4 Ways to Enable or Disable Dark Mode on Chromebook

Quick Tips

• Right-click (or two-finger tap) anywhere on the home screen. Choose a Set wallpaper & style. Under Theme, select Dark.
• Head to Settings > Personalization > Set wallpaper & style. In the Theme section, choose between Light or Dark.
• For a dynamic experience, select Auto (might not be available on all models yet). This will adjust the theme based on the time of day.

Method 1: From Quick Settings

Step 1: Click on the bottom right corner (on the time) of your Chromebook to open the Quick Settings panel.

Step 2: If you see the Dark theme tile, jump to step 3, otherwise, click on the dots at the bottom to see the other tiles.

Step 3: Click on the Dark theme tile to turn on dark mode on your Chromebook.

Note: Click on the same tile to turn off dark mode on Chromebook.

Also Read: how to lock your Chromebook screen

Method 2: From Home Screen

Step 1: Right-click anywhere on your Chromebook’s home screen.

Step 2: Click on Set wallpaper and style from the menu.

Step 3: Under Theme in the Wallpaper section, click on Dark.

Tip: You can also reach this screen from Chromebook Settings > Personalization > Set your wallpaper and style.

Method 3: Schedule Dark Mode to Activate Automatically

If you want the dark theme on your Chromebook to activate automatically at sunset and turn off at sunrise, use the Auto feature of dark mode.

Step 1: Right-click on the home screen of your Chromebook > select Set wallpaper and style.

Step 2: Click on Auto under Theme.

That’s it. From now on, the dark theme will turn on and off at sunset and sunrise, respectively.

Method 4: By Inverting Colors

The regular dark mode on ChromeOS makes only certain things black. To completely invert colors and make everything black on your Chromebook, use the Color Inversion accessibility setting. Follow the below steps.

Step 1: Open Settings on your ChromeOS device > go to Accessibility.

Step 2: Click on Display and magnification.

Step 3: Toggle on Color inversion to switch to dark mode on Chromebook.

You can also use the Search + Ctrl + H keyboard shortcut to enable or disable the dark mode accessibility feature on Chromebook.

FAQs

By enabling the dark theme on your Chromebook, your Chrome browser will turn black. However, you can change the background color of Chrome browser in other ways as well. Also, learn how to change the tab color in Chrome.