Posts on Vivaldi Social are limited to 1337 characters. If you need more space to express your ideas, you can create a post on your blog on Vivaldi.net and have it automatically shared on Vivaldi Social.
To start publishing your blog posts on Vivaldi Social:
From the menu on the left side, go to Settings > ActivityPub.
Review and adjust the settings.
Click Save Changes.
Few things to note.
There is a small delay between when a new post gets published on Vivaldi.net and when it shows up on Vivaldi Social. To speed up the process, enter the blog post’s link in Vivaldi Social’s search field and press Enter.
The blog posts are not published from your main Vivaldi account, but they’ll get their own blog account with the user handle @[email protected]. For example, @[email protected] will show posts from tips.vivaldi.net.
Also, blog posts won’t show up in the Local or Federated timelines, so make sure to Boost your blog posts from your main account and ask your followers to follow the blog’s account on Vivaldi Social, so they’d see new posts on their Home timeline.
If you delete a blog post on Vivaldi.net, it will not be deleted from Vivaldi Social
Search and follow Vivaldi Blogs on Vivaldi Social
To see whether your favorite bloggers on Vivaldi.net are sharing their content on Vivaldi Social, search for their user handle (@[email protected]) in Vivaldi Social. When their account shows up in search results, you can follow that account to see their latest posts and engage with them.
Post discussion
Comments left on the blog post on Vivaldi Social will show up below the post both on Vivaldi Social and Vivaldi.net. Your main account on Vivaldi Social will not be notified about any comments, so make sure to check the post or your blog on Vivaldi.net.
Comments left on the blog post on Vivaldi.net will not be displayed on Vivaldi Social.
Once active, the Reader View button on the Address Bar will have a highlighted background.
Below the title you’ll also see a minute counter, estimating how long it will take to read the article.
Reader View Settings
Go to Settings > Webpages > Reader and adjust the Reader View settings, such as font face and size, line height, column width, and color scheme. To enable vertical reader mode, first tick the box for Allow Vertical Text Direction.
To access Reader View settings directly on the website:
Make sure Display Settings on Page in Reader Mode has been enabled in Reader settings.
Enable Reader View on the webpage.
Click on the Reader View Settings icon at the top right corner of a page.
Reader View icon not showing
If the Reader View button doesn’t show in the Address Bar, the page may not support this feature. Reader View button will only show when the webpage has suitable content.
This guide will explain how you can remove Vivaldi from your computer. Choose which operating system you are using and follow the appropriate steps below.
In this article, we’ll explain what are the causes, and what to do when encountering a “Decryption Failed: Risk of Data Loss” dialog.
Vivaldi may show a dialog on startup when it fails to decrypt an encrypted user profile. Your user profile contains your Settings, History, Bookmarks, Cookies, and more. To protect the data in your profile, Vivaldi encrypts it to prevent attackers from gaining access to your profile.
When the dialog appears, it means that the decryption secret key has gone missing or that it has been changed. Your decryption secret key is stored safely in a subsystem managed by your operating system (the key store). Vivaldi uses Keychain on Mac OS, OSCrypt on Windows, and either GNOME Secrets or KWallet on Linux. These subsystems are unique to your user account on your device; your user account password unlocks these encrypted subsystems when you log in to your computer.
You need to use the same decryption secret key on the same operating system user account on the same operating system to unlock your secure storage and successfully decrypt your Vivaldi profile.
You cannot use the same Vivaldi profile on multiple user accounts on the same computer or on different computers. Please use Vivaldi Sync to keep your data in sync between multiple instances of Vivaldi on different computers or between user accounts on the same computer.
For Linux users with multiple desktop environments, please configure all your desktop environments to use the same key store. The key store to use is derived from the standard XDG_SESSION_DESKTOP environmental variable. To override the automatic selection, you can use the launch argument --password-store=gnome-libsecret. Other supported values include kwallet5 and kwallet6. You can also disable the encryption system with basic (strongly discouraged!).
If you encounter this warning dialog, you may know what changes you have made and know how to undo them to restore your profile. Closing the dialog will exit Vivaldi and give you an opportunity to fix the problem. E.g., you might be able to export a secret key from one computer and migrate it to another. This is beyond the scope of this article.
You can also choose to continue with data loss. Selecting this option will log you out of most websites, your Vivaldi Mail and Calendar accounts, Vivaldi Sync, and more. It will also delete your saved passwords. Some protected settings may also revert to their default values. After resetting your profile, it will be encrypted using a new secret key stored in the user account on the current computer.
