Search results: cookies
Desktop browser / Privacy and Security
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 […]
Desktop browser / Installing and Updating
Vivaldi for Flatpak is distributed through Flathub. You may find Flathub already built-in to your Linux distribution’s software center app. If not, click the button below or copy the following link: https://flathub.org/apps/com.vivaldi.Vivaldi. How do I set Vivaldi for Flatpak as my default browser and/or as my mail client? You must set your preferred applications through […]
iOS browser / Troubleshooting and reporting issues
When you encounter an issue and you’re trying to determine whether you can fix it yourself or need to report a bug, follow the steps below. Remember that in many cases it’s important to reload the web page or restart the app for any changes to take effect. Restart the app Sometimes the simplest things […]
Site Settings in Vivaldi on Android
Android browser / Appearance and Customization
Some permissions in the app are enabled by default, others are blocked and in many cases a website will ask for your permission, for example, to access your device’s camera and microphone, to show you notifications, etc. To review and adjust your preferences for each of the settings: Go to the Vivaldi menu > Settings […]
Account and services / Account
Having trouble creating a Vivaldi account or logging in to the account? Read on for a few troubleshooting tips. Registration issues Error message after submitting the registration form Go back, check that all information is correct and try again. Refresh the page and start again, if necessary. Try disabling Extensions (especially privacy, security and/or content […]
Desktop browser / Privacy and Security
Answers to common security-related questions about Vivaldi. The questions and answers can also be found on https://vivaldi.com/security/common-questions/. I am unable to login or register for my Facebook/Google/Other website account We make the Vivaldi web browser. We do not own the websites that you visit (except vivaldi.com and vivaldi.net) and we cannot control your accounts on […]
Address Field is a section on the Address Bar where you can see the URL of the page you’re currently on. There you can enter a new web page link to navigate to the website or a search term to see search results. But the Address Field in Vivaldi has a lot more to offer. […]
Desktop browser / Troubleshooting and reporting issues
When you encounter an issue and you’re trying to determine whether you can fix it yourself or need to report a bug, follow the steps below. Remember that in many cases it’s important to reload the web page for any changes to take effect. Restart the browser Sometimes the simplest things help, so exit/quit the […]
Preventing Vivaldi profiles from being uploaded to Git repositories
Desktop browser / Privacy and Security
There was a recent news report that showed that thousands of people had accidentally uploaded their home directories/folders to public Git repositories that they were working on, and that included the profile directories for other browsers. You can read more about this here: https://www.theregister.com/2021/11/18/firefox_cookies_github/ We added a detection and protection to the latest release of […]
Progressive Web Apps (PWA) are websites that can be installed as independent applications. They can be opened from shortcuts and used in their own window separate from the main browser. Install Progressive Web Apps To install a website as a PWA: In a tab, open the website you want to install. While the site is […]
delete browsing data>cookies, which cookies?
I can't find an explicit statement about this in vivaldi help.: will all cookies be deleted, or just cookies that have been not been saved. ie, site info>cookies>sites that can always use cookies>add. (too bad that vivaldi doesn't have the setting to delete all cookies that are not in the 'allow' list, whenever the browser [...]
I changed my search nengine to you.com and enabled zero tracking and ADs. Also made cookies available for the session. Now I am being aksed to login every time I start the browser. What Sin have i committed unknowingly
Cookies not synced - possible to copy cookies to other PC?
On my new PC, I enabled sync and everything is like the old PC, exept for cookies. I still need to sign in to every web site again. Is it possible to transfer the cookies from the old installation to the new, so I don't need to sign in again? I'm aware that it may [...]
One way to display cookies is vivaldi://settings/privacy/ and selecting the "Show Saved Cookies" button. For me, this shows 52 cookie entries currently. Another way I have done it in the past is by entering "chrome://settings/content/all" on the address bar. With the current version of Vivaldi (v6.4.3160.34), this no longer works. There is nothing at all [...]
Hi, I would like to block all cookies in the browser. Is there any option to do it? I'm using ZorinOS.
When blocking a cookie using this dialog box, the blocked cookie doesn't move over onto the "Blocked" tab, and I can't find any other way of unblocking it through settings. I've inadvertently blocked a cookie from a website that I really need to use, and can't unblock it, making the site unusable!
Some cookies can't be accepted
Check this link: https://www.picenotime.it No way to accept some cookies...
So when I turned on my PC today and started up Vivaldi I found myself logged out from all websites. Some checking around made it clear that all my cookies have disappeared. I don't use any cookies managers or anything like that, nor did I use a cleaner type utility recently. This is the first [...]
Facebook blocks my account because they claim that I login "from a browser, device or location [I] don't usually use". That's not true. I think they say that because I recently deleted my cookies. To gain my access back I need to loging from another device that I used in the past to login. I [...]