. Tap on the different panel icons listed vertically on the left side to switch between them.

To close the panel:

  • Tap the Close button in the top right corner of Panels.
  • Tap outside the Panels area.

Capture a screenshot

To take a screenshot of the web page you’re viewing on your mobile use Vivaldi’s built-in Capture tool.

Capturing a page

To capture a screenshot of the current page, open the Vivaldi menu button Vivaldi menu > Capture Page.

Select between the following two options:

  • Capture only the visible area,
  • Capture the full web page (some web page length restrictions may apply).
Capture the page options

The screenshot will be saved to your pictures in a folder named Vivaldi Captures.

Long screenshot

In addition to the visible area and full page capture, there’s a third option – long screenshot, where you determine the size of the captured area. To take a long screeshot:

  1. Go to the Vivaldi menu > Share.
  2. Select Long screenshot from the bottom row of options.
  3. Drag the arrows on the top and bottom to resize the screenshot.
  4. Tap on the Done button Capture button in the bottom right corner.
  5. From the options select whether you want to edit, save, share or delete the capture.

Notes on Android

Use Notes to quickly add checklists, agenda items or facilitate a research project without the disruption of switching apps.

Viewing Notes

To view and manage your Notes:

  1. Open Panel toggle button Panels from the left side of the bottom toolbar;
  2. Swipe left to Notes panel icon Notes (between History and Downloads) or tap on the Notes panel icon Notes icon.
  3. Tap on a note to view the full note.

Creating a new note

To create a new note:

  1. Tap on the Add new note button Add Note button in the bottom right corner;
  2. Enter the note text. The note will be saved automatically;
  3. When you’re finished, tap on the Back button in the top left corner to return to the list of notes.

To discard the new note, tap on Delete button Delete in the top right corner.

Creating a new Note from a web page

To make a note of something you found on a web page:

  1. Select the text you want to turn into a note;
  2. In the menu that appears, choose Copy to Note.
Highlighted text with Copy to note context menu shown

The note will be added to the folder you viewed last.

Append to note

To add more content to an existing note:

  1. Select the text you want to add to a note.
  2. In the menu that appears, tap on the 3-dot menu for additional options.
  3. Select Append to note.
  4. Select the note you want to add the new text to.
  5. To finish, tap on the checkmark, that turned blue on note selection, in the top right corner.

Creating a new Notes folder

To create a new folder for your Notes:

  1. Select the note or notes you want to group under a folder and tap on the Move to button Move button.
  2. Tap on New Folder.
  3. Give the folder a name and choose a parent folder.
  4. Tap on the Back button in the top left corner to create the folder and exit the dialogue.

Editing Notes

To edit a note:

  1. Tap on the note you wish to edit.
  2. Make the changes. They’ll be saved automatically.
  3. When you’re finished, tap on the Back button in the top left corner to return to the list of notes.

To rename a note:

  1. Long-press on a note in the Notes list to select it.
  2. Tap on the Edit button.
  3. Rename the note.
  4. Tap on Save.

Moving notes

To move a note to a different folder:

  • Long press on the note(s) you wish to relocate.
  • Tap the Move to button Move button, to select an existing folder or create a new one.

Deleting Notes

To delete a note, open the note and tap on Delete button Delete in the top right corner.

To delete multiple notes at once:

  1. Long press on the first note and then tap on the other notes you wish to delete.
  2. Tap on Delete button Delete in the top right corner.

Bookmarks on Android

Add your favourite and often visited sites to Bookmarks to access them faster.

Accessing Bookmarks

To view your bookmarks, tap on the Panel button in the bottom left corner of the window to open the Bookmarks Panel.

To search bookmarks, tap on the Search button on the left side of the bottom toolbar.

To open a bookmark in the active tab, just tap on it. To open a bookmark in a new tab or a private tab:

  1. Long press on the bookmark;
  2. Tap on the overflow menu in the top right corner;
  3. Select Open in new tab or Open in private tab.

