By default, Vivaldi blocks advertisements on sites with abusive ad practices, such as ads which are purposefully misleading users and ads using abusive technologies – for example, pop-ups that prevent you from leaving the site.
The abusive ad-blocker feature can be disabled in Settings > Privacy and Security > Tracking Prevention > Block Ads on Abusive Sites, but we strongly advise you to keep it enabled.
The abusive ad-blocker gives the browser access to a blocklist which is hosted on our end-to-end encrypted servers. It is updated from the server automatically by the browser, and applied to intrusive websites without needing to contact the server each time.
If you’re looking for additional content blocking options, consider enabling Vivaldi’s Tracker and Ad Blocker or using an Extension.
Page Actions are custom filters that modify the look of a page. They allow you to make adjustments to individual webpages, and to make browsing more effective and focused on your individual needs. Page Actions are great for accessibility.
To apply an action, click on Page Actions button on the right side of the Status Bar and select the one you want to use. Alternatively, type the action’s name in Quick Commands to toggle it on and off.
The action will only be applied to the active Tab and won’t be disabled if you navigate to a different website in that tab. In many cases, multiple page actions can be applied simultaneously.
When you turn off a Page Action, the page will reload.
Available Page Actions
CSS Debugger – outlines various element types for a simple CSS inspection;
Filter Black and White – turns the page into black and white;
Filter Grayscale – changes the page’s colors to grayscale;
Filter Intensity – adds saturation and contrast to the images on the site;
Filter Invert – flips the page colors (i.e. turns white to black);
Filter Obscure – hides the content by blurring the page when the mouse cursor is moved outside of the window;
Filter Sepia – changes the page’s color scheme to reddish-brown;
Fonts Monospace – forces the text to be displayed in a monospace font. You can change the used font in Settings > Webpages > Fonts > Monospace;
Highlight Focus – displays a box around the focused content;
HighlightHover – displays a box around the content the mouse cursor is hovering over;
Inline Access Keys – shows the available keyboard shortcuts to interact with the website’s key features;
Page Minimap – shows a miniature schematic of the current page with visible area highlighted. Click or drag on the map to change your location on the page.
Skewed Images – tilts images at an angle;
Transform 3D – distorts the whole page on hover;
Transition Forced – makes transitions more prominent;
Create a Mouse Gesture and use it to open Print Preview.
Print Preview
In the print preview window you can make many adjustments for the printable page.
Print destination – Pick which of your connected printers should print the page. Save as PDF is also an option.
Pages – If you don’t want to print everything, select Custom and type the page numbers of the ones you want to print.
Copies – Change the number if you need more than one copy of the page.
Choose layout – Choose between portrait and landscape.
Color – If you have a color printer, but want to print the page in grayscale, select Black and White.
Click on More settings to reveal even more options.
Paper size – To make the print fit perfectly, change the paper size to match the paper you’re printing on.
Pages per sheet – Fit more on less paper.
Margins – Determine, how much space should be between the edge of the paper and printable content. Be careful to leave enough space as most printers won’t print very close to the edge.
Scale – Zoom in for bigger text and zoom out for the opposite.
Headers and footers – Decide, whether you want to print the date, title and URL.
Two-sided – In case your printer can print on both sides of the paper, you can
Background graphics – Tick the box, if you need the page’s background graphics (e.g. color) to be printed as well.
If you prefer the system dialog for printing click on Print using system dialog.
Print with Reader View
Many websites, especially news sites, strip the printable page of irrelevant content. In case the web page you’re trying to print doesn’t do that, you can switch to Reader View, which will remove unnecessary sections and lets you print just the article. In addition, by using Reader View, you can adjust the font, font size, and line height before printing.
Print with Screen Capture
To print the whole website or sections of it, use Vivaldi’s Screen Capture tool to take the screenshot and print the saved file.
There are 4 different ways to select tabs in Vivaldi:
Mouse + modifier key
Hold down the Shift key to select multiple tabs in a row or Ctrl/⌘ key to select tabs that aren’t necessarily next to each other.
