iOS Tips

Tip #742

July 22, 2025

Opening the Vivaldi browser on Android or iOS and tapping on a Speed Dial is already a quick way to go to a bookmarked page, but what if you have a lot of Speed Dials or you haven’t added the bookmark to your Start Page? Then browsing through the bookmarks to find the right one can take longer.

When you give your bookmarks nicknames, on the other hand, you can open them quickly by typing the nickname in the search field. And why not do that directly from the Search Widget without opening the browser first?

To add the Search Widget on mobile check out the instrcutions for Android here and for iOS here.

To give a bookmark a nickname:

1. Open the Bookmarks Panel.
2. Find the bookmark you want to give a nickname to.
3. Long-press on it and select “Edit” (pencil icon on Android).
4. Give the bookmark a short nickname.
5. Tap “Done”.

To open a bookmarked website from the widget.

1. Tap on the Search Widget on the home screen.
2. Type the nickname.
3. Tap “Go”.

Tip #738

July 10, 2025

Vivaldi is known for its abundance of settings that allow you to customize the browser to fit your workflow and aesthetic preferences. To make navigating Settings easier, they’ve been divided into folders, meaning you might end up a couple of levels deep when toggling a setting. But instead of making your way back to the start step by step using the back button, you can simply tap the “X” (Android) or “Done” (iOS) button in the top right corner to get back to browsing.

Tip #731

June 26, 2025

Make browsing easy on the eyes by selecting a good zoom level for texts on web pages. In Vivaldi on iOS, you can choose a default zoom level for all pages and fine-tune it further with custom zoom levels for pages that need it.

To review zoom settings:

1. Go to Settings > Content Settings > Page Zoom.
2. Choose your preferred default page zoom level.

Additionally, you can go to “Specific Website Zoom Settings” to see which websites have a custom zoom level.

Tip #722

June 9, 2025

You can keep things more private and clean by excluding your past searches from the Address Field drop-down menu suggestions in Vivaldi on Android and iOS.

1. Go to Settings > Address Bar > Address Field Suggestions.
2. Disable “Search History”.

Tip #712

May 23, 2025

Want to put on some music while browsing or don’t want to pause a video to respond to a message in a different app? Normally audio and video playback will stop when you switch tabs or apps, but there’s a setting in Vivaldi on iOS that, when enabled, will keep the audio in the tab playing, even when it’s no longer the active tab.

To enable media playback in the background:

1. Go to Settings > General.
2. Enable Allow media playback in background.

Tip #707

May 15, 2025

In addition to translating full pages, Vivaldi can help you translate small snippets of text. Just highlight the text you want to translate and tap the “Translate” option in the context menu that appears. Whether the translation is shown in a basic dialog or in the full-featured Translate Panel is up to you.

To display selected text translations in the Translate Panel:

1. Go to the main Vivaldi menu > Settings > Content Settings.
2. Enable “Prefer Translate Panel”.

Tip #703

May 8, 2025

If you’ve accumulated a lot of open tabs on your iPhone or iPad, closing them one by one can be tedious. Luckily there are ways in Vivaldi on iOS to close all tabs or a selection of them all at once.

To close all tabs:

1. Open the Tab Switcher.
2. Tap on “Edit” in the bottom left corner of the Tab Switcher.
3. Select “Close All Tabs”.

To close multiple tabs:

1. Open the Tab Switcher.
2. Tap on “Edit” and select “Select tabs”.
3. Tap on all the tabs you want to close.
4. Tap on “Close tabs” in the bottom left corner of the Tab Switcher.

Tip #696

April 21, 2025

After you close the last tab you had open on your iPhone or iPad, normally, a new tab with the Start Page or your preferred website opens automatically. If you’d rather not open a new tab, you can disable this feature.

To disable the opening of a new tab:

1. Go to Settings > Tabs.
2. Toggle off “Open New Tab on Closing Last Tab”.

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 #684

April 2, 2025

In addition to auto-filling login credentials on websites you’re browsing in the Vivaldi browser, you can auto-fill them in other apps on your iPhone and iPad. One way to view your saved passwords is to go to Settings in Vivaldi and find them there, but you can also add a widget to the home screen to get to them with one tap.

To add the Passwords Manager widget:

1. Long-press on the home screen.
2. Tap on “Edit” in the top right corner and select “Add Widget”.
3. Find Vivaldi and tap on it.
4. Swipe to the Password Manager option.
5. Tap “Add Widget”.

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.