How to enable dark mode on Windows 11?

For some reason, you may need to enable dark Mode in windows 11, and you don’t know how to do it; well, that shouldn’t bother you anymore because, on this page, we shall go through all the possible methods for enabling Windows 11 Dark Mode. Using personalization settings, it will be easier to enable this feature. When the dark Mode is enabled, the Taskbar, File Explore, Start Menus, Supported apps and other desktop elements will change to dark colour with white fonts. Furthermore, windows 11 Dark Mode come to switch the default wallpaper, which will make your windows experience a complete one.  

On the other hand, the dark Mode feature in windows 11 affects desktops and some apps. But if you want other windows apps to have the desired dark Mode, then do it manually on the applications settings. Follow the steps below to enable the windows 11 Dark Mode feature on your PC. 

Enable Dark Mode On Windows 11

• Launch the Settings App on windows 11
• Choose Personalization option
• Click the Colors tab
• Under Choose your Mode, choose the