Installing Vivaldi from the App Store

To install Vivaldi on your iOS device:

1. Open the App Store.
2. Search for Vivaldi Browser.
3. Tap on GET and verify yourself.
4. Once it has finished loading, tap Open.
5. Go through the onboarding flow and start browsing!

Vivaldi on iOS is supported on iOS version 17.0 and above.

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Updating the mobile browser

The app will be updated silently in the background when you have automatic updates enabled in your iPhone’s/iPad’s Settings > App Store > App Updates. You can tell that the app has been updated to a new version when iOS’ What’s New page is opened in a new tab.

In case you have automatic updates disabled:

Option 1

1. Open the App Store.
2. Open the account menu in the top right corner.
3. Scroll to the Upcoming Automatic Updates section.
4. Find Vivaldi on the list.
5. Tap on Update.

Option 2

1. Search for Vivaldi on the App Store.
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 library or home screen.
2. Long-press on the app logo.
3. Tap on Delete App.

Option 2

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

You can use Vivaldi on iOS to download files from the internet. Continue reading to learn how to view and manage your downloaded files.

Viewing downloaded files

To view your downloads, either:

• Open the  Vivaldi menu and select  Downloads.
• On your iPhone/iPad, go to Files > Browse > On my iPhone/iPad > Vivaldi.

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Searching downloads

To search through your downloads, tap on the  Search field at the top of the page and enter your search term.

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Sharing downloads

To share a downloaded file:

1. Long press on the file in the Downloads folder or, while the file is open, tap on the Share button in the bottom left corner.
2. Select Share.
3. Pick an app or a feature to use for file sharing.

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Deleting downloads

To delete a downloaded file:

1. Long press on the file in the Downloads folder.
2. Select Delete.

Vivaldi on iOS offers a selection of App Icons for you to choose from, allowing you to match Vivaldi with your iPhone’s / iPad’s style. Your chosen App Icon will be displayed on the home screen, in the App Library, and elsewhere where Vivaldi is displayed.

To choose a custom App Icon:

1. Go to Vivaldi menu > Settings > App Icon.
2. Tap on the icon you’d like to set for Vivaldi.
3. Tap OK to confirm your decision.

To make Vivaldi your default browser on Android:

1. Open the Vivaldi menu and select Set as default browser.
   If you have Settings open, scroll to Web Pages section and toggle on Set as default browser.
2. In the view that opens, tap on Browser app to set a new default.
3. Select Vivaldi Browser.

Alternatively, open Android Settings and go to Apps > Default Apps, to make Vivaldi the default browser app.

To make Vivaldi your default browser on iOS:

1. Go to  Vivaldi menu > Settings > Default browser.
2. Tap on Open Vivaldi Settings.
3. Tap on Default Browser App.
4. Select Vivaldi.

Alternatively, you can get to Vivaldi’s settings in iOS, by opening your mobile device’s Settings and scrolling to find or searching for Vivaldi.

Vivaldi Social, like any social media platform, is full of people posting on a multitude of topics at various intervals. If some accounts post too much or you don’t care for the content of their posts, you have the option to mute the account or block them outright.

Mute an account

To stop seeing posts from a user and posts that mention them:

1. Click on ⋯ More below one of their posts or on︙Menu on their profile.
2. Select Mute [@username].
3. Choose for how long you want to mute them (from 5 minutes to 7 days or indefinitely) and whether you still want to receive notifications from them.
4. Click Mute.

When you mute someone, you won’t see their content, but they’ll still be able to follow and interact with your account and posts. If you don’t want that, consider blocking the account.

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Mute boosts

If you like seeing a user’s own posts, but don’t want to see the content they boost:

1. Click on︙Menu on their profile.
2. Select Hide boosts from [@username].

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Mute notification

Did you make a post that’s gaining traction and now you’re flooded with notifications about comments and boosts? (Temporarily) muting notifications can let you browse in peace, while the discussion is still ongoing. To mute the notifications for the post:

1. Click on ⋯ More below your post.
2. Select Mute conversation.

For additional notification settings, go to the Notifications page and click on Show settings at the top of the page to adjust your preferences.

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Block an account

To hide an account’s content and prevent it from following and interacting with you:

1. Click on ⋯ More below one of their posts or on︙Menu on their profile.
2. Select Block [@username].
3. Click Block to confirm your decision.

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Block an instance

If you’ve noticed that some Mastodon instance has a lot of users you’d like to block, you can block the whole instance instead of blocking accounts one by one. Blocking an instance will hide all content from all users on that domain and remove all followers you have from that instance. Use this option as a last resort, as you might miss posts from great users, who just happen to be on the same instance.

