Desktop Tips

Tip #743

July 24, 2025

Decide for how many days tabs should be considered active.

Vivaldi’s tab management features make it easy to manage the tabs you’ve accumulated across all your windows and Workspaces. The Inactive Tabs list in the Windows Panel gives you an overview of tabs you haven’t looked at in a while and makes it easy to close them if they’re no longer needed.

To choose the inactivity cutoff point for tabs:

  1. Go to Settings > Tabs > Tab Display > Inactive Tabs.
  2. Move the slider to choose the number of days for determining inactivity.
Tab settings in Vivaldi. An arrow points at the "Inactive Tabs" setting.

Tip #740

July 15, 2025

Use Vivaldi Feed Reader without enabling the mail and calendar clients.

If you’re settled with other ways than using Vivaldi Mail and Calendar to manage your emails and events, but still want to make use of the Feed Reader, you can enable only one of the clients in our productivity features trio.

To enable Feeds:

  1. Go to Settings > Feeds.
  2. Select “Enable Feeds”.
Vivaldi Feeds settings. An arrow points at the "Enable Feeds" option,

Tip #739

July 11, 2025

Choose a preferred DNS Over HTTPS provider.

In order to open a website, its IP address has to be fetched via a DNS (Domain Name System) provider. Secure DNS accesses DNS servers over HTTPS and encrypts all the data being transferred between your device and the DNS servers.

To choose a DNS provider in Vivaldi on desktop:

  1. Go to Settings > Network.
  2. Make sure DNS Lookup Over HTTPS is enabled.
  3. Select your preferred provider.
Vivaldi browser's Network settings page. an arrow points at the "DNS over HTTPS" setting.

Tip #737

July 7, 2025

Fetch new posts from all feeds you follow with just one click.

When you have some time to spend on catching up with your feeds, you may want to start by downloading all the latest posts first.

To check for new posts:

  1. Open the Feeds Panel.
  2. Click on the “Check all feeds” button in the top left corner of the panel.
To right corner of the Vivaldi browser window, showing the Feeds Panel. A magnified icon, shows the "Check all feeds" button.

Tip #736

July 4, 2025

Choose the Speed Dial group you want to open the Start Page with.

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 you can choose what gets shown to you when you open the Start Page. Is it always the Speed Dial with your most important bookmarks or is it the one you viewed most recently?

To choose the view the Start Page is opened with:

  1. Go to Settings > Start Page > Reopen Speed Dial with.
  2. Select between:
    • Last Selected Group,
    • First Group (reorder groups using drag and drop on the navigation bar).
Start Page settings in Vivaldi. An arrow points at the "Reopen Start Page with" setting.

Tip #735

July 3, 2025

Add a pop of color to Tab Stacks.

To make Tab Stacks stand out and be more recognizable, you can assign each stack a color.

To color a stack:

  1. Right-click on the stack to open the context menu.
  2. Select “Edit”.
  3. Pick a color for the stack.
Corner of a Vivaldi browser window with Edit Tab Stack dialog open.

Tip #733

June 30, 2025

Choose your preferred menu for filtering irrelevant messages from view in Vivaldi Mail.

Managing your messages is easier, when you can filter unnecessary emails out of view. It’s up to you to decide, whether you prefer to have the filtering options accessible from a drop-down menu, with each option’s name spelled out, or have them at easy reach above the list of messages as icons.

To pick your preferred filter menu display:

  1. Go to Settings > Mail > Message View Settings > Filter View Buttons.
  2. Choose between “Text Menu” and “Icons Only”.
Vivaldi Mail with filter view buttons as text menu.
Vivaldi Mail with filter view buttons as icons.

Tip #732

June 27, 2025

Display the full date and time on the Status Bar.

The clock on Vivaldi’s Status Bar lets you take a quick glance at the time while you’re browsing as well as set alarms and timers for yourself. By default, only the hours and minutes are displayed, but you can add the current date and seconds to it as well.

To display the full date and time:

  1. Right-click on the clock.
  2. Select “Show date” and “Show Seconds” from the menu.
Bottom right corner of the Vivaldi browser window. The clock's context menu is open and an arrow is pointing at the "Show date" and "Show seconds" options.

Tip #727

June 18, 2025

Combine Compact and Two-Level Tab Stacks.

Do you like the ease of use of Two-Level Tab Stacks, but prefer the display style of the Compact stacks on the main Tab Bar? In Vivaldi, you can have the best of both worlds. If your clicks are precise you can even go straight to a specific tab in the stack without focusing on the grouped tabs first. Just click on the little lines above the stack.

To enable the Compact style:

  1. Go to Settings > Tabs > Tab Features > Tab Stacking.
  2. Select Two-Level Tab Stacks.
  3. Enable “Use Compact Display Style”.
Vivaldi Browser window with Compact Tab Stack style enabled with the Two-Level Tab Bar. An arrow points at one of the stacks.

Tip #726

June 17, 2025

Click on the event title on the reminder to open the Calendar.

With Vivaldi Calendar‘s reminder notifications, you’ll never miss an important event or task. When you receive the notification, simply click on the event title and you’ll be taken to the Calendar, where you can view and edit the event’s details, and in case of a task mark it as done.

Calendar's reminder notification in the Vivaldi browser. An arrow points at the event title in the notification.

Tip #725

June 16, 2025

Create backups of Workspaces by saving them as Sessions.

Working on a crucial project requires taking all the precautions. One way you can do it in Vivaldi is by saving the tabs you have open in the project’s Workspace as a Saved Session. This allows you to open that exact set of tabs any time in the future, even when you’ve closed the tabs or, knock on wood, lost them for some reason.

To save Workspace tabs as a new session:

  1. Select all the tabs in the Workspace either on the Tab Bar or in the Windows Panel.
  2. Right-click on one of the selected tabs.
  3. Select “Save as Session”.
  4. Give the session a name.
  5. Click “Save”.
Vivaldi browser with all tabs selected in the open Workspace. Right-click context menu is open and an arrow points at the option "Save Selected 15 Tabs as Session".

Tip #724

June 13, 2025

Turn a Sticky Note on the Dashboard into a proper note.

The Sticky Notes widget on the browser’s Dashboard allows you to quickly jot down thoughts. In case you want to expand that thought and save it for later, it’s best to save it as a new note, accessible from the Notes Panel and Notes Manager, and synced with your other devices.

To turn a sticky note into a note:

  1. Click on the 3-dot menu at the top right corner of the Sticky Note widget.
  2. Select “Save to a Note”.
Vivaldi browser's Dashboard. Sticky Note widget's menu is open and "Save to Note" option highlighted.