iOS Tips

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.

Tip #667

March 10, 2025

It can be convenient to find a page you recently visited or autofill forms with your information, but it’s also good to get rid of unnecessary data every now and then. In Vivaldi on iOS, you can choose what to delete and for what time period.

To delete your browsing data:

1. Open the Vivaldi menu > Delete browsing data.
   Alternatively, tap on “Delete browsing data” in the History Panel or go to Settings > Privacy and security > Delete browsing data.
2. Select the time range you want to delete data for.
3. Select the data types you want to delete.
4. Tap on “Delete browsing data”.

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 #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 #652

February 14, 2025

Keep your workflow uninterrupted with this swift way to share the active tab’s link with others from your iPhone and iPad.

To share a page:

1. Long-press on the Address Bar to open the context menu.
2. Select “Share page”.
3. Select the suggested contact or app you want to share the page link with.

Check out Tip #605 for an alternative way of sharing pages.