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Vivaldi's profile folder on macOS

Updated 2026-10-28 · 5 min read

Vivaldi keeps each profile in its own folder inside Application Support. You can confirm yours in one click, find the bookmarks file, and back it up the way Vivaldi recommends.

The path

~/Library/Application Support/Vivaldi/Default

That is Vivaldi's default profile on macOS. Homebrew's uninstall list for Vivaldi removes the parent folder, ~/Library/Application Support/Vivaldi, and Vivaldi's community forum gives the Default profile inside it. Vivaldi is Chromium-based, so the layout follows Chrome's: one user data folder with a subfolder per profile, the first being Default. Later profiles are numbered (Profile 1, Profile 2 and so on, per forum moderators), and the number does not necessarily match the name you gave the profile.

To get the exact path for the profile you are using, ask Vivaldi. Vivaldi's help says to open vivaldi://about (or Vivaldi menu > Help > About) and note the directory listed under Profile Path.

Vivaldi was not installed on the Mac used for this guide. A Vivaldi folder did exist under Application Support, but it held only Crashpad and NativeMessagingHosts, with no Default profile. If yours looks like that, Vivaldi has not been run on this Mac, or its profile was removed.

Open the folder

Library is hidden in Finder. Use Go > Go to Folder (⇧⌘G), paste the path and press Return. Or from Terminal:

open ~/Library/Application\ Support/Vivaldi

What is in a profile

Vivaldi's help names these among the key items in the Default folder: Bookmarks, Notes, Sessions, Login Data, Preferences, Web Data, Current Session, History, Cookies and extension data. Most are the standard Chromium files, which Chrome uses too.

Item	What it is
Bookmarks	Bookmarks as a JSON file
Notes	Vivaldi's built-in notes
Sessions	Session data used to restore tabs and windows
Login Data	Saved passwords. Vivaldi's help says it is encrypted and only usable on the machine that created it.
Preferences	Browser settings
History	Browsing history database
Extensions	Installed extensions, in folders named by ID
Web Data	Autofill entries and search engines

The browser cache is not in the profile. Chromium browsers on a Mac keep it under ~/Library/Caches, and Homebrew's uninstall list for Vivaldi names ~/Library/Caches/Vivaldi.

Look without touching

You can check a profile safely with commands that list names and sizes only:

ls -la ~/Library/Application\ Support/Vivaldi/Default
du -sh ~/Library/Application\ Support/Vivaldi

The first shows which files exist, with sizes and permissions. The second shows the total. Neither opens a file. Avoid cat or a text editor on Login Data, Web Data and Preferences: they can hold account details, and opening them gains you nothing.

Backing up bookmarks and settings

For a full local backup, Vivaldi's help says to make a copy of the Default folder and the First Run file, both in the Vivaldi folder. Quit Vivaldi first, and quit it again before putting them back.

For bookmarks alone, an HTML export is the portable option. Vivaldi's help shows import and export in its menu; forum guides put export at File > Export Bookmarks in the Vivaldi menu, though the wording can vary by version.

Vivaldi Sync carries bookmarks and Speed Dials, saved passwords, autofill data, history, extensions, open tabs, notes and some settings between machines. Vivaldi's help also warns that Sync is not a backup service, so keep a local copy of anything that matters.

Moving to a new Mac

Sign in to Vivaldi Sync on the new Mac and let it pull your data. If you do not use Sync, export bookmarks to HTML and import them. A copied Login Data will not help, because Vivaldi's help says that file is only usable on the machine that created it. Anything stored only locally, such as an extension's private data, may not follow, so check your extensions afterwards.

Several profiles

Each profile has its own folder, its own bookmarks and its own saved logins. If your bookmarks seem to be missing, you are probably looking at the wrong profile. Check vivaldi://about from the window that has the bookmarks you want, then open that path. Snapshot builds use a separate folder, ~/Library/Application Support/Vivaldi Snapshot per Homebrew's uninstall list, so a Snapshot user will not see the usual one.

Clearing space

See which parts are large, profile and cache together:

du -sh ~/Library/Application\ Support/Vivaldi/Default/* | sort -h | tail
du -sh ~/Library/Caches/Vivaldi

The cache is the part Vivaldi rebuilds. Clear it from Vivaldi menu > Tools > Delete Browsing Data (⇧⌘⌫), ticking Cache and leaving the rest, rather than deleting folders by hand. Moving the whole Default folder to the Trash resets the profile, so back up first.

Why a search misses it

The profile is in ~/Library, and Spotlight and Finder searches leave that area out. Bookmarks has no extension, so even a filename search buries Vivaldi's copy among those of other Chromium browsers.

Finding it next time

Type Vivaldi in Everywhere and the user data folder appears with every file beneath it, and typing Login Data or Bookmarks lists every Chromium browser's copy with its full path, which is how you tell Vivaldi's from Chrome's. It matches names only, not the bookmarks inside. Press ⌘↵ to reveal the file in Finder.

Common questions

Where is the Vivaldi profile folder on a Mac?

Normally ~/Library/Application Support/Vivaldi/Default. Open vivaldi://about in Vivaldi and read the Profile Path line to confirm yours.

Where does Vivaldi store bookmarks?

In a file called Bookmarks inside the profile folder. For a portable copy, export your bookmarks to an HTML file from Vivaldi's menu.

Can I move my Vivaldi profile to another Mac by copying the folder?

Bookmarks and settings can move, but Vivaldi's help says Login Data is only usable on the machine that created it. Use Vivaldi Sync to carry passwords.

Why are my Vivaldi bookmarks missing?

You may be in a different profile. Each profile has its own folder, so check vivaldi://about in the window that has your bookmarks and open that path.