Opening Bookmarks via the Address Field

When you type in the Address Field, you can get autocomplete suggestions from Bookmarks, History, Direct Match, and Search Engines. Bookmarks are prioritized by default, but you have a couple of options there. For example, instead of prioritizing suggestions based on the bookmark title, you can prioritize Bookmark Nicknames.

If you prefer Bookmark Nickname matching:

  1. Go to Vivaldi Menu > Settings > Address Bar.
  2. Disable Prioritize Bookmarks.
  3. Keep Prioritize Bookmark Nicknames enabled.

When you also disable Bookmark Nicknames, upon a match, your typed keyword will be autocompleted from History.

Adding Bookmarks

There are multiple ways to add a new bookmark on Vivaldi Mobile.

Option 1

To add an open web page to your bookmarks, tap on the Vivaldi menu button Vivaldi menu > Add Page To > Bookmarks. You’ll get a notification on the bottom of the screen, telling you in which folder the bookmark was saved to. If you wish to change the folder, name, description and/or nickname, tap on Edit.

Option 2

  1. Go to the Start Page;
  2. Tap on the Add New Speed Dial button after your Speed Dials;
    Long press on the Add New Speed Dial button and select New Speed Dial Folder to add a new folder to the Speed Dial;
  3. Enter the web page’s link.

The bookmark will be saved to that Speed Dial folder.

Option 3

  1. Open the Bookmarks Panel;
  2. Tap on  Add Bookmark button in the bottom right corner, to add a new bookmark.

The new bookmark will be saved to the folder that’s currently open in the Bookmarks Panel.

Editing Bookmarks

To edit a single bookmark or a folder, find it in the Bookmarks Panel and long press on it until the bookmark favicon / folder icon is replaced with a checkmark and a new menu appears. Tap on the Edit button to edit the bookmark. Alternatively, while you have the bookmarked page open in the active tab, open the Vivaldi menu and select Edit bookmark.

To move bookmarks:

  1. Long press on the ones you want to move;
  2. Tap on the Move button;
  3. Select or create a new destination folder.

To edit a Speed Dial bookmark on the Start Page:

  1. Long press the bookmark;
  2. Select Edit Speed Dial from the context menu.

Sorting bookmarks

To change how bookmarks are sorted:

  1. Open the Bookmarks Panel;
  2. Tap on the sort button on the top menu bar;
  3. Select between sorting:
    • manually
    • by title
    • by address
    • by nickname
    • by description
    • by creation date
  4. Optionally, tap on the preferred option again to reverse the sorting order.

All bookmark folders will be sorted by the same rule.

Reordering bookmarks

To reorder bookmarks:

  1. Open the Bookmarks Panel;
  2. Long press on the bookmark(s) you want to reorder until the bookmark favicon / folder icon is replaced with a check mark;
  3. Press on the  Reorder button and drag the bookmarks one by one to their new location on the list of bookmarks;
  4. Deselect the bookmarks by tapping on the check mark in front of the bookmark title.

Manual reordering is, unfortunately, not possible with Android’s accessibility settings enabled.

Bookmark Nicknames

Bookmark Nicknames allow you to open bookmarks faster from the Address Field. Instead of typing the URL you can just enter a short nickname to open the bookmarked web page.

To give a Bookmark a nickname:

  1. Open the Bookmarks Panel.
  2. Open the folder containing the bookmark you want to give a nickname to.
  3. Long-press the bookmark.
  4. Select Edit bookmark.
  5. Enter the nickname.
  6. Tap Done to save the changes.

Syncing Bookmarks

To access your desktop bookmarks on your phone and vice versa, use Sync with the same Vivaldi account both on your phone and desktop browsers.

Deleting Bookmarks

To delete a bookmark:

  1. Long press on the bookmark, multiple bookmarks or bookmark folder in the Bookmarks Panel;
  2. Tap on the Delete button to remove the bookmark.

To delete a Speed Dial bookmark:

  1. Long press on the Speed Dial;
  2. Select Delete from the context menu.

Restoring deleted Bookmarks

When you delete a bookmark, it will be moved to a special folder, from where you can restore deleted bookmarks should the need arise.

