You do not need to do this. After downloading a Linux package and installing it our Linux update repositories will be configured automatically for you to receive updates.

Installing Vivaldi via the terminal

After downloading a suitable package for your distro, you can use the following commands (from the directory where you saved Vivaldi) to install one of our Linux packages directly from the terminal [where ‘vivaldi*‘ equals the name of the Vivaldi install package].

Ubuntu/Debian based distros:

sudo apt-get -y install ./vivaldi*.deb

Fedora based distros:

sudo dnf --nogpgcheck -y install ./vivaldi*.rpm

openSUSE based distros:

sudo zypper --no-gpg-checks --non-interactive install ./vivaldi*.rpm

The preventing of gpg checks is only needed for the initial install, after which Vivaldi will add its public gpg keys and configure an appropriate repository for updates automatically.

Can’t log in to Sync?

If you’re having trouble with accessing your Vivaldi account in Sync settings, take a look at our Help Page about Registration and Login issues.

Encryption password

If you’ve forgotten the encryption password, you can try the login password you used at the time you first started using Sync. When the Sync feature was first introduced, it was possible to skip entering a separate encryption password, in which case your login password was set as the encryption password. Please note that changing the login password will not change the encryption password.

If you’ve forgotten your encryption password or want to change it:

1. Open Sync Settings;
2. Log into your Vivaldi account;
3. Click on I Lost My Password;
4. In the pop up, click Clear Sync Data;
5. Then Start Sync again and enter a new password.

Your data will be deleted from Vivaldi’s Sync servers and re-uploaded from the device 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), the synced data will unfortunately be lost when resetting the encryption password. Sync is first and foremost intended to be used as a feature to synchronize data across multiple devices, not as a backup service. Though, in most cases, as long as you remember the encryption password, Sync works as a backup as well. But even then, we can’t guarantee that the data from the servers will always be available.

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Having trouble syncing your data?

If you’ve entered your credentials and hit Start Sync but the browser is not able to connect, the browser will continually attempt to connect to Vivaldi’s sync servers. Often logging out of the account and in again helps.

To check the availability of the Sync service, visit the Vivaldi Status page on https://vivaldistatus.com. If there’s a large scale issue with one of Vivaldi’s service, we’ll post updates there.

If Sync has not been able to establish a connection for more than 6 hours and there are no updates on the Vivaldi Status page, please submit a bug report with the following info:

• username of the account you tried to sync,
• error message shown (if any),
• a screenshot of vivaldi://sync-internals and the Sync settings page on vivaldi://settings/sync/ can help; (you can use Vivaldi’s Screen Capture Tool to take the screenshot).
  Alternatively, click on Dump Status on vivaldi://sync-internals and send us the content that appears in a small box below the button.
• time when it happened,
• detailed steps to reproduce the issue (basically where did sync fail?).

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Remote sessions don’t show up on synced computers?

This could happen, for example, when you’ve manually copied the profile from one Vivaldi to another and then use Sync.

To fix it:

• Log out of your account in Sync settings.
• Restart Vivaldi.
• Log back in.

If Remote Sessions still aren’t accessible, submit a bug report as instructed above.

The Vivaldi account gives you access to multiple different Vivaldi services. This means that exporting data is service-specific and has to be done separately for each service you use.

If you’re looking for instructions for importing and exporting Vivaldi browser data, take a look at the help page: Import and export browser data.

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Webmail

Mail: To export your emails from Vivaldi Webmail, it’s best to set up your mail account in a mail client and download all the emails. If the mail client doesn’t detect server settings automatically, you can find the settings on our Vivaldi.net webmail help page.
To transfer emails from one mail account to another, set up both accounts in the same mail client and copy the emails from one account’s mail folders to another account’s mail folders.
To download a single email click on More > Export after selecting/opening the email you wish to download.

Contacts: On the Contacts page you have two options to export your contacts. Either all of them together or only the selected ones (hold down the Shift or Ctrl / ⌘ key to select multiple contacts). A Vcard (.vcf) file will be saved to your computer.

Calendar: Calendars can be exported as iCalendar (.ics) files from the Calendar page in Vivaldi Mail. If you have multiple calendars, they need to be exported separately.

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Blog

To export your blog posts, pages and media, on blogs.vivaldi.net go to your blog’s Dashboard > Tools > Export. Select what you want to export and click Download Export File. An XML file will be saved to your computer.

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Forum

To export forum data, go to your forum profile on https://forum.vivaldi.net/me.  Open the menu on the right side, just below the cover image and select Your Rights & Consent.  It’s possible to export your profile and posts as .csv files and uploaded content as a .zip file.

