Vivaldi has a keyboard shortcut for a lot of what you click every day. Here are 39 that work on Windows, grouped by what you’re trying to do.
We checked every one against Vivaldi Browser Help: Keyboard Shortcuts on October 21, 2026.
Tabs and Windows
| Shortcut | What it does |
|---|---|
| Ctrl + T | Open a new tab |
| Ctrl + W | Close the active tab |
| Ctrl + Shift + T or Ctrl + Z | Reopen the last closed tab |
| Ctrl + Tab | Cycle through open tabs with the Tab Cycler |
| Ctrl + 1 to Ctrl + 8 | Switch to tab 1 to 8 |
| Ctrl + N | Open a new window |
| Ctrl + Shift + N | Open a new private window |
| Ctrl + Q | Quit Vivaldi |
Navigation and Address Bar
| Shortcut | What it does |
|---|---|
| Ctrl + L | Jump to the address bar |
| Type an address, then Alt + Enter | Open the link or search results in a new tab |
| Alt + Left Arrow | Go back to the previous page |
| F5 or Ctrl + R | Reload the current page |
| Ctrl + F5 or Ctrl + Shift + R | Reload the page, skipping cached content |
| Esc | Stop the page loading |
Page
| Shortcut | What it does |
|---|---|
| Ctrl + F | Find text on the page |
| F3 or Ctrl + G | Find the next match |
| Shift + F3 or Ctrl + Shift + G | Find the previous match |
| Ctrl + D | Bookmark the current page |
| Ctrl + Plus | Zoom in |
| Ctrl + Minus | Zoom out |
| Ctrl + 0 | Reset zoom |
| Ctrl + Scroll | Zoom in or out with the mouse wheel |
View and Tools
| Shortcut | What it does |
|---|---|
| F2 | Open Quick Commands to search tabs, bookmarks, history and commands |
| Ctrl + F1 | Show the keyboard shortcut cheat sheet |
| F11 | Turn full screen on or off |
| Ctrl + F11 | Hide or show all toolbars |
| Ctrl + F12 | Open Settings |
| Ctrl + Shift + E | Open the Extensions page |
| Shift + Esc | Open the Task Manager |
| Ctrl + Period | Turn Break Mode on or off |
| Ctrl + Shift + Delete | Open Delete Browsing Data |
Bookmarks, History and Panels
| Shortcut | What it does |
|---|---|
| Ctrl + B | Open Bookmarks |
| Ctrl + H | Open History |
| Ctrl + Shift + H | Open the History panel |
| Ctrl + Shift + D | Open the Downloads panel |
| Ctrl + Shift + O | Open the Notes panel |
Mouse
| Shortcut | What it does |
|---|---|
| Ctrl + Click a link | Open the link in a new background tab |
| Shift + Click a link | Open the link in a new tab |
| Ctrl + Shift + Click a link | Open the link in a new window |
Good to know: Vivaldi lets you change almost every shortcut in Settings > Keyboard, so press Ctrl + F1 to see the keys set on your copy.
Good to know: Mac uses Cmd instead of Ctrl for most of these.
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Want One Key to Do More?
Built-in shortcuts only work while Vivaldi is the active window, and you can’t add new ones. These tools let you pick your own hotkeys:
- Prompt Assistant: paste your email signature, a saved AI prompt or a reply you type every day into any web form with a hotkey you pick
- TextUnderMouse macro recorder: record the clicks of a web task you repeat and replay them with a hotkey
- Windows 11 Power User Tools: more of our picks for getting around Windows faster
