What are your preferred extensions and settings for Vivaldi?

endros

I just switched from Chrome to Edge and then to Vivaldi for my chromium browser of choice.

One confusion I have in particular is regarding privacy extensions. Whereas in Chrome I used uBlock, Disconnect, Privacy Badger, Decentraleyes and HTTPS Everywhere, Vivaldi seems to have adblocking built into it. So which extensions are redundant on this browser?

Feel free to share any other useful extensions that you use!

DoctorG

@endros
uBlock Origin : version 1_42_4
Stylus : version 1_5_25
Web Developer : version 0_5_4
WAVE Evaluation Tool : version 3_1_6
Feedbro : version 4_12_7
Privacy Badger : version 2021_11_23_1

DoctorG

@endros Welcome in our Vivaldi Community

Some useful links for you:

Streptococcus

ClearURLs 1.24.1
Privacy Badger 2021.11.23.1
Trace - Online Tracking Protection 3.0.6
uBlock Origin 1.42.4

Catweazle

uBlock Origin
Trace
Sute Bleacher
I Don't Care About Cookies

vongalin

Hi! Here is a list of what I am using or testing. The ones listed as "Disabled, enable when needed" are used on occasion and only when I need them. The ones listed as "Disabled" are ones that I am testing or reviewing or don't want to forget about and come back to later (for example, maybe some posted here about it).

AdGuard Browser Assistant
1.3.8
Extension for the AdGuard desktop app. Manages filtering right from the browser, hides annoying elements in two clicks.
ID: fbohpolgemkbfphodcfgnpjcmedcjhpn

AnonAddy - Anonymous Email Forwarding (Disabled, enable when needed)
2.0.16
Open-source Anonymous Email Forwarding
ID: iadbdpnoknmbdeolbapdackdcogdmjpe

AutoplayStopper
1.9.5
Stops video autoplay gracefully.
ID: ejddcgojdblidajhngkogefpkknnebdh

Batch Link Downloader (Disabled, enable when needed)
1.0.1
Download multiple links from a website easily.
ID: aiahkbnnpafepcgnhhecilboebmmolnn

Bitwarden
2022.5.0
A secure and free password manager for all of your devices.
ID: nngceckbapebfimnlniiiahkandclblb

Canvas Blocker - Fingerprint Protect
0.1.5
Prevent HTML canvas element from generating a unique identification key to protect user's privacy
ID: nomnklagbgmgghhjidfhnoelnjfndfpd

ClearURLs
1.24.1
Remove tracking elements from URLs.
ID: lckanjgmijmafbedllaakclkaicjfmnk

Cookie AutoDelete
3.8.0
Control your cookies! Automatically delete unwanted cookies from your closed tabs while keeping the ones you want.
ID: fhcgjolkccmbidfldomjliifgaodjagh

CopyTabTitleUrl (Disabled, enable when needed)
2.3.2
Copy the title and URL to the clipboard.
ID: lmgbdjfoaihhgdphombpgjpaohjfeapp

CSS Exfil Protection
1.1.0
Guard against CSS data exfiltration attacks.
ID: ibeemfhcbbikonfajhamlkdgedmekifo

Decentraleyes
2.0.17
Protects you against tracking through "free", centralized, content delivery.
ID: ldpochfccmkkmhdbclfhpagapcfdljkj

FastForward
0.2025
Don't waste your time with compliance. FastForward circumvents annoying link shorteners.
ID: icallnadddjmdinamnolclfjanhfoafe

HTTP to HTTPS
0.1.1
Automatically switched to secure HTTP version of webpages if possible.
ID: bodjneffehabmoepacpcomhfakbpagbe

KeePassXC-Browser (Disabled, enable when needed)
1.7.12
KeePassXC integration for modern web browsers
ID: oboonakemofpalcgghocfoadofidjkkk

MEGA (Disabled, enable when needed)
4.15.10
Secure Cloud Storage and Chat
ID: bigefpfhnfcobdlfbedofhhaibnlghod

NZB Unity
1.17.0
Send and control NZB files directly with SABnzbd or NZBGet download clients.
ID: mpejfoghnejnbfkpbiafklkmlhebkapb

Redirect AMP to HTML (Disabled)
2.1.0
Automatically redirects AMP pages to their canonical HTML equivalent.
ID: kifkmmpiicbcnkjaliilaoeaojlldonl