To block an instance:

1. Click on︙Menu on one of the profiles.
2. Select Block domain [domain name].

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View muted and blocked accounts

To see who you’ve muted and blocked:

1. Click on︙Menu on your own profile.
2. Select Muted users, Blocked users, or Blocked domains.

Accessing the History Panel

To open the History Panel:

• Click on the History button on the Panel.
• Go to Vivaldi menu > View > History Panel.
• Type “History Panel” in Quick Commands.
• Use the Keyboard Shortcut Ctrl + Shift + H / ⌥ ⌘ Y.
• Create a Mouse Gesture for opening the History Panel.

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Browsing the history

Your browsing history is grouped into folders by date. To open or close the date folder, click on the arrow in front of the date. To open or close all folders:

1. Right-click on the list of entries;
2. Select either Expand All Folders or Collapse All Folders from the context menu.

To change the displayed history time range, click on the menu next to the search field (label shows the current view) and select between:

• today,
• yesterday,
• last 7 days,
• last 30 days,
• self assigned date range,
• all history.

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Opening links from History

To open a link:

• Double-click on the entry;
• Right-click and select how to open the link;
• Select the history entry and press Enter;
• Perform the Mouse Gesture for opening links.

To open multiple history entries:

1. Hold down the Shift key to select multiple links in a row or Ctrl/⌘ key to  select links that aren’t necessarily next to each other.
2. Use one of the latter three options listed above for opening links.

You can also open all links from a specific day or days.

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Searching through History

To search for a visited link, type either part of the web page title or URL in the search field in the top left corner of the History Panel. Results will be shown as you type.

Filter by domain

To show results only from a specific website:

1. Right-click on one of the entries from that domain;
2. Select Filter by “website.com”.

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Sorting visited links

To sort the history, click on the menu between the search field and the list of history entries (label shows the current sorting option). You can sort history by:

• date,
• title,
• address, and
• number of page views.

Click on the arrow on the right to switch between ascending and descending order.

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Saving history entries as Bookmarks

You can save a visited link as a bookmark without having to open the link again. To do that:

1. Right-click on the link;
2. Select Save as bookmark from the context menu.

Use the Ctrl/⌘ or Shift key to select and save multiple links as bookmarks.

You can also save all links you’ve visited in a single day by right-clicking on the date and selecting Save as bookmarks from the context menu.

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Deleting history

To delete a single entry:

1. Right-click on the history entry you want to delete;
2. Select Delete from the context menu or press Delete on your keyboard.

To delete multiple entries at once, select them by holding down the Ctrl/⌘ or Shift key.

To delete all history:

1. Click on Clear Browsing Data in the top right corner of the panel.
2. Select the time range you want to delete the data for and the data types you want to clear.
3. Click Delete.

To change how long your browsing history is saved for, go to Settings > Privacy > Save Browsing History.

Two-Factor Authentication adds a layer of security when logging in to accounts.

Workspaces allow you to quickly group tabs for pages related to various topics.

What is Mastodon?

Mastodon is a type of server software that provides access to a decentralized open-source social network (some people also informally use the word Mastodon to refer to the actual network itself). This network is made up of countless privately operating servers or “instances”. Some are public for everyone to join, others have restrictions on signing up.

Vivaldi Social is one such instance and everyone with a Vivaldi account can join. Vivaldi Social is run on Vivaldi’s servers in Iceland and is administered by the Vivaldi team. You can post short posts, images, links and more, to share your thoughts and ideas with the world. It works similarly to most other social networks, such as Twitter or Facebook.

Users on Mastodon instances can follow and interact with users on their instance, but they can also follow and interact with users on many other instances. You can think of Mastodon instances like email service providers. With any email account you can potentially message anyone, it does not matter who provides the underlying services or if you are on the same service as your friend. This is also true on Mastodon and the Fediverse.

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What is the Fediverse?

In the same context as Mastodon, you will often also hear the term “The Fediverse”. Mastodon is currently the most popular Fediverse server software. The Fediverse, or sometimes just Fedi, stands for Federated Universe. It’s a collection of many different, independent social media servers (others include GoToSocial, Pleroma, Friendica, and PixelFed), which can interact with each other. The servers can do that thanks to a common technical standard called ActivityPub.

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Joining Vivaldi Social

To join Vivaldi Social all you need to do is to go to https://social.vivaldi.net and log in with the account you use for other Vivaldi services, such as Sync. If you don’t have a Vivaldi account yet, there is an option to create one directly from the Vivaldi Social website.

You can also join Vivaldi Social from your favorite Mastodon desktop client or mobile app. When logging in, search for our instance social.vivaldi.net and follow the login instructions.

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Account information and connecting with others

• Your Vivaldi account’s short form username (used for login) will be of the format: JohnDoe.
• Vivaldi Social’s instance name is social.vivaldi.net

To help friends to find you, give them your your username in long format @[email protected] (it looks like an email address with an extra @ at the beginning). Your friends can use this to look you up by searching for it in the search feature on their own instance. After locating you in this way, they will be able to follow or click on your name to see your profile.

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