Viber Desktop Settings and App Version

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Name: The name that appears on your Viber profile. To change the name, take a look at the instructions in the How to Update My Profile article.

 

Number: The phone number that’s associated with your Viber account. Please note that you can only change your phone number on your phone.

 

Start up: If the toggle is ON Viber will automatically start working in the background when you log into your computer, allowing you to receive notifications even if you haven’t opened the app. 

 

Launch Viber in the background: Viber is launched with your computer, and appears minimized in the Windows notification area at the bottom corner of your screen.

 

Change language: Select a language in which you want to display the Viber app.

 

Message translations: Select in which language you would like to see translations. To learn more about message translations, take a look at the Chats Knowledge Base.

 

Terms of Use & Policies: Read Viber’s Terms of Use and policies to learn more.

Current credit: See how much credit you currently have on your Viber Out account.

 

Add credit: Purchase Viber Out credit to start/continue making calls to any phone number in the world at a low rate.

 

View Rates: Click to see the ‘starting from’ rates for calling another country using Viber Out.

 

Viber Out calls: Click to see your Viber Out call history. (You will need to log into your Viber Out account.)

 

Viber Out payments: To see your payment history:

For more information, take a look at our dedicated Viber Out article.

Input: Select the device that you want to use as your microphone. (Default device refers to the inbuilt laptop/computer microphone.)

 

Volume: Manually set the volume level of your microphone by clicking on the Volume bar. A completely purple bar means the microphone is at the highest volume level.

 

Level: See how much volume the microphone is capturing. If the bar remains white, it means that your microphone isn’t capturing any sound, and you should check/change the input device. 

 

Automatically adjust my microphone volume level: Allow Viber to automatically adjust the microphone volume level by switching the toggle to ON .

 

Output: Select the device that you want to use for your speakers. (Default device refers to the inbuilt laptop/computer speakers.)

 

Volume: Manually set the volume level of your speakers by clicking on the Volume bar. A completely purple bar means the speakers are set to the highest volume level.

Input: Select the device that you want to use as your camera. (Integrated webcam refers to the inbuilt camera in your laptop.)

 

You should be able to see what your camera is capturing underneath the Input selection. If you see a black box, it means that your camera isn’t working correctly, and you should check/change the input device.

Keep media: Decide how long you want to keep media files that were sent to you on Viber. If you choose to delete them, they will be removed from both your Viber media files folder and your chat history on your computer.

 

Select if you want to keep your media files for:

After that period, your files will automatically be deleted.

 

Media downloaded automatically: Allow Viber to download all received media files to a dedicated folder automatically. If you turn the toggle OFF you will need to download each file manually by clicking on it (opening it). Any media files that aren’t opened will be deleted after 14 days as we don’t keep your data on Viber’s servers. 

 

Play videos automatically: Any video sent in the chat will automatically play on a loop. If you turn this toggle OFF you will need to click on the video for it to play.

 

Viber media files: All photos, videos, and voice messages received on Viber will be saved in the folder displayed in this section. When you deactivate or uninstall Viber from your desktop, this folder will be deleted. 

 

To change the folder location:

Viber documents: Any documents that you receive on Viber, such as PDF and .doc files, will be saved in the folder displayed in this section. When you deactivate or uninstall Viber from your desktop, this folder will not be deleted. 

 

To change the folder location:

Photo quality You can choose the quality of the photos you send from the following options:

To learn more about sending a photo in its original size, take a look at the Chats Knowledge Base.

Viber-screen lock: Quickly lock your screen for extra privacy: 

Use Ctrl+L (Cmd+L on Mac) to activate the screen lock (or click on Lock Viber in the menu under your profile picture); the Viber app won’t be accessible and you won’t receive notifications until you enter your password.

 

To turn OFF the screen lock, follow the same steps as above.

 

To change the password, turn the screen lock OFF and then turn it back ON again; you will be prompted to create a new password.

 

If you forget your password, you will need to log out of Viber by clicking on the forgot your code section or Log out. Please note that logging out of your account will deactivate your account on desktop and may cause you to lose some data.

 

Tip: You can also find this setting by clicking Set a Viber-screen lock in the menu under your profile picture.

 

Spam protection: Allow Viber to automatically scan* messages sent from people you’ve never spoken with to see if they contain harmful email addresses, links, or phone numbers. For more information, please review our article on Spam and Chain Messages.

Click on the toggle to turn the spam check ON  and click again to turn it OFF .

 

*Viber’s security technology cannot read or store your data; it will only scan it and compare it to a database of harmful content.

 

Block list: See which contacts, phone numbers, and businesses are on your block list by clicking Manage. Click Unblock to remove the phone number from your block list.

For more information, take a look at our article on blocking phone numbers on Viber.

 

Silence unknown callers (available in select countries only): Switch the toggle ON  to control who can call you and block calls from phone numbers that aren’t saved in your contact list.

 

Notes

Deactivate Viber on desktop: Deactivating Viber will log you out on your computer, remove all your data, and delete Viber’s media files folder. It will not affect Viber on your phone. For more information, please review our article on deactivating Viber.

 

Important

If you are sure that you want to deactivate Viber on your desktop, click Deactivate.

 

Privacy Policy: Read Viber’s privacy policy to learn more.

 

Licenses: Click on Licenses to learn more about the licenses Viber uses.

Choose how Viber displays notifications on your screen:

Show notifications for:

Play sounds for:

Themes: You can change the color of Viber panels and fields. Click to select the light or dark theme. 

Follow operating system theme: Automatically sync Viber with your current desktop theme preferences by switching the toggle to ON .

 

Set default background: Change your chat screen background by clicking on the empty box (or previously selected background).

 

You can choose an image from Viber’s gallery or take one already saved on your computer (drag and drop the image from your desktop, or click on Choose image and select one of the images saved in your folders).