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Website permissions

Desktop

Permissions in Vivaldi Only a few are allowed by default, some are blocked outright, and as for the rest, your permission will be asked every time a new […]

History on Android

Android

View a list of websites you’ve visited in Vivaldi’s History Panel. History Panel Open the History Panel by tapping on the Panel button on the left side of […]

Settings on Android

Get started on Android

Open Settings to customize the Vivaldi browser to match your preferences.

Privacy and Security Settings

Desktop

Vivaldi’s privacy and security settings give you solid control to safeguard your private data.

User Profiles

Desktop

User profiles allow multiple “users” to share one Vivaldi installation, without requiring you to log in to a different operating system user account, or maintain multiple Standalone installations. Each […]

Guest profile

Desktop

Browsing in Guest Profile means that searches, sites visited, cookies, and temporary files won’t be stored by Vivaldi. The Guest Profile will have Vivaldi’s default look and settings […]

Address Bar

Desktop

Vivaldi browser’s Address Bar is home to a lot more than just the URL field and basic navigation buttons. Continue reading to get to know all the available […]

Private Windows

Desktop

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 […]

“Decryption Failed: Risk of Data Loss” error dialog on startup

Desktop

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 […]

History

Desktop

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, […]

Cookies sync or not

Sync

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 [...]

By cedricdes

Cookies disappeared

Vivaldi for Windows

I've been using Vivaldi for a few years now, so I know my way around it. When I started Vivaldi this morning I found that my cookies are gone, and as a consequence, I'm logged out of my web applications, like Gmail, Twitter, Instagram... It's similar to what was posted last year in: https://forum.vivaldi.net/topic/78407/lost-all-cookies History, [...]

By Gardfield

Can't remove some cookies

Vivaldi for Windows

Hello, I have an issue on 2 computers, they use Windows 10 and the last version of Vivaldi, 7.4.3684.38 (Stable channel) (64 bits). Let's say I make Ctrl+F12, type "cookies" at the search bar, show saved cookies (or something like that in English, I use Spanish version), and then I scroll with the mouse. Expected behavior: [...]

By muladeseis2000

Lost all cookies

Vivaldi for Windows

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 [...]

By MIC132MIC

cf_clearance cookies cannot be removed

Vivaldi for Linux

Some domains send cf_clearance cookies (which seem to be related to Cloudflare) which cannot be removed by Vivaldi. Why not?

By ferryman

Cookies in incognito are saved

Vivaldi for Windows

After last update if I open a page in an incognito windows, the cookies (of the websites opened in incognito) are saved into not-incognito vivaldi, that wasn't like that before.

By gabrasca

Session-only cookies means...

Vivaldi for Windows

I want to allow all cookies, but then have Vivaldi delete them all whenever I close the browser. This is what "Session-only" option does, correct? And how do I add exceptions to this list, if I want to keep cookies from certain websites?

By paulri

Cookies aren't always deleted

Desktop

Hi! I was tipped off on Twitter that not all cookies are always deleted in Vivaldi. Here I tested on a macOS in a fresh profile. In a first tab, go to vivaldi://settings/siteData and make sure there are no saved cookies. In a second tab, open cnn.com Reload the first tab (settings) to see all [...]

By privacytests

Whitelist cookies in app?

Vivaldi for Android

Is there a way to whitelist cookies for certain sites in the mobile app? I'm hoping to replace DuckDuckGo as my default browser, but I need some sites to stay logged in permanently. I make use of the "Fireproof" option in DDG to protect certain sites, since I have it close tabs and delete data [...]

By BrianaDragon

Managing individual cookies?

Vivaldi for Windows

I migrated from Win 7 to Win 11 recently and missed the feature in up-to-date version of Vivaldi (6.5.3206.53) - managing individual cookies via Site Info panel. Previously I could select Site Info -> Cookies and data -> selecting domain -> delete only specific cookie. Now looks like Vivaldi allow me only delete all cookies [...]

By MrDB

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