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

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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.

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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 > 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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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 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.

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Speed Dials

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

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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 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.

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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.

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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.

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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:

• Bookmarks and Speed Dials,
• Settings,
• Passwords,
• Autofill data,
• History,
• Reading List,
• Open Tabs,
• Notes.

Enabling your preferred options will immediately start sync.

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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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 on the Address Bar.
2. Select Settings.

Option 2

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

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.

About

• Rate Vivaldi
• View information about the current Vivaldi version.

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 > Settings > Tabs.
2. Toggle on/off Show Tab Bar.

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

1. Go to 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 > 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 > Settings > Tabs.
2. Toggle on Show X Button For Background Tabs.

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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.

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

1. Go to 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.

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Navigation Bar

• Panels – access your Bookmarks, History, Notes and Downloads.
• History back – move back in history of visited pages.
• Start Page – access your favourite bookmarks – Speed Dials.
• History forward – move forward in history of visited pages.
• Tab switcher – view all open, private, synced and recently closed tabs.

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. 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.

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.

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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.

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Theme

To customize the browser colors, open the 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 > Dark theme.

Installing Vivaldi from Google Play

To install Vivaldi on your Android device:

1. Open the Google Play app.
2. Search for Vivaldi Browser.
3. Tap on Install.
4. Once it has finished loading, tap Open.
5. Go through the onboarding flow, accept the Terms of Use and you’re ready to go.

The oldest Android version Vivaldi is supported on is Android 7 – Nougat.

Alternative download sources

Vivaldi on Android is also available on:

• Huawei App Gallery,
• Uptodown App Store,
• Google Play in Polestar 2 Android Automotive OS, and
• Google Play in Renault OpenR Link.

In case you don’t want to get Vivaldi from an app store, you can download the .apk version of Vivaldi from Vivaldi.com/android (click Don’t have Google Play? below the Google Play button).

Important! Updates via .apk install are not automatic. To ensure you are aware of the latest fixes and security updates, we strongly advise subscribing to our Newsletter or RSS feed.

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Updating the mobile browser

The app will be updated silently in the background when you have automatic updates enabled in Play Store > account menu (top right corner) > Settings > Network Preferences > Auto-update apps. You can tell that the app has been updated to a new version, when Android’s What’s New page is opened in a new tab.

In case you have automatic updates disabled:

Option 1

1. Open the Google Play app.
2. Open the account menu > Manage apps & device > Manage.
3. Find Vivaldi on the list.
4. Tap on Update.

Option 2

1. Search for Vivaldi on Google Play.
2. Open the app’s profile.
3. Tap on Update.

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Uninstalling the browser

To uninstall Vivaldi:

Option 1

1. Find Vivaldi in your app gallery or home screen.
2. Long-press on the app logo.
3. Tap on Uninstall.

Option 2

1. Open your device’s Settings > Apps.
2. Find Vivaldi on the list.
3. Tap on Uninstall.

Option 3

1. Search for Vivaldi on Google Play.
2. Open the app’s profile.
3. Tap on Uninstall.

Widevine is a “Content Decryption Module” (CDM) that provides Vivaldi with support for Encrypted Media Extensions (EME). EME are a form of Digital rights management (DRM) that are required by many, popular audio/video streaming services (Netflix, Amazon Prime, Spotify, Tidal, etc.).

Testing support

To test Widevine support, go to demo.castlabs.com and attempt to play the videos that are tagged with “DRM”.

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Installing Widevine

If DRM videos will not play:

1. Open vivaldi://components
2. Locate: “Widevine Content Decryption Module”
3. Click “Check for updates”

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Troubleshooting

If the DRM test video will still not play, file a bug report stating that you cannot play proprietary media. Mention your Operating System (including architecture and version).

Working with browser windows in Vivaldi is straightforward. This article explains some important terms and actions.

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Opening windows

To open a new window:

• Go to the Vivaldi menu (Windows and Linux) > File  > New Window;
• Type ‘New Window‘ in Quick Commands;
• Right-click on Vivaldi on the OS toolbar and select New Window;
• Use the Keyboard Shortcut Ctrl+N / ⌘ N;
• Create a Mouse Gesture for opening a new window.

Opening links in new windows

To open a link or a Bookmark in a new window, right-click on the link and select Open Link in New Window or Open Link in a Private Window.