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Vivaldi Social

To export data from Vivaldi Social, go to Preferences > Import and export > Data export or to this link – https://social.vivaldi.net/settings/export. There, you can download the list of accounts you follow, block, have muted, as well as your lists, bookmarks and instances you’ve blocked as CSV files.

To export your posts and uploaded media, click on Request your archive. Wait until the archive is compiled (you’ll be notified via email) and then click Download your archive.

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Sync

All Sync data is encrypted and can currently only be accessed locally on the devices that have been synced with the Vivaldi.net account. To export your data from the browser, take a look at the Help page about importing and exporting browser data in the desktop version of Vivaldi.

This article will show you how to get started with your new blog on Vivaldi.net.

Create a new blog

1. Log in on blogs.vivaldi.net with your Vivaldi account credentials.
   • If you don’t have a Vivaldi account yet, register here.
2. Once logged in, either:
   • Click on Create a blog near the top right corner of the page.
     
   • Click on your username in the top right corner of the website and select My Blog from the dropdown menu.
     
3. When you open your blog page for the first time, you will need to choose
   • a blog title,
   • language,
   • one of the three customizable themes.
4. The blog URL will be as follows: yourusername.vivaldi.net.
5. Finish up by clicking Create blog.

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Add a user to your blog

You can invite anyone to contribute or subscribe to your blog. Before adding a new user, make sure they have a Vivaldi account or ask them to register.

1. Go to the blog’s Dashboard > Users > Add Existing. 
2. Type in their account’s recovery email and select the role (Subscriber, Contributor, Author, Editor or Administrator).

The new user will get an invitation to their email, which they have to accept before they can access your blog as a contributor.

The different roles can be summarized as follow:

• Administrator  – somebody who has access to all the administration features within a single site.
• Editor  – somebody who can publish and manage posts including the posts of other users.
• Author   – somebody who can publish and manage their own posts.
• Contributor  – somebody who can write and manage their own posts but cannot publish them.
• Subscriber  – somebody who can only manage their profile.

Read more about user roles on wordpress.org.

Source: wordpress.org

This article will show you how to add a new blog post to your blog on blogs.vivaldi.net.

Write a new blog post

You can start writing a new blog post in a few different ways:

• On blogs.vivaldi.net, click on Write a New Post below your avatar near the top right corner of the page.
  
• On your blog’s Dashboard, select Posts > Add New from the menu on the right side.
  
• On the Posts’ page, click Add New above the list of posts.
  
• From the horizontal menu on top of your blog and blog’s dashboard, select New > Post.
  

Content Blocks

WordPress’ Gutenberg editor uses blocks for building posts and pages. The selection is wide, from basic text paragraphs and images to embeds from other sites. Occasionally new blocks are added too.

There are many ways to add new blocks. Use an option you prefer:

Option 1

Next to the WordPress logo in the top left corner, click on Toggle block inserter and select the type of block you want to add: paragraph, heading, image, list, table, etc. When hovering over a block option, you can see a preview of the block on the right from the blocks menu. To close the menu, click on Toggle blocks inserter or focus elsewhere on the page.

Option 2

Add a new line to the content section in the editor and click on the Add Block button that appears on the right side.

Option 3

Add a new line to the content and type / to choose a block.

Option 4

Hover your mouse between two blocks and when a blue line appears, click the Add Block button.

You can reorder blocks by using the arrows on the menu in the top left corner of each block or by dragging them to the desired location from the Drag button.

You can find some block-specific settings in the menu above the selected block as well. Additional block customization options can be found in the Settings menu on the right (see image below).

From the same panel, where the block editor is located, you can also adjust settings for the whole post.

For more advanced blogging, you can add or remove fields from Options > Preferences in the top right corner.

Block Patterns

Patterns are a collection of blocks you can reuse in your Vivaldi blog’s posts and pages. If you regularly add the same things to your blog posts that require lots of setting changes, Patterns can help you save time and maintain consistency across your posts. For example, you might want to create a cover that is shown at the top of each post which includes headings with edited typography and an image with specific color overlay settings. Instead of creating one from scratch in each post, you can set it up once and save it as a Pattern. That way, in future posts you just need to find the pattern and insert it.

To create a Pattern:

1. Create the blocks you want to save as a Pattern.
2. Select them all.
3. Click on Options in the block’s menu.
4. Select “Create pattern”.
5. Give the new pattern a name, add it to a category, and decide, whether any changes made to the pattern should be synced.
6. Finish by clicking “Create”.

To use a saved Pattern:

1. Click on Toggle block inserter and go to the Patterns tab.
2. Find your patterns and click on the one you want to add to your post/page.