Quick Commands
Open Quick Commands (F2/⌘ E) and start typing either: Select Previous Tab, Select Next Tab, Select Related Tabs or Deselect Tabs to execute the command.
Keyboard Shortcuts
In Settings > Keyboard > Tabs you can configure new Keyboard Shortcuts for selecting and deselecting tabs.
Mouse Gestures
If you prefer Mouse Gestures, create gestures for tab selection in Settings > Mouse > Gesture Mapping.
Combine Vivaldi on Windows with Razer Chroma to make browsing more immersive and personal.
Enabling Razer Chroma on Vivaldi
Make sure your Chroma devices are connected to your computer.
Go to Settings > Themes > Razer Chroma Theme Integration.
Make sure the box for Enable Razer Chroma Integration is ticked.
Select the devices you want to sync with Vivaldi.
If Chroma integration is enabled in Vivaldi, but the device colors don’t match the browser, check Razer’sSynapse > Connect > Apps and make sure Vivaldi is enabled and on top of the list.
If Accent Colour from Active Page is enabled in Settings > Themes > Edit Theme > Theme Preferences, the Chroma devices will change color based on the active tab’s webpage color. When disabled, your theme’s accent color will be used. If you’ve set up Scheduled Themes, Chroma colors will change when the Theme changes.
Select which Philips Hue lights Vivaldi should control to synchronize your physical surroundings with the color of the browser.
Setting up Philips Hue
First, make sure your Hue lights are connected to the same network as the browser.
Then, go to Settings > Themes > Philips Hue Theme Integration and tick the box for Enable Hue.
Once enabled, click on Find bridge and click the button on your Bridge to confirm the connection.
Once the connection has been made, each Philips Hue light will be listed and can be enabled/disabled separately. The number of lights is unlimited.
If Accent Color from Active Page is enabled in Settings > Themes > Edit Theme > Theme Preferences, the Hue lamp will change color based on the active tab’s webpage color. When disabled, your theme’s accent color will be used.
If you’ve set up Scheduled Themes, Hue colors will change when the theme changes.
With Vivaldi’s Quick Commands feature you can do various calculations in a blink of an eye.
Open Quick Commands by pressing F2 / ⌘ E on your keyboard and start typing the equation. For example, “5166/123”, “sqrt 9”, etc.
The solution will appear below the input field and in a faded color also after the equation in the input field. When you press Enter, the solution will be automatically copied to your clipboard.
Types of calculations currently available:
Addition (x+y)
Subtraction (x-y)
Multiplication (y*z or y x z)
Division (x/y)
Remainder (x%y)
Power / exponentiation (x^y)
Root (sqrt x)
Factorial (x!)
Logarithms (ln x, log x, log10 x)
Trigonometric functions (sin x, cos x, tan x)
Inverse trigonometric functions (asin x, acos x, atan x)
It’s always good to keep your browser up to date in order to enjoy the newest features and get the latest bug fixes and security updates.
Here’s how to update your Vivaldi browser:
Automatic Updates
When you have Automatically Download and Install Updates enabled in Settings > General > Updates > Show Update Settings, the update will be downloaded in the background and installed on next restart. Update ready message will also appear on the right side of the Address Bar when an update has been downloaded. Click on it and then on Restart to complete the update.
If Vivaldi was initially installed for All Users (an advanced option provided by the Vivaldi installer), this setting will be renamed to Automatically Download and notify when they are ready to install and updates will not be fully silent. The updated version will be downloaded in the background and a Windows notification will display to inform you when it is ready to install. Clicking on this will trigger the upgrade process and you will be presented with a User Account Control (UAC) dialog by Windows to complete the upgrade for all users on your system.
Check for updates manually
Go to Vivaldi menu > Help > Check for Updates. When an update is available, a dialog with the changelog will open.
Click on Install Update in the bottom right corner to update Vivaldi.