To restore a bookmark:

  1. Open the Bookmarks Panel;
  2. Tap on the History back button Back button in the top left corner to move out of the Bookmarks folder;
  3. Open the Deleted folder;
  4. Long press on the bookmark you want to restore;
  5. Tap on the Move button;
  6. Select or create a new destination folder.

Removing deleted Bookmarks

To empty the folder of deleted bookmarks:

  1. Open the Bookmarks Panel;
  2. Tap on the Back button in the top left corner to move out of the Bookmarks folder;
  3. Open the Deleted folder;
  4. Tap on Empty Trash in the bottom right corner.

Speed Dials

To learn about Start Page bookmarks, Speed Dials, on Android, check out the Help Page here.

Import bookmarks

To import bookmarks from a Vivaldi on another device, such as desktop computer, use the Sync feature with the same account on both devices.

It’s unfortunately not possible to import bookmarks directly from another browser app on an Android device. If you use the other browser also on desktop and have synced the data, you can import the bookmarks from the source browser to Vivaldi on desktop and then Sync them with your mobile device.

Sync browser data on Android

Sync bookmarks, passwords, open tabs and more between your desktop and mobile devices by logging-in to your Vivaldi Account.

Important! Sync is not meant to be used as a data backup service. If the data is not stored locally on any devices, we can’t guarantee you’ll be able to restore the data on a later date.

Access Sync

To access Sync settings, go to Vivaldi menu > Settings > Sync > Log in / Create Account.

First, log in to your Vivaldi account with your account’s username and login password. Your login password is sent to our servers over a secure connection and a hash of it is stored in our database.

In case you don’t have an account yet, create a new Vivaldi account in the Settings window or on Vivaldi.net. With a Vivaldi account, in addition to Sync, you’ll get access to the Forum, Vivaldi Social, Webmail, Themes and Blogs.

Encryption password

If it’s your first time using Sync, you need to create the encryption password that is used for encrypting your data. The password needs to be at least 12 characters long and you can use any letters, number and characters in it. We recommend using a password that’s different from your login password. Your encryption password is used locally on your computer for encrypting the data you’re about to send to our servers and to decrypt the received data. Your encryption password is never sent to us or any other third party, which ensures that we cannot decrypt your data. This also means that even if someone should get access to your account’s username and login password, it’s impossible for them to find out the encryption password, unless you yourself have shared it with them.

It can happen that you forget the encryption password. When you have the data stored locally and can still access it, forgetting the password isn’t a big deal. You’ll just need to reset the encryption password and upload all the data again. Should you not have access to your browser data on any devices (for example, you used Sync only on one device and had to reset the OS, losing all your data), restoring it requires to have prepared for this beforehand by saving a backup encryption key in a safe place.

Backup Encryption Key

Backup encryption key is an alternative method to the encryption password for decrypting your Sync data. Like with the encryption password, your backup encryption key is never sent to us or any other third party, which ensures that we cannot decrypt your data. For it to be useful, you need to save the key in a safe location, while you can access your Sync settings with the encryption password.

Save the backup encryption key

  1. Log in to your Vivaldi account in Vivaldi menu > Settings > Sync.
  2. Enter the encryption password.
  3. Near the bottom of the page, look for Backup Encryption Key.
  4. Tap Save and save the key file to your device.

The key is valid until you reset the remote Sync data. We recommend storing the key file in a location that can survive something irreparable to your device, such as an external memory drive or a trusted cloud service.

Use the backup encryption key

  1. Log in to your Vivaldi account in Settings > Sync.
  2. When asked for the encryption password, click Load Encryption Key.
  3. Click Load and find the key file.
  4. Click Open.
  5. Start syncing.

Syncing on Mobile

Once you’ve logged in and entered the encryption password, you can select whether to Sync all data or just some of it.

Types of data that can be synced:

Enabling your preferred options will immediately start sync.

Sync settings page on Android

The first Sync, especially with big profiles, can take some time, so you might need to wait a little for all the synced data to appear on your mobile device.