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Add media

To include media files in the post, add an Image or Gallery block to the post and choose whether you want to add the media by:

• uploading the file(s);
• choosing from already uploaded files in the Media Library;
• adding high-quality and free images from Instant Images;
• inserting an image from a URL.

Attachment details can be edited prior to inserting the media file into the post:

• Select the image;
• Click Edit Image in the Attachment details section on the right;
• Make the changes and click Save.

Instant Images

We’ve added a plugin that lets you easily browse through and use thousands of high-quality images from Unsplash, Openverse, Pixabay, and Pexels. To add images from Instant Images to your Media Library:

1. Go to your blog’s Dashboard > Media > Instant Images;
2. Once you’ve found an image you want to use in your blog, click on it and it will be added to your Media Library.

To add a photo to your blog from Instant Images while editing a post or a page:

1. In the post or page editor, add a new image or gallery block.
2. Select Media Library and go to Instant Images tab.
3. Search through the files from Unsplash, Openverse, Pixabay, and Pexels.
4. When you’ve found one you like, click on the image.
5. After it has been added to your library, click Select in the bottom right corner of the Media Library window to add it to the post/page.

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Classic Editor

If you don’t like to write posts by using blocks, you can switch to the older version of the editor.

To switch to the Classic Editor:

1. Go to your blog’s Dashboard > Settings > Writing.
2. For “Default editor for all users” select Classic Editor.
3. Click Save Changes.

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Edit a blog post

You can easily make changes to the blog post by:

• clicking Edit next to the post information (date, category)
• while on the blog post’s link click Edit Post on the top horizontal menu
• while on Dashboard > Posts > click Edit under the post title (becomes visible when hovering the mouse over the post)

Once finished with the changes, click Update.

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Add a new page to the blog

In addition to blog posts, it’s also possible to add pages to the blog. The difference between posts and pages is that posts are blog entries that will show up in the Reader and RSS feeds and are organized in chronological order. They can be found in Recent Posts, Categories, Archives, etc. Pages, on the other hand, are static and don’t have a time stamp. If you’re using the Pages widget, they will be visible in the blog’s widget section on the side or bottom of the page (depending on the theme) or you can add a link to them to the blog menu. A good example of a page is the About page with information about the blog’s author(s).

To add a page to the blog:

1. Go to Dashboard > Pages > New post.
2. Go to Pages > Add New.
3. From the top horizontal menu select New > Page.

You can make your Vivaldi blog truly personal by customising it. The Customise page gives you a live preview of all the changes you make to the look and feel of your blog.

To access the personalisation options, go to the blog’s Dashboard > Appearance > Customise. When you’re viewing your own blog, you can go to the Customisation page directly from the top menu as well. Themes, Widgets, and Menus can also be customised on their respective pages.

To edit a section on your blog, either go to the respective item in the menu or click on the pencil icon in the preview.

In addition to the desktop view, you can also get a preview of what the blog will look like on smaller screens – on tablets and smart phones. For a better preview, you can temporarily hide the controls.

Make sure to click Save and Publish to save all the changes that you made, or X to cancel.

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Customisation options

Themes

Choose between 3 different layouts for your blog:

• Classic (on the left) – A classic single column blog layout with a sidebar on the right. Add buttons for social media profiles. Choose from a selection of fonts and colour schemes.
• Simple (in the middle) – A straightforward, single-column layout with the option to add widgets to the footer. Add buttons for social media profiles. Choose from a selection of fonts and colour schemes.
• Magazine (on the right) – A straightforward, single-column layout with the option to add widgets to the footer. Add buttons for social media profiles. Choose from a selection of fonts and colour schemes.

Site Identity

Blog title is required when first creating the blog, but here you can change it. You can also add a logo and a tagline or hide everything altogether.

Fonts

There are 9 different fonts available to choose from. Different fonts can be used for text and headlines.

Social links

Let readers know on which Social Media platforms they can find you. Social links can be displayed in the blog header or together with the widgets.

Colours

Once you’ve picked a theme for your blog, you can customise it further by changing the colour scheme. You can choose between light, dark and colourful themes.

In addition, you can change the blog title’s colour here, as well as in the Header Image section.

Header Image

You can add an image to the top of the blog as a background image for the title, logo, tagline and social media links, if you’ve chosen to display them.

Pick from the selection of soft gradients or upload your own image.

Menus

To directly link to pages, posts, categories, tags, and URLs add a menu to your blog. The menu will be displayed between the page title/header image and blog content.

Widgets

Customise your blog by adding widgets that add content and features to your blog. With the Classic theme, widgets will be displayed on the side (see image below). With the Simple and Magazine themes, widgets will be at the bottom of the page.