Referer Control (Disabled)
1.35
Control the HTTP Referer on a per-site basis.
ID: hnkcfpcejkafcihlgbojoidoihckciin

Reject Service Worker (Disabled)
0.4.0
Rejects the ServiceWorker.
ID: falajmifjcihbmlokgomiklbfmgmnopd

Selection Search
0.8.59
Search for the selected text in search engines
ID: gipnlpdeieaidmmeaichnddnmjmcakoe

Site Bleacher
1.2.1
Remove automatically cookies, local storages, IndexedDBs, service workers, cache storages, filesystems and webSQLs
ID: mlcfcepfmnjphcdkfbfgokkjodlkmemo

Skip Redirect (Disabled)
2.3.6
Skip intermediary pages that some pages use before redirecting to a final page.
ID: jaoafjdoijdconemdmodhbfpianehlon

Tampermonkey
4.16.1
The world's most popular userscript manager
ID: dhdgffkkebhmkfjojejmpbldmpobfkfo

Trace - Online Tracking Protection (Disabled)
3.0.6
Browse online without leaving a Trace, because who wants to be tracked?
ID: njkmjblmcfiobddjgebnoeldkjcplfjb

uBlacklist
7.6.0
Blocks sites you specify from appearing in Google search results
ID: pncfbmialoiaghdehhbnbhkkgmjanfhe

uBlock Origin
1.42.4
Finally, an efficient blocker. Easy on CPU and memory.
ID: cjpalhdlnbpafiamejdnhcphjbkeiagm

WhatCampaign (Disabled)
1.0.9
swap out Google Analytics parameters with invalid data
ID: akfcajhchmpjoacpjacogjocbjlhejcm

Aaron

SwitchOmega
QR encoder/decoder

Eggcorn

@Streptococcus Why both Privacy Badger and uBlock Origin? Isn't that redundant?

Streptococcus

@Eggcorn
Privacy Badger does not block ads.

Eggcorn

@Streptococcus It does block trackers, and most ads are trackers. uBlock Origin blocks both ads and trackers.

Catweazle

@Eggcorn , but also block fingerprinting, something that uBO not do, but I thinks that Trace is a better company to uBO, because it don't block ads and trackers, but all other sniffing tecnics.

Eggcorn

~~@Catweazle That reminds me: I've been meaning to ask you about Trace. I tried it out. But I couldn't quite figure out how to use it, or what it's blocking.~~

Edit: Nevermind, I got Trace mixed up with another extension.

Edit 2: Did you also recommend an extension called "Site Bleacher"? Because that was the one I couldn't figgure out.

Catweazle

@Eggcorn , yes , SiteBleacher is one of my favorites, I only store data from sites I visit regulary, like this Forum, all other "I never had visited", no service workers, cookies and other trash, nothing remains.

Eggcorn

@Catweazle Sounds nice, I'll take a better look at it. What's the difference between that and Trace?

Catweazle

@Eggcorn , SiteBleacher isn't an ad or trackerblocker, it simply delete the data when you leave the site

Trace can protect against:

Canvas Fingerprint Spoofing
Audio Fingerprinting Protection
WebGL Fingerprinting Protection
JS Crypto Currency Mining Domain Blocking
WebRTC IP Leakage Protection
WebRTC Device Enumeration Protection
Client Rects Protection
User-Agent Spoofing
Network Information API Spoofing
Browser Plugin Fingerprinting Protection
Hardware Fingerprinting Protection
Beacon/'Ping' Request Blocking
Blocks Malicious Top Level Domains
Hyperlink Auditing Prevention
HTTP Referrer Headers Controls
Google Header Tracking Controls
E-Tag Tracking Mitigation
Screen Resolution Spoofing
Battery API Spoofing
Removal of specific Tracking Cookies
Removal of URL Tracking Parameters

Pesala

Only three that I use regularly:

Catweazle

Well, other extensions, not related to privacy and blocking
IMtranslator (The best multi engine translator extension in the store)
DarkReader (I use Dark mode in flags, but DarkReader improve the function, because permits to adjust the inversion in pages where the Dark mode flags dont work well)
Extension control (permits to switch the extension on/off in a small pop up)
Lunapic (Powerfull image editor, which permits to edit and share an image in the context menu)
Reverse Image Search (Multi engine image search from the context menu)
Allow Right Click (Re-enable the possibility to use the context menu, copy, paste, and text selection on sites that prevent them)