Tip #494

May 27, 2024 — Vivaldi Tips — 1 min read

Clear Cookies on Android only from the website you currently have open with 3 quick taps.

Cookies keep you logged in, store your preferences, and save other information about your visit to the site. If you want to remove the data for a particular site, you don’t need to delete all saved cookies and data from Settings > Privacy and security > Clear browsing data. Instead, you can do it while you have the site open in the active tab.

To delete cookies:

Tap on the Site info button on the left side of the Address Bar.
Select “Cookies and site data”.
Next to the number showing the amount stored data, tap on Delete.

Menu for deleting cookies and site data for a specific website open in Vivaldi on Android.

Tip #489

May 15, 2024May 22, 2024 — Android, iOS, Vivaldi Tips — 1 min read

Enable “Remove cookie warnings” in Tracker and Ad Blocker settings on mobile to hide websites’ cookie dialogs.

Visiting a new website often requires closing a few dialogs before you can focus on the content. Cookie consent dialogs are one of the more frequent types of annoyances on web pages. With the help of Vivaldi’s Tracker and Ad Blocker, you can hide them on your mobile.

To hide Cookie consent dialogs on mobile:

Go to Settings > Tracker and Ad Blocker.
Enable “Block Trackers and Ads”.
Open “Manage Ad Blocking Sources”.
Enable “Remove cookie warnings (Easylist Cookie List)” and “Remove cookie warnings (I don’t care about cookies)”.

Check out Tip #19, to see how to do it on the desktop version of Vivaldi.

Tip #348

September 15, 2023March 20, 2024 — Desktop, Vivaldi Tips — 1 min read

Delete all Cookies when you close the browser.

Cookies can be useful. They can keep you logged into accounts, save your language preferences, and more, but they can also be used to track you. To curtail the latter, you can have Vivaldi delete all cookies stored in the browser on exit.

To update your Cookie preferences:

Go to Settings > Privacy and Security> Cookies.
Select “Session only”.