Homepage Settings

Select whether the front page features your latest posts in reverse chronological order or a static page you’ve created.

Settings

You can change a number of settings from  “Your blog title” > Dashboard > Settings:

• General – change the blog’s title and tagline, as well as language and time formatting of the blog.
• Writing – change the default category for blog posts and the default post type (Gallery, Chat, Quote, Video, etc). Switch between the Classic editor and Gutenberg’s block editor.
• Reading –  edit what is displayed on your front page and how many posts are shown per page and in feeds. Here, you can also decide whether you want the feeds to display a full article or only a snippet. Another option you can decide in here is whether or not you want your blog to be indexed by search engines. Your posts will not be visible on Vivaldi.net‘s home page or categories if you disable this option.
• Discussion – change article and comment settings including how comments are moderated.
  • If you notice that your blog posts are getting spam comments, we suggest you enable the option: “Users must be registered and logged in to comment“. That way only logged in Vivaldi Community members can comment.
• Media –  determine the maximum dimensions of images used in the blog.
• Permalinks – alter the way blog links are generated for new posts and pages.
• Akismet Anti-spam – For additional spam filtering, you can set up an Akismet account and obtain an API key to activate the anti-spam plugin for your blog.
• Code Syntax Block Settings – If you use code blocks in your posts, you can choose a color scheme for the code block and define your default programming language.

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Tools

From “Your blog title” > Dashboard > Tools you can:

• Import and Export content to and from your other blogs.
• Delete your blog.

If you’d like to take advantage of as much screen real estate as possible, you can browse Vivaldi in fullscreen mode.

Hide browser’s user interface

Furthermore, you can toggle the user interface visibility by using the keyboard shortcut Ctrl+F11 / ⌘ F10. It’s also possible to hide individual UI elements like the Panel or Address bar with Keyboard Shortcuts. You can set and edit shortcuts for each toolbar in Settings > Keyboard > View.

The Android version of Vivaldi is available in many of the cars that have the Android Automotive OS (AAOS). For example, Polestar, Renault, Volvo, Wolksvagen, Mercedes, Audi and more.

Install Vivaldi

To install Vivaldi in your car:

1. Open the Google Play app in the car’s center console.
2. Search for “Vivaldi Browser”.
3. Tap on Install.
4. Launch the app and start exploring.

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Using Vivaldi in your car

To ensure the safety of the drivers and passengers, the browser can be used only when the car is parked. Streaming content may continue audio-only if driving commences.

In addition, some functional restrictions may apply, for example, files cannot be downloaded. Other than that, the browser in AAOS has the same features and works the same way as Vivaldi on Android on phones and tablets.

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Need help?

In case you have questions for which you haven’t found an answer from the Android section of the Help Pages start a discussion in the Automotive category of the Vivaldi Forum, where the Vivaldi Team and expert users in the Community will answer any of your questions. In case you’ve encountered a bug, please report it on vivaldi.com/bugreport and select the relevant car brand for the affected product.

Private browsing mode is intended to protect your privacy from other users of your computer. When you browse using a Private Window, Vivaldi will minimize what is stored locally on your computer so that very few traces are left of what you were browsing once you close all private browsing windows.

To open a 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;
• Create a new Mouse Gesture for opening a new private window.

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Private Window Theme

Vivaldi has a separate theme for Private Windows to make it easier to differentiate them from regular Windows. To change the Private Window Theme:

1. Go to Settings > Themes > Private Window Theme.
2. Select a theme from the drop down menu.

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Private Window Search Engine

The default Search Engines can be different in regular and private windows. To select a search engine for Private Window:

1. Go to Settings > Search > Private Window Search Engine.
2. Select a Search Engine from the drop down menu.

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A few things to keep in mind about using Private Windows

• Using a Private Window does not encrypt or otherwise modify your connection.
• All private windows share the same session while they are open, so you need to close all of them to cause the session data to be deleted.
• A Private Window in Vivaldi does not use the same cookie store or cache as for regular browsing.
• Third-party cookies are blocked by default. To change it, go to Settings > Privacy > Cookies > Third-party cookies.
• It does not store the history of addresses that you visit.
• It tries – as much as possible – to only store website cache files in memory instead of on disk, so that disk scanning tools will not find residual traces of the files.
• If you intentionally download something, that content cannot be protected. Downloads are downloads, whether they start in private browsing mode or not.

If you have forgotten to use private browsing mode, you can select Delete Browsing Data from the Tools menu to either delete all your browsing history, or just the history for a selected amount of time. Of course, this cannot remove traces from the disk so disk scanning tools may be able to find traces.

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Always open Vivaldi in a Private Window

To open a Private Window without opening a normal window first, follow these instructions.