Solved "safe browsing history" explanation

[brianWreaves]

I've been looking for an explanation of the "safe browsing history" in Settings without success-I wish every setting had a direct link to info related to it. If you know where to find this information, please a link?

Cheers!

[nomadic]

@brianWreaves Do you mean "Save Browsing History" under vivaldi://settings/privacy/? That is the amount of time that Vivaldi will store your browsing history on your computer before automatic deletion.

Normally you can find info about settings under Vivaldi Help (F1), but I actually didn't see that particular setting mentioned when I just did a quick look.

[brianWreaves]

@nomadic Cheers for the quick reply! Ahhh, yes, "Save"... typo and platform won't allow me to correct it, now.

I would like to know if "One Week" is chosen, does it renewed each time the browser is used or is it just kept for one week from the initial browsing instance. My guess it doesn't renew but I'm trying to find a solution for my desired scenario i.e. I want to use use Private Window but I would like my existing logins' to be maintained after closing and restarting the browser.

So far all the settings I've tried haven't worked.

[brianWreaves]

I guess I should change this to "Solved" as the information isn't found anywhere...

[Pathduck]

@brianWreaves said in "safe browsing history" explanation:

does it renewed each time the browser is used

Yes. It will keep history one week back in time, older entries will be deleted.

is it just kept for one week from the initial browsing instance

No that would be really silly

I want to use use Private Window but I would like my existing logins' to be maintained after closing and restarting the browser.

That's not going to happen. Everything saved in a private window - logins, history, cache - gets deleted no matter what. Kind of the point of a private window you know

If you want to maintain logins, use regular windows and make sure cookies are not deleted on browser close.

I did find some references but not in the place where it should be:
https://help.vivaldi.com/desktop/privacy/privacy-settings/

"In Settings > Privacy > Save Browsing History, you can adjust the time after which browsing data will be deleted automatically."
https://help.vivaldi.com/desktop/navigation/history/

"In Settings > Privacy > Save Browsing History you can set how much of history data should be retained in days, months, indefinitely, or limit this to the current session only."
https://vivaldi.com/blog/view-and-delete-browsing-history-chrome-firefox-vivaldi/

I guess the assumption is the setting is pretty much self-explanatory?

[brianWreaves]

Thank you for the additional insight!

@Pathduck said in "safe browsing history" explanation:

That's not going to happen. Everything saved in a private window - logins, history, cache - gets deleted no matter what. Kind of the point of a private window you know

Unfortunate as I was able to do that in Firefox...

[Pathduck]

@brianWreaves said in "safe browsing history" explanation:

Unfortunate as I was able to do that in Firefox...

I strongly doubt that. The whole point of a private window is there's no sharing of between a regular window and a private, and that all browser data from the private session is cleared on browser close.

"Private Browsing does not save your browsing information, such as history and cookies, and leaves no trace after you end the session."
https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/private-browsing-use-firefox-without-history

"Firefox Private Browsing automatically erases your online info like passwords, cookies and history from your computer. So that when you close out, you leave no trace."
https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/features/private-browsing/

[brianWreaves]

@Pathduck Thanks for that!

I did have another look and you were correct. I wasn't using Private window...