iOS Tips
Tip #605
November 27, 2024
Share links of web pages you have open in Vivaldi on iOS effortlessly with others.
To share a link from your iPhone or iPad, you can tap on the Address Field to copy the link and paste it in some other app, but why do that when there’s a more convenient option.
To share a link of the active tab:
- Open the
Vivaldi menu.
- Tap on “Share Page”.
- Choose the app you want to share the link with or one of the other sharing options available on iOS.

Tip #598
November 18, 2024
Add multiple web pages to Bookmarks on mobile in one go.
When you’ve come across some useful websites during one of your browsing sprees, as long as you have all the web pages open in separate tabs, you can bookmark them all at once.
To bookmark multiple web pages on Android:
- Open the Tab Switcher.
- Open the
menu at the top of the screen and tap on “Select tabs”.
- Tap on the tabs you want to bookmark.
- Tap on the
menu again.
- Select “Bookmark tabs”.
The bookmarks will be saved as a sub folder with the saved date in the title.
To bookmark multiple pages on iOS:
- Open the Tab Switcher.
- Tap on “Edit” in the bottom left corner and tap on “Select tabs”.
- Tap on the tabs you want to bookmark.
- Tap on “Add to…” in the bottom right corner.
- Select “Add to bookmarks”.
- Select the destination folder for the new bookmarks.
- Tap “Done” in the top right corner.
Find out how to do it on desktop from Tip #242.

Tip #596
November 14, 2024
Make it easy for your friends to install Vivaldi on iOS.
If your friend has still not made the switch to Vivaldi on their iPhone or iPad, you can help your buddy out by sharing the App Store link with him, so all they’ll have to do is open the link and tap Install. To make sharing easier for you, we’ve added a quick share option in the main Vivaldi menu.
To share Vivaldi:
- Open the Vivaldi menu and scroll to the bottom.
- Tap on “Share Vivaldi”.
- Select how you want to share the App Store link.
- Follow the app’s guidelines.
It’s a win-win situation. Your friend will be forever indebted to you for recommending the best browser out there and you’ll be helping us, so we can continue doing even more cool stuff at Vivaldi.

Tip #591
November 7, 2024
Enable Pop-Out Video in Vivaldi on iOS to check other apps while watching a video.
Pop Out Video, aka Picture-in-Picture, is a popular feature on desktop, but did you know it’s also available on mobile? The main difference is that, on your mobile device, you can’t browse other tabs in Vivaldi while Pop Out Video is enabled, but you can use most other apps.
To enable pop-out video on iOS:
- While browsing with Vivaldi, find a video you want to watch.
- Press play and enable full-screen view of the video.
- Go to your phone’s home screen.
The video will continue playing in a small rectangle on your home screen. You can move the video by dragging it around and use the two-finger zoom gesture to change the size of the video. Tap on the rectangle to see video controls.
Tip #586
October 31, 2024
Access your most visited web pages on mobile from the Top Sites group on the Start Page.
In addition to Speed Dials, you can have an automatically generated group of your most visited web pages on the Start Page.
To enable Top Sites:
Option 1
- Open a new tab with the Start Page.
- At the bottom of the page or from the 3-dot menu in the top right corner of the Start Page, open “Customize Start Page” settings.
- Toggle on “Display Top Sites”.
Option 2
- Go to
Vivaldi Menu > Settings > Start Page.
- Toggle on “Display Top Sites”.

Tip #576
October 16, 2024
Add Home Screen shortcuts for your favorite web pages in Vivaldi on iOS.
When Vivaldi is your default browser on iOS, you can create web page shortcuts for the Home Screen. That way you can access your most viewed websites even faster.
To create a Home Screen shortcut:
- Open the web page you want to add to the Home Screen.
- Go to the
Vivaldi menu > Share.
- Select “Add to Home Screen”.
- If needed update the shortcut name.
- Tap on “Add”.

Tip #573
October 10, 2024
To sync or not to sync? You decide what browsing data is synchronized across all your devices.
Bookmarks, Tabs, Passwords, Notes, History, etc. – you can easily access all of it and more in Vivaldi on all your devices when you use the Sync feature. But, whether you sync all data or just some of it, is up to you.
To sync selected data:
Tip #570
October 7, 2024
Add links from other apps on your mobile directly to Vivaldi’s Reading List.
Did you come across an interesting article you’d like to save for later, but it’s not open in Vivaldi? There’s an easy way you can add it to Vivaldi’s Reading List without needing to open the link in Vivaldi first.
To add a link to the Reading List:
- Locate the share feature in the app.
- Find Vivaldi from the suggested apps list and tap on it.
- Select “Add to Reading List”
In some cases, the suggestion list includes two separate Vivaldi entries, one for opening the link in the browser and the other for adding to the Reading List.

Tip #567
October 2, 2024
Turn to Vivaldi Help on your iPhone and iPad to learn about the browser.
You might be wondering about a feature in Vivaldi on your Apple device, trying to figure out how to configure the app to your liking, or, in the unfortunate event, trying to troubleshoot an issue. Vivaldi Help, with its growing selection of articles, is here to help.
To quickly open Vivaldi Help, use one of the following methods:
- Open the main
Vivaldi menu, scroll to the end, and select Help.
- Open the bookmarked link from the Bookmarks Panel.
- Type “help.vivaldi.com/ios” in the Address Field.
Check out Tip #2 to see how to best get to Vivaldi Help on desktop and Tip #297 for Android.

Tip #557
September 5, 2024
Always know where you are by enabling full address display in Vivaldi on iOS.
By default, the Address Field only displays the domain you’re on (e.g. vivaldi.com) and you have to tap on the Address Field to see the full URL (e.g. https://vivaldi.com/blog/ios).
To see the full URL at all times:
- Go to
Vivaldi menu > Settings > Address Bar.
- Toggle on Show Full Address.

Tip #554
September 2, 2024
Save web pages for later by adding them to the Reading List in Vivaldi on iOS.
Vivaldi’s Reading List feature lets you save web pages with, for example, interesting articles in a list you can access from Vivaldi on all your devices with the help of Sync. Using the Reading List prevents endless tabs from accumulating on your Tab Bar and Bookmarks from being filled with entries you only need once.
To add the active tab to the Reading List.
- Open the
Vivaldi menu.
- Tap on “Add to Reading List”.
To add a link on a web page to the Reading List:
- Long press on the link to open the context menu.
- Select “Add to Reading List”.
You can open and manage pages in the Reading list from the Vivaldi menu > Reading List.

Tip #544
August 16, 2024
Discover the two ways you can reopen recently closed tabs in Vivaldi on iOS.
Vivaldi keeps a list of the tabs you recently closed. That way you can easily reopen tabs that you unintentionally closed or have changed your mind about closing.
To open a recently closed tab in the active tab:
- Open the
Vivaldi menu and select “Recent tabs”.
- Tap on the link you want to reopen.
To open a recently closed tab in a new tab:
- Open the Tab Switcher.
- Navigate to the
Closed Tabs tab.
- Tap on the link you want to reopen.