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Closing windows

To close a window:

• Click on the X in the top right corner (left corner on macOS) of the window;
• Go to the Vivaldi menu (Windows and Linux) > File  > Close Window;
• Use the Keyboard Shortcut Alt+F4 / ⌘ W;
• Create a Mouse Gesture for Close Window.

Closing confirmation

By default when you close a window, you’ll be asked to confirm your decision. You can disable this option by checking the box Do not show confirmation again next time you see the dialog window or disable/enable it in Settings > General > Close Window > Close Window Confirmation.

Exiting the browser

To close all windows and exit the browser:

• On Windows and Linux go to the Vivaldi menu > File  > Exit. On macOS Vivaldi > Quit Vivaldi;
• On Windows right-click on Vivaldi on the OS toolbar and select Close Window / Close All Windows.
  On Linux right-click on Vivaldi on the OS toolbar and select Quit / Quit # Windows;
  On macOS right-click on Vivaldi on the dock and select Quit;
• Use a Keyboard Shortcut Alt+F4 (Windows) / Ctrl+Q (Linux) / ⌘ Q (macOS) to close all windows and exit;
• Create a Mouse Gesture for Exit.

Exit confirmation

On Windows and Linux, there’s also an exit confirmation option, which you’ll see when you’re about to close the last open window. You can also disable this option by checking the box Do not show confirmation again next time you see the dialog window or disable/enable it in Settings > General > Exit > Exit Confirmation.

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Reopening recently closed windows

The Closed Tabs button, located at the far end of the Tab Bar and in the Window Panel, contains a list of previously closed Tabs and windows within the latest session.

To reopen a window:

• Open the Closed Tabs menu;
• Select Window with # Tabs and;
• Click on Restore All to open all Tabs or on a single Tab on the list to open a specific Tab.

It’s also a good place to look for your Tabs and windows if, for some reason, the browser didn’t open with your previous session (after a crash for example). Please note that multiple browser restarts will erase the Close Tabs history.

For a complete overview of visited pages, visit History by:

• Going to Vivaldi menu > Tools > History menu;
• Clicking History on the top menu on the Start Page, or
• Using the Keyboard Shortcut Ctrl+H / ⌘ Y.

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Private windows

To open a new private window:

• Go to the Vivaldi menu (Windows and Linux) > File  > New Private Window;
• Type ‘New Private Window‘ in Quick Commands;
• Use the Keyboard Shortcut Ctrl+Shift+N / ⌘ Shift N;
• Right-click on Vivaldi on the OS toolbar and select New Private Window;
• Create a Mouse Gesture for opening a new private window.

To learn more about browsing in private, visit our Help Page about Private Windows.

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Moving Tabs between windows

To move a Tab to another window:

• Right-click on it on the Tab Bar, hover over Move Tab To and select either a New Window or Window with # Active Tabs;
• Place the browser windows so you can see both and drag the Tab from one Tab Bar to another.

To move an Active Tab to a new window, create a Keyboard Shortcut or Mouse Gesture for the action.

It’s also possible to move multiple tabs at once. Select the tabs, right-click on one of the selected tabs and choose where to move them.

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Native windows

To enable the Native Window:

1. Go to Settings > Appearance > Window Appearance
2. Enable Use Native Window.
3. Restart the browser.

Using the Native window allows you to:

• Integrate Vivaldi with the rest of your operating system’s user interface.
• Use OS-based window controls.
• Display the Active Tab’s full title.
• Make use of macOS’ Split View feature.

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Tile apps with window split view

Many modern operating systems have made it easy to tile different apps and windows on the screen.

To tile Vivaldi with other apps on Windows:

1. Hover over the maximize button in the top right corner.
2. Select your preferred tiling option.

You can also click on the Tab Bar or the native window’s title bar and drag the window to different points on the edge of the screen to snap the window to a grid.

To tile Vivaldi with other apps on macOS:

1. Hover over the maximize button in the top left corner.
2. Select your preferred tiling option.

On Linux, tiling windows and apps depends on the distro’s window manager, but many allow snapping to a tiled grid by dragging the window or using keyboard shortcuts.

In Vivaldi, you can choose how to display your tabs in a few simple steps.

Tab Bar position

The Tab Bar can be located on any side of the browser window – top, bottom, left, right. To change the position, go to Settings > Tabs > Tab Bar Position.