Send Tab to Device

When you have Tabs sync enabled, you’ll find all your open tabs in the Synced Tabs pane in the Tab Switcher. If you want to quickly open a specific tab on another synced device, use the Send Tab to Device feature.

To send a tab from Android:

  1. Open the tab you want to send.
  2. Go to the Vivaldi menu > Share.
  3. Select Send to Your Devices.
  4. Choose to which synced device you want to send the tab to.

To receive tabs on Android, first, make sure that Vivaldi is allowed to send you notifications in Android’s Apps settings.

To open a received tab:

  1. After sending the tab from the other device, wait for a notification.
  2. Tap on the notification to open the page in a new tab.

Another feature that can be used for accessing websites on multiple synced devices is the Reading List.

The data to be synced is encrypted end-to-end

The data you send us is encrypted on your computer using a password that is never sent to us. In addition, the servers on which your encrypted data is stored are well protected from intrusion both physically and from the network.

When syncing, the encrypted data is sent to a central server, from which it can be requested from all other Vivaldi instances only by the same user. When one Vivaldi instance sends new data to the Sync server, a notification is immediately sent to all other Vivaldi instances to let them know that they can download this new information. This means you should see changes reflected within a minute.

Vivaldi stores Sync data on its own servers in Iceland. If you want to know more about how we handle your synced data please visit Sync’s Privacy Page.

Stop syncing

When you choose to stop syncing some types of data, the browser forgets all association between your local data and the data located on the Sync server. All your data remains on the Sync server as it was. When you explicitly log out from Sync, the same happens for all the synced data. Please note that quitting the browser does not log you out from Sync.

Delete synced data

To delete synced data from the servers:

  1. Open Sync Settings;
  2. Make sure you’re logged in;
  3. Click on Delete Remote Sync Data.
  4. In the pop up, click on Delete Data;

You will need to make sure that you have all your data client side before doing this to avoid losing data. Note that the data will be re-uploaded if you choose to run sync again in the future.

If, in addition to clearing the data and logging out of Sync, you’re also thinking of deleting your Vivaldi account, please note that when the account is deleted, you will also lose access to all other Vivaldi Community services such as webmail, forum, and blogs and all the data will be deleted. If you still wish to proceed, follow the instructions on our help page about deleting Vivaldi accounts.

Change or reset your account login password

If you wish to change your login password, log in on Vivaldi.net, go to your profile (top right corner) and change it there. In case you’ve forgotten your password, send yourself a password reset email. Note that if you have chosen to use the same password for login and encryption, changing your login password will not automatically change your encryption password and you will have to do this separately.

Change or reset your encryption password

In case you’ve forgotten your encryption password and don’t have a backup encryption key to decrypt the data or just want to change the encryption password:

  1. Open Sync Settings;
  2. Log into your Vivaldi account;
  3. Click on Forgot password;
  4. In the pop up, click on Delete Data;
  5. Then Restart Sync again and enter a new password.

Your data will be deleted from Vivaldi’s Sync servers and re-uploaded from the computer you’re using once you enter a new password. In case the synced data isn’t stored locally on any devices (e.g. after a OS reset) and you don’t have a backup encryption key to decrypt the data, the synced data will unfortunately be lost when resetting the encryption password.

Get help

Check the help page for Troubleshooting Sync issues and file a bug report if necessary. The forum is also a great place for getting answers to your questions.

Settings on Android

Change your Vivaldi Android preferences in Settings. Click the links (underlined blue text) for additional information.

To access Settings in the Android version of Vivaldi:

Option 1

  1. Tap on the Vivaldi menu button Vivaldi menu on the Address Bar.
  2. Select settings icon Settings.

Option 2

  1. Open the Tab Switcher.
  2. Tap on the menu in the bottom right corner.
  3. Select settings icon Settings.

Instead of browsing through the numerous categories, you can also tap on the search icon in the top right corner, to search for a setting.

2 phones with Vivaldi's settings open. One showing the main page, the other search results.

