Android Tips

Tip #716

May 29, 2025

By adding the Reader View button to the Address Bar, you can keep a distraction-free reading mode within easy reach.

To add a Reader View toggle to the Address Bar:

1. Make sure the feature is enabled in Settings > Content Settings > Accessibility.
2. Go to Settings > Appearance & Theme > Toolbar Shortcut.
3. If needed, enable the feature.
4. Select “Reader view for web pages”.

Tip #711

May 22, 2025

You can decide whether your tabs in Vivaldi on Android are shown in a grid with page previews as thumbnails or as a simple list.

To change the Tab Switcher’s layout:

1. Go to Settings > Tabs.
2. Toggle on/off “Show Tab Switcher as List”.

Tip #706

May 13, 2025

To make account registration and login faster, some websites offer to create accounts using a third-party service, such as Google, Apple, Facebook, etc. When you’re logged into one of the aforementioned sites, you’ll notice sign-in prompts popping up on websites that have implemented third-party sign-ins.

It may be easy to create an account that way, but it does allow the service providers to track and profile you, and the website may get access to personal data you might not have shared using their own sign-up form, to name just a couple of risks.

If you won’t be using this sign-in method and prefer not to see these prompts either, you can block them.

To disable third-party sign-in prompts in Vivaldi on Android:

1. Go to Settings > Content Settings > Site Settings > Content > Third-party sign-in.
2. Toggle the setting off.

Tip #692

April 14, 2025

When you move the Address and Tab Bars to the bottom edge of the screen, the Navigation Bar, together with some useful buttons, will be hidden. For example, the one taking you back to the Start Page. Luckily, there’s a setting in Vivaldi on Android that you can toggle to bring it back.

To add a Home button to the Address Bar:

1. Go to Settings > Appearance & Theme.
2. Enable “Show Start Page Icon in Address Bar”.

If you want to open a website instead of the Start Page when tapping on the Home button (and New Tab button), go to Settings > General > Homepage to set the web page link.

Tip #689

April 9, 2025

While customizing the appearance of the Start Page is fun, you probably don’t do it very often. The same goes for manually adding new Speed Dial bookmarks. If that’s the case, feel free to hide one or both of the buttons in Vivaldi on Android and iOS and use alternative routes on occasions you do need to access these features.

To hide the buttons from the Start Page:

1. Tap on the “Customize” button on the Start Page.
   Alternatively, go to Settings > Start Page.
2. Toggle off “Customize Start Page Button” and/or “Show Add Button”.

When these buttons have been hidden, tap on the 3 dot menu in the top right corner of the Start Page and select “Customize Start Page” to access customization settings. To add new Speed Dial bookmarks, select the right Speed Dial folder when adding an open web page as a bookmark or add one manually in the Bookmarks Panel.

Tip #678

March 25, 2025

Keep your Notes in Vivaldi on Android and iOS neatly organized by adding titles to them. That way you don’t have to waste time looking for a note by just seeing the first couple of words of your notes.

To rename a note in Vivaldi on Android:

1. Long-press on a note in the Notes list to select it.
2. Tap on the “Edit” button at the top of the Notes Panel.
3. Rename the note.
4. Tap on “Save”.

To rename a note in Vivaldi on iOS:

1. Long-press on a note in the Notes list.
2. Select “Rename Title” from the context menu.
3. Rename the note.
4. Tap on “OK”.

Tip #676

March 21, 2025

Whenever you translate selected text from a web page or something you’ve entered in the Translate Panel in Vivaldi on Android and iOS, the original text and the translation are saved in the Translate Panel’s history.

To view Translation History in Vivaldi on Android:

1. Open the Translate Panel.
2. At the bottom of the panel, tap on “Show Translate History”.

To view Translation History in Vivaldi on iOS:

1. Open the Translate Panel.
2. Near the bottom of the panel, tap the clock button to see previous translations.

Tip #675

March 20, 2025

When you move the Tab and Address Bars to the bottom the Navigation Bar disappears and you have more screen space. If you prefer to keep the Tab and Address Bars on top there’s still a way to hide the Navigation Bar.

To hide the Navigation Bar:

1. Go to Settings > Appearance & Theme.
2. Disable “Show Navigation Bar”.

When hidden, the Tab Switcher button is moved to the Address Bar and other features are available from the main Vivaldi menu.

Tip #664

March 5, 2025

We all have our preferred workflows and it’s great when the tools you use are able to adapt to that workflow. That’s why in Vivaldi on Android and iOS you can choose what gets shown to you when you open the Start Page. Is it the selection of your most visited sites (bookmarked or not), the first group with your most important Speed Dials, or the one you viewed most recently?

To select your preferred Start Page opening view:

1. Go to Settings > Start Page > Reopen Start Page with.
2. Choose between:
   • First Group,
   • Top Sites,
   • Last Visited Group.

Tip #660

February 27, 2025

In case you don’t want to delete your full browsing history on Android, but still want to do a little cleanup in the Tab Switcher, after closing irrelevant tabs, you can also remove them from the Closed Tabs list.

To clean up your Closed Tabs:

1. Open the Tab Switcher.
2. Go to the Closed Tabs page.
3. Long-press on an entry.
4. Select “Remove all”.

Tip #656

February 20, 2025

If you have ever struggled to locate a specific tab, this feature will be a game changer. In the Tab Switcher, you can search through all your open tabs, and should the tab you’re looking for no longer be open you can continue to search for the page on the web.

To search for an open tab:

1. Open the Tab Switcher.
2. Tap on the Search button in the top right corner on Android and the top left on iOS.
3. Start typing the tab’s title or URL.
4. Tap on the result to open the tab.

Tip #651

February 13, 2025

While tiling is possible on your Android phone, the small screen makes it difficult to see the content of both tiled web pages. But tablets’ screens fit a lot more, so tiling web pages there makes a lot more sense.

To tile web pages on Android, they need to be open in separate windows. To tile your current Vivaldi window with a new window, open the main Vivaldi menu and select “New Window”. The two Vivaldi windows will be tiled automatically.

To tile Vivaldi with another window you already have open or with a different app:

1. Open the tablet’s app switcher menu.
2. Tap on Vivaldi’s logo and select “Open in split screen view”.
3. Browse through your apps and tap on the one you want to tile Vivaldi with.