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Toggle Tab Bar visibility

To toggle the visibility of the Tab Bar, either:

• Open Settings > Tabs and untick the box for Show Tab Bar to hide it. Tick the box again to show the Tab Bar;
• Open the  Vivaldi Menu > View > Show Tab Bar.
• Type “Tab Bar” in Quick Commands;
• Set a Keyboard Shortcut or a Mouse Gesture for toggling the Tab Bar’s visibility.

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Tab width

When the Tab Bar is either on the top or bottom of the window, you can assign a minimum tab width for the active tab. In Settings > Tabs > Tab Display, select how many pixels the width should be and then, no matter how many tabs are open, the active tab will always be easily noticeable.

If the Tab Bar is on the side of the browser window, adjust the width of the Tab Bar by placing the mouse on the edge of the Tab Bar and drag in the desired direction.

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Scrollable Tabs

When the Tab Bar is placed horizontally on the top or bottom of the browser window, by default, tabs start to shrink in size, the more you open them. That can result in page titles or even favicons becoming invisible. Enabling Scrollable Tabs can prevent that. When enabled, tabs won’t shrink in size. Instead, they’ll go out of view and you can scroll the Tab Bar to browse through the open tabs.

To enable Scrollable Tabs:
1. Go to Settings > Tabs > Tab Display > Tab Bar.
2. Check the box for Enable Horizontal Scrolling.

To scroll through the tabs:

• Hover the mouse over the Tab Bar and use the mouse wheel. 
• Click on the < > buttons on either side of the tabs.
• Long click on the < > buttons to display all open tabs as a list.

In case you have enabled switching tabs by scrolling in Settings > Tabs > Tab Cycler, hold down the Shift key to scroll on the Tab Bar without switching tabs.

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Loading progress indicator

When a page is loading the Address Field displays the progress. Additional loading indicators are displayed also on the Tab, which is especially useful for Tabs loading in the background.

In Settings > Tabs > Tab Display > Page Load Progress you can pick between 4 options:

• Progress Bar
  
• Favicon Progress
  
• Favicon Spinner
  
• None

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Window Background Image

In addition to the active tab colour or Theme’s accent colour, you can show your Start Page background image on the Tab Bar. To enable it:

1. Go to Settings > Themes > Edit > Settings.
2. Enable Transparent Tab Bar.

To get a more frosted look on the Tab Bar (and Panels), increase the Blur level.

A “crash” occurs when Vivaldi encounters an unrecoverable error and shuts down unexpectedly or a tab’s contents disappear and are replaced with a “dead bird” image. Information pertaining to the crash is logged by Vivaldi.

Locating Crash Logs

1. Copy and Paste the following text into a terminal window and press “Enter”—triple click to select
   find "${XDG_CONFIG_HOME:-$HOME/.config}/vivaldi/Crash Reports" -mtime +30 -name \*.dmp | sed 's,.*Crash Reports/,,' | tar CvcJTf "${XDG_CONFIG_HOME:-$HOME/.config}/vivaldi/Crash Reports" - /tmp/Vivaldi_Crash_Logs_$(date '+%Y%m%d-%H%M').tar.xz
2. You will find a dated “Vivaldi_Crash_Logs” tar archive in your /tmp directory, that you can attach to your bug report

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Submitting crash logs

Crash logs are not sent back to us automatically. However, you can create a bug report and let us know about your issue.

After logging a bug report you will then be sent a confirmation email. Simply reply to this with your crash log(s) as an attachment. Such logs are greatly appreciated; they provide us with information as to exactly where in the code things went wrong.

Make sure the crash happens on the latest version of Vivaldi. If you’re not on the latest version, please update the browser and test the issue again.

Vivaldi’s privacy and security settings give you solid control to safeguard your private data.

By default, each setting has either been enabled or disabled based on what we believe is in our users best interest, but you’ll of course have the option to toggle each setting in Settings > Privacy and Security.

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Tracking Prevention

In Settings > Privacy and Security > Tracking Prevention, you can enable the option Ask Websites Not to Track Me. It’s a polite way of asking websites not to set tracking cookies. However, they can simply ignore it, and in most cases, the ones you want to avoid will be the ones who do not respect your request.