These are the following options available to you in Vivaldi on Android’s settings.

Sync

  • Access Sync settings.

General

  • Change your preferred languages for the app, web content, and translations.
  • Enable audio playback in the background to keep listening to content from one tab while browsing in other tabs or apps.
  • Toggle on or off closing the app with a double tap on the back button.
  • Enable Address Bar swipe gesture to open the Tab Switcher.

Default browser

  • If Vivaldi isn’t your default browser yet, you can set it as the default directly from Vivaldi’s Settings or go to Android’s settings > Apps > Default apps > Browser app.

Search engine

  • Change the default Search Engine for standard and private tabs.
  • Add a search widget to your phone’s or tablet’s home screen.
  • Enable Search suggestions.
  • Show Search Engine suggestions.
  • Enable Search Engine Nicknames.

Password Manager

  • View Passwords and edit password settings.
  • Enable automatic sign-in to accounts for which you’ve saved credentials in the browser.

Payment methods

  • Enter and edit payment methods to autofill forms on websites.

Addresses and more

  • Enter and edit postal addresses and contact information to autofill forms on websites.

Appearance & Theme

  • Switch between a light and dark Theme, set an accent color, and enable dark mode for websites.
  • Edit the browser’s Main Menu and add the Vivaldia game shortcut to the menu.
  • Enable scrollbars in Vivaldi’s internal pages.
  • Enable showing Start Page’s button on the Address Bar, when it’s set to be at the bottom of the screen.
  • Hide the Status Bar on web pages (area where time, battery, and other information is displayed).
  • Toggle on or off Keyboard Accessory View, which, when enabled, helps you autofill login fields faster.
  • Enable Bookmarks Nickname Matching.
  • Customize the toolbar button between the Address Field and the Vivaldi menu button.

Tabs

  • Move the Address Bar to the bottom of the screen.
  • Enable displaying search suggestions in a reverse order (most relevant at the bottom), when the Address Bar has been moved to the bottom.
  • Toggle on or off Tab Bar‘s visibility. When disabled, you can view open tabs from the Tab Switcher.
  • Enable Tab Stacks.
  • Enable closing tabs with a swipe gesture to the side.
  • Enable showing of the Close button for background tabs.
  • Show tabs as favicons without the tab title.
  • Set a minimum width for tabs.
  • Select the new tab’s position.
  • Toggle on and off focusing on the Address Bar right after opening a new tab.
  • Set a time interval for automatically closing inactive tabs.

Start Page

  • Change the size of Speed Dials on the Start Page.
  • Select a wallpaper for the Start Page.
  • Toggle on or off the visibility of Speed Dials.
  • Toggle on or off the visibility of the Start Page customization shortcut.
  • Enable always showing controls, so the toolbars won’t disappear when you scroll down on a web page.

Privacy

  • Enable always using secure (HTTPS) connections.
  • Enable locking of Private Tabs. You’ll be asked for your screen lock’s PIN/password, etc. to view them again.
  • Decide whether websites to check whether you have payment methods saved in the browser.
  • Review page preloading settings.
  • Change DNS settings.
  • Enable “Do Not Track” requests.
  • Toggle Touch to Search on or off.
  • Clear browsing data.
  • Enable deleting browsing data on exit (history, cookies, cache, open tabs).
  • Toggle on or off broadcasting your IP for the best WebRTC performance.

Tracker and Ad Blocker

  • Change Tracker and Ad Blocker‘s default blocking level.
  • Manage sites exempted from the default blocking level.
  • Enable and add additional blocking sources.

Content settings

  • Enable desktop view for all websites.
  • Improve Accessibility by changing the font size and enabling force zoom and the Reader View (simplified view).
  • Access Site Settings.
  • View Download settings.
  • Update app notification settings.
  • Set a homepage and new tab page.
  • Enable opening of external pages in the browser instead of dedicated apps.
  • Choose whether you want to see prompts from websites recommending installing their Progressive Web App.

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Browser interface on Android

Like the desktop browser, Vivaldi on Android has a unique User Interface.

