How to Enable the Dark Mode Theme in Windows 10

  • July 5, 2018
  • Read 92,258 times
 

Windows 10 includes a Dark Mode setting, otherwise known as a Dark Theme, that changes the colors used by Windows and some installed apps to darker colors. While dark mode was originally created so that Windows would display less light and thus would not disturb others who may be sleeping, many have found that they prefer to use a dark theme at all times as they fine it easier on the eyes

To enable the Windows 10 Dark Mode, you need to go into the Colors settings screen. To do this you can either go to into Settings > Personalization > Colors or type "dark" into the Start Menu search field as shown below and select "Color settings".

Searching for

Once you are at the Color settings screen, scroll down until you see "Choose your default app mode" as shown in the image below.

Color Settings screen

To enable dark mode in Windows 10, simply select the "Dark" setting under "Choose your default app mode" and Windows 10 will immediately change the color scheme to the new dark mode theme as shown below.

Windows 10 dark mode enabled

Now that Dark Mode is enabled, this same dark theme will be used throughout Windows and many of its apps.

Users who read this also read:

  • How to Change Your Twitter Password Image
    How to Change Your Twitter Password

    This article will provide instructions on how you can change your password on Twitter. When using any online service, including Twitter, it is important to make sure you use a unique password at each site. This way if your password is ever exposed, only that particular site is affected and your other sites are safe.

  • How to show hidden files in Windows 7 Image
    How to show hidden files in Windows 7

    Windows 7 hides certain files so that they are not able to be seen when you exploring the files on your computer. The files it hides are typically Windows 7 System files that if tampered with could cause problems with the proper operation of the computer. It is possible, though, for a user or piece of software to set make a file hidden by enabling the hidden attribute in a particular file or ...

  • How to Setup Login Verification in Twitter Image
    How to Setup Login Verification in Twitter

    To increase security, Twitter offers a feature called Login verification, which is their version of two-step verification. With Login verification enabled on an account, a user will not only need their password to login, but will also require a code sent to your mobile number at the time of the login.

  • How to Clear or Flush the DNS Cache in Windows Image
    How to Clear or Flush the DNS Cache in Windows

    If you are not able to connect to a particular site and its IP addresses is not resolving properly, it could be a problem with the DNS servers that you are connecting to or an incorrect DNS entry cached in the Windows DNS cache. This tutorial will explain how to flush your DNS cache to see if it fixes a problem connecting to a site.

  • How to see hidden files in Windows Image
    How to see hidden files in Windows

    By default Windows hides certain files from being seen with Windows Explorer or My Computer. This is done to protect these files, which are usually system files, from accidentally being modified or deleted by the user. Unfortunately viruses, spyware, and hijackers often hide there files in this way making it hard to find them and then delete them.

 

Comments:

blog comments powered by Disqus
search tutorials

Login