Your secret key may be irrecoverably lost if you reset or override your computer’s user account password.
Please note that this dialog may appear due to a common miss configuration problem: Your key store will be locked when you lock your screen or the computer hibernates; and then subsequently fails to unlock after unlocking the screen or resuming the session. This problem can happen on any operating system but is a common problem on more obscure Linux distributions or desktop environments.
Other web browsers either do not encrypt your profile or silently delete the same data without warning!
Web Panels are customisable Tabs which allow you to keep your favourite sites easily accessible in the side Panel of Vivaldi. Opening a Web Panel will allow you to simultaneously view its content alongside the tab(s) in your main window.
Add a new Web Panel
From the Panel
Open the Panel area either by clicking the Show Panel icon on the left side of the Status Bar or using the corresponding Keyboard Shortcut (F4 / ⌥⌘ P)
Click the Add Web Panel button to:
add the current active page,
one of your frequently visited websites or
to type a URL.
From the context menu
Right-click anywhere on an open web page to open the context menu
Select Add Page to Web Panel from the menu
The page will be available immediately as a Web Panel.
In case you’re asked to download an App or a message says that the page is not available on Mobile, switch to desktop mode.
To switch views:
Option 1
Click on the Switch to Desktop/Mobile View button at the top of the Web Panel.
Option 2
Right-click on the Web Panel button.
Select Show Desktop/Mobile Version.
Using drag and drop
When you have the web page you want to add as a Web Panel open in a Tab:
Start dragging downwards towards the Panel bar on the side of the browser window.
When you see a line in your Theme‘s highlight colour appear on the Panel bar, release your mouse to create the new Web Panel. Alternatively, drop the link on the Add Web Panel button.
Access Web Panels
To open a Web Panel, either:
Click on the Web Panel’s button in the side Panel;
Use a Keyboard Shortcut (set a specific shortcut for each Web Panel in Settings > Keyboard > View);
Open Vivaldi Menu > View > Web Panels and click on the web panel you want to open;
Use a Mouse Gesture (create a gesture for each Web Panel in Settings > Mouse > Gesture Mapping);
In case you have more Web Panels than your window height can accommodate, then place the mouse cursor on the side bar and scroll up and down.
Customise Web Panels
Some Web Panels need more space than others. To have panels with separate width:
Right-click on the Web Panel’s icon;
select Separate Width;
from the outer edge of the panel drag it to preferred size.
To display navigation buttons, right click on the Web Panel’s icon > Toolbar > Display All Controls.
Reorder Web Panels
To change the order of Web Panels:
Hold down the Ctrl / ⌘ key.
Drag the Web Panel to it’s preferred location.
Web panels can be rearranged among themselves. They can’t be mixed with the browser’s Panels.
Zoom in Web Panels
To increase or decrease the size of the content in Web Panels:
Right-click on a Web Panel.
Select Toolbar > Display Zoom Controls from the context menu.
Then click on the zoom buttons and at the top of the Web Panel to zoom in and out.
Zoom level is retained through closing and reopening of the Web Panel and browser restarts.
Periodic Reload of Web Panels
Periodic web panel reload can be used on sites where the page is often updated, but the new content isn’t automatically displayed.
To reload a web panel every X minutes:
Right-click on the Web Panel;
Select Periodic Reload;
And pick the interval between 1 and 30 minutes.
To disable Periodic Reload of a Web Panel:
Right-click on the Web Panel;
Select Periodic Reload;
Select Disable or Disable all, if you have more than one Periodic Reload active.
Mute Web Panels
Like Tabs, Web Panels can also play some sounds. If you’ve added, for example, messaging services or video/audio sites as Web Panels, but need them to stay quiet for a while, you can mute them.
To mute and unmute a Web Panel:
Right-click on the Web Panel’s icon.
Select Mute Panel from the context menu.
To unmute Web Panels you can also click on the muted speaker icon.
Open a page from a Web Panel in a new Tab
To open the page you currently have open in the Web Panel in a Tab:
Option 1
Right-click on the Web Panel’s icon.
Hover over Open in.
Click on either New Tab, New Background Tab, Current Tab, New Window, Private Window depending on, where you want to open the web page.
Option 2
Right-click on the Web Panel’s top menu bar.