Tab Bar

On the Tab Bar, you can see all your open Tabs, just like on desktop. If you have a lot of Tabs open, swipe left or right on the Tab Bar to see the rest of the tabs.

To enable/disable the Tab Bar:

  1. Go to Vivaldi menu button Vivaldi menu > Settings > Tabs.
  2. Toggle on/off Show Tab Bar.
Tab Bar with a few tabs and a tab stack open on the second level.

To move the Tab Bar to the bottom of the screen together with the Address Bar:

  1. Go to Vivaldi menu button Vivaldi menu > Settings > Tabs.
  2. Toggle on/off Address Bar At Bottom.

To fit more tabs on the Tab Bar by only showing the open websites’ favicons:

  1. Go to Vivaldi menu button Vivaldi menu > Settings > Tabs.
  2. Toggle on Show Tab As Favicon.

By default, the close tab button on the Tab Bar has been hidden for background tabs. To show the close buttons for all tabs:

  1. Go to Vivaldi menu button Vivaldi menu > Settings > Tabs.
  2. Toggle on Show X Button For Background Tabs.
Tab Bar with close buttons enabled for background tabs.

Address Bar

  • Site Info and Content blocker – check your connection security and access Site Settings, as well as change the tracker and ad blocking level for the website.
  • Address and Search field – type in the link you want to visit or a search term you want to look up.
  • Reload – if you’ve scrolled too far down and swiping down to reload isn’t reasonable, you can tap on the Reload button.
  • Vivaldi menu – access options such as Bookmark Page, Capture Page, Settings, and much more by tapping on the Vivaldi logo.
Vivaldi on Android

To move the Address Bar to the bottom of the screen:

  1. Go to Vivaldi menu button Vivaldi menu > Settings > Tabs.
  2. Toggle on/off Address Bar At Bottom.

Customizable Address Bar button

In the place, where, by default, the Tracker and Ad Blocker button is, you can choose to put a different button that you find more useful.

To change the button:

  1. Go to Settings > Appearance & Theme > Toolbar Shortcut.
  2. Choose your preferred feature.
    • Tracker and Ad Blocker,
    • New tab,
    • Share this page,
    • Voice search,
    • Translate,
    • Add to Bookmarks.

Once you’ve added a shortcut, you can long-press on it on the Address Bar and select Edit shortcut to pick a different option or hide the button.

Navigation Bar

The icons on the bottom Navigation toolbar will change when you view the Panels or the Tab Switcher to give you additional options.

In case you’ve moved the Tab and Address Bars to the bottom of the screen, the bottom toolbar buttons will be merged with the Address Bar. Due to limited space, some of the buttons will be moved to the Vivaldi menu button Vivaldi menu. Though, you can enable the Start Page button from Vivaldi menu > Settings > Appearance & Theme > Show Start Page Icon in Address Bar.

In landscape mode and on larger screens, such as on tablets, all the icons from the bottom toolbar are moved to the top toolbar.

Vivaldi Android in landscape mode with all toolbar buttons on top

If you prefer to keep the Tab and Address Bars on top, but still want to hide the Navigation Bar:

  1. Go to Vivaldi menu > Settings > Appearance & Theme.
  2. Disable Show Navigation Bar.

Always show controls

When you scroll down on a page the toolbars will be hidden automatically to free up screen real estate. When you scroll up, the toolbars will be displayed again.

If you wish to keep the toolbars always visible:

  1. Go to Vivaldi menu > Settings > Appearance & Theme.
  2. Toggle on Show Toolbars While Scrolling.

Theme

To customize the browser colors, open the Vivaldi menu button Vivaldi menu > Settings > Appearance & Theme > Theme and make your adjustments.

Dark mode for webpages

If, in addition to the app’s user interface, you also wish to view websites in dark mode, enable Dark mode for Web Pages from Theme settings.

In case some sites don’t look good in the forced dark mode, you can toggle it off for that particular website from Vivaldi menu button Vivaldi menu > Dark theme.