Download latest version from the web
Visit Vivaldi.com, download the latest version and install it to the same location with the same settings as the current browser.
Automatic Updates
When you have Automatically Download and Install Updates enabled in Preferences > General > Updates, the update will be downloaded in the background and installed on next restart. Update ready message will also appear on the right side of the Address Bar when an update has been downloaded. Click on it and then on Restart to complete the update.
Check for updates manually
Check for Updates manually from top menu Vivaldi > Check for Updates. If the menu item is inactive, you already have the latest version.
Download latest version from the web
Visit Vivaldi.com, download the latest version and install it to the same location with the same settings as the current browser.
Vivaldi on Linux gets updated automatically with the rest of the OS components.
To learn how to update Vivaldi on Android, check the Help Page here.
If after an update the browser doesn’t function as it used to, try troubleshooting the issue. It’s strongly discouraged to downgrade to an older version as it can corrupt the browser profile and cause issues, if not immediately then in the future.
Cookies are small pieces of data (text files) that a website – when visited by a user – asks your browser to store on your device in order to remember information about you, such as your language preference or login information. The cookie will be used to recognize you and your preferences the next time you visit the site.
Decide whether you want to accept all cookies, only allow them for the current session, or never accept them.
Third-Party Cookies
When First-Party Cookies are set by the website you see in the address field, then Third-Party Cookies are set by other domains. These cookies may be used for showing content from other domains (for example, an embedded YouTube video), advertising (to show you ads based on your browsing habits), etc.
Third-party cookies are blocked by default only in Private Windows. To block third-party cookies in all windows:
Go to Settings > Privacy and Security> Cookies > Third-Party Cookies.
Select Block All.
Note! Blocking cookies can cause a website not to work properly if the website uses multiple domains for their content.
Do Not Track
In Settings > Privacy, you can also enable the option Ask Websites Not to Track Me. It’s a polite way to ask 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.
Go to the Vivaldi menu > Tools > Delete Browsing Data.
Pick the time frame you want to delete cookies for;
Select Cookies for the data type to be deleted;
Click Delete.
Alternatively, go to Settings > Privacy > Cookies. There you can view all the saved cookies by clicking on Show Saved Cookies. You can also filter them by domain. To delete all cookies, click on Delete All Cookies.
Delete Cookies from a specific website
To delete all cookies by the same domain:
In Settings > Privacy > Cookies, click on Show Saved Cookies;
In the search field. enter the domain name to filter out the cookies;
Click on Delete Filtered Cookies.
To delete a single cookie, hover the mouse cursor over it and click on X that appears on the right side.
Delete all site data per website
To delete all site data, including cookies for one site:
Open the website.
Click the Site Info button on the Address Bar and select Site Settings from the menu.
In the Usage section, click on Clear Data on the right.
Confirm, by clicking Clear in the dialog.
Reload the web page.
Delete Cookies and Site Data by cookie site
Open the website.
Click the Site Info button on the Address Bar and select Cookies and site data > Manage cookies and site datafrom the menu.
Next to the listed sites, click on Delete saved data from [site name] for each item you want to delete.
Click Done.
Reload the page.
Disable/Enable the storing of cookies per site
To block or allow cookies on a specific website:
Open the website.
Click the Site Info button on the Address Bar and select Cookies and site data > Manage cookies and site datafrom the menu.
In the pop-up window, click on More Actions next to each site that wants to save data on the current website.
Select between the following options:
Allow/don’t allow the site to save data.
Allow to save data, but delete the data every time you exit the browser.
Click Done.
Reload the page.
For an overview, go to Settings > Privacy and Security > Website Permissions, where you can see and manage all sites with customized settings.
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 annoying cookie banners and dialogs on most websites.
To enable these lists:
Go to Settings > Privacy > Tracker and Ad Blocking;
Enable Block Trackers and Ads;
Click on Manage Sources;
In Ad Blocking Sources 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.