5 Vivaldi Browser Tips: Remove The Red Skin Glow, Sidebar & More

As I’ve been using Vivaldi browser more and more, there have been some things that annoyed me and for which I though there was never a setting (with the exception of sidebar).

In any case, today I’d like to share with you 4 tips that (at least in my eyes) make browsing experience much better.

Transforming it from this

To this

Tip #1 – Remove The Red Background / The Eye Sore

Probably the worst / most annoying part of Vivaldi is the red background, which is just terrible.

Tools > Settings > Appearance
Uncheck the “Use Page Them Color in User interface” checkbox

Alternative: Cheek the “Use Native Window” checkbox

Tip #2 – Remove Transparent Background Tabs
Not sure whether or not it affects performance in the low end machines but for me, non-transparent tabs just look better.

Tools > Settings > Tabs
Uncheck the “Transparent Background Tabs” checkbox

Tip #3 – Remove The Sidebar Panel

Some people just love clean UI and I am one of them.

Click on the small, toggle like icon at the bottom left corner

Tip #4 – Remove The Speed Dial Titles

This one is pretty simple and straightforward.

Tools > Settings > Start Page
Under “Show Speed Dial Titles” select “Never”

Tip #5 – Remove The Speed Dial Plus Button

Under same settings panel (Tools > Settings > Start Page)
Uncheck the “Show “+” Button

To add Speed Dial sites, simply right click on the background.

That’s it.

Enjoy the cleaner and much improved look!