Hover over Open in.
Click on either New Tab, New Background Tab, Current Tab, New Window, Private Window depending on, where you want to open the web page.
Option 3
If you have a mouse with a middle mouse button (in some cases the scroll wheel), click on the Web Panel’s icon with the middle mouse button to open the page in a new background tab.
Remove a Web Panel
To remove a web panel:
Right-click on the Web Panel’s icon;
Select Remove Web Panel.
To restore a deleted Web Panel:
Right-click on the Panel;
Go to Removed Web Panels (if you right-clicked on a Panel or Web Panel button, go to Panels > Removed Web Panels);
Click on the Web Panel you want to restore.
Alternatively, click on Clear All to remove them permanently.
To just hide, instead of remove a Web Panel:
Right-click on the Web Panel;
Go to Panels;
Click on the Web Panel you want to hide in the context menu.
Panels and Web Panels with a check-mark in front of their name in the right-click context menu are displayed, those without are hidden.
Popular uses for Web Panels
Below we’ve listed a few of the most common uses for custom Web Panels. Keep in mind that due to the smaller view area, mobile-friendly sites will work best. Try adding one yourself by opening the link and adding it via the instructions above!
Log in on Vivaldi.net and go to your profile (top right corner);
Click on ‘Delete account’ in the lower half of the profile page (next to ‘Change password’ and ‘Export data’);
If you’re certain that you want to delete the account, click on ‘Yes, delete my account’;
An email is sent to your account’s recovery email address, so head on to that mailbox and open the link sent in the email;
Confirm your decision by entering your account’s password.
Important
Please note that after the password has been entered and submitted, there’s no option to restore the account and its data. Also, it won’t be possible to register with the same username again.
If you are deleting your account in order to sign up with a different username, you may need to wait a few minutes before signing up again, as it may take some time to delete the data from all our databases.
If you are happy with the username but wish to have a different recovery email address, don’t delete the account. Instead, go to your profile on Vivaldi.net and update the recovery email there.
If you no longer have access to the recovery email or have trouble deleting the account, please send us a message below and we’ll do our best to help you.
The History tool in Vivaldi is somewhat different than in a typical browser – instead, Vivaldi’s History is a detailed overview backed by statistics and presented in a fresh, visual way. It was built to give users a powerful and useful tool to explore their browsing patterns and to make finding previously visited sites easier than ever.
Accessing History
To open the History page:
Click on History on the top menu of the Start Page (vivaldi://startpage);
Create a Mouse Gesture for opening the History manager
Using History in Vivaldi
History offers a number of different views and ways to filter your browsing history data in Vivaldi. Get an overview and a few examples with the video below:
Clear Browsing Data
Clearing browsing data can be done from the History page by clicking the Clear Browsing Data button in the top-right of the History page.
Alternatively, open the Delete Browsing Data window:
From Vivaldi menu > Tools > Delete Browsing Data;
By clicking the Clear Browsing Data button in the top-right corner of the History Panel;
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
Restart the browser.
Privacy
History data is strictly private and stored locally to individual Vivaldi installations – Vivaldi Technologies does not collect any History data from browser users. Find out more about Vivaldi’s Privacy policies and terms here.
If you have issues uninstalling Vivaldi while using Windows 10, Windows 10 provides two different UIs to add/remove programs: the old style UI, and a new modern look (see screenshots below). Only the older style UI will allow a non-admin user to uninstall a single user installed program.
Older add/remove program Windows UI
New add/remove programs UI in Windows 10.
To uninstall Vivaldi from Windows 10, make sure that you are using the old add/remove UI.
To ensure that you are, follow these steps:
Use ⊞ WinKey+R to open the Run dialog,
Type: control appwiz.cpl,
Press OK,
Scroll down to the “Vivaldi” entry and double click it.
Alternatively, you can also uninstall the browser by using the setup.exe we include with Vivaldi and calling it directly, e.g. assuming the version number is 1.7.735.29, start the run dialog and then issue the following:
Reader View button on the right side of the 
Settings icon at the top right corner of a page.
Vivaldi menu > Help > About. Or type 
Show Panel icon on the left side of the 
Add Web Panel button to:
Site info button on the 
and 
at the top of the Web Panel to zoom in and out.
muted speaker icon.
Clear Browsing Data button in the top-right of the History page.
Older add/remove program Windows UI
New add/remove programs UI in Windows 10.