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Block Ads on Abusive Sites

Enabled by default, Vivaldi blocks advertisements on sites with abusive ad practices. Learn about it on our Help Page about the Abusive Ad-Blocker.

For additional content blocking take a look at the help page about Vivaldi’s Tracker and Ad Blocker.

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Hyperlink Audit Tracking

Some web links include parameters that “ping” the website owner when the link is used allowing them to track user behavior in relation to the link. To prevent this kind of tracking, enable Block Hyperlink Audit Tracking in Settings > Privacy and Security > Do Not Track. Please note that enabling the setting may break some websites.

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WebRTC IP Handling

Broadcasting IP for Best WebRTC (Web Real-Time Communication) performance is most relevant for users browsing over a VPN connection, who want to hide their IP even from websites using WebRTC to check real IP addresses.

In Vivaldi, broadcasting has been enabled by default, meaning websites can see your IP address, though, often just the internal network IP address. Disabling this setting will increase your privacy, but can cause issues with how websites function.

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Google Phishing and Malware Protection

The Safe Browsing API by Google, which is enabled by default, checks the site you are visiting against a master blacklist of known suspected phishing and malware sites before loading the website. If the site is on the blacklist instead of loading the site you’ll be shown a warning message and encouraged to return to the previous website.

To protect your privacy, instead of sending a list of websites you’ve visited to the service provider, Vivaldi is given a file which describes every URL that is known to be malicious, using an approximation method. 

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Resolving Navigation Errors with Google DNS Service

The Google DNS (Domain Name System) Service will give you the IP address of the website you want to visit in case your ISP (Internet Service Provider) fails to do so properly (in some cases the ISP may have faulty DNSs).

The Google DNS server addresses (8.8.8.8 and 8.8.4.4) have been hardcoded into Chromium, on which Vivaldi is built. The setting is enabled by default, but can be disabled in Settings > Privacy and Security.

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Assist in Form Autofill using a Google Service

For user convenience, the browser saves your form fill data (such as addresses and payment details) and fills forms automatically next time a site includes a similar form. This feature has been provided by Google, but none of the data you enter will be sent to Google, only the types of data you submit.

To edit and delete entries or disable autofill altogether, go to Settings > Privacy and Security > Payment methods  / Addresses and more.

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Google Extensions

Google provides many popular services. The use of some of these services are tied to Google extensions that are bundled into Chromium based browsers. They’re enabled by default, to provide a smooth user experience for users, who use these services. At the same time, we want to give users that are more privacy conscious and don’t use Google’s services an option to disable them.

Google Services Token – login to Google accounts will not be possible, when this extension has been disabled.

Hangouts – needs to be enabled to share your screen during Google Hangouts/Meet calls.

Web Store – it won’t be possible to add Extensions from Chrome Web Store to Vivaldi, if this setting has been disabled.

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Proton VPN

Proton VPN is integrated into Vivaldi, allowing you to connect to a VPN server effortlessly with your Vivaldi account for free and access extra features after upgrading to a paid plan.

In Privacy and Security settings you can enable/disable the feature.

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Search Suggestions

Search suggestions have been disabled by default, as everything you type, even if you don’t complete the search, is sent to your selected search engine. Read more on this topic on our blog.

They can be enabled/disabled separately for:

• the Address field, and
• the Search field on the Address Bar and Start Page,

both in Settings > Search and Settings > Privacy and Security.

Enabling Search suggestions for chosen search engines

To get suggestions only from search engines that you trust, go to:

1. Settings > Search > Search Engines;
2. Select the search engine you do not want to see suggestions from;
3. Empty the Suggest URL field;
4. Click Save.

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Browsing History

You can decide for how long your browsing history is saved in Vivaldi.

You can choose between:

• Session Only – meaning your history will be deleted every time you exit the browser.
• One Day
• One Week
• One Month
• Three Months (the default)
• Six Months
• One Year
• Forever

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Private Windows

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Tracker and Ad blocking

Learn about blocking trackers and ads in Vivaldi on the help page here.

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Certificates

View and manage HTTPS/SSL certificates and their settings.

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Passwords

Learn about storing login passwords in Vivaldi on the help page here.

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Payment Methods and Addresses

Learn about prefilling payment methods and addresses on the help page here.

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Website permissions

Learn about website permissions on the help page here.

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Cookies

Learn about managing Cookies in Vivaldi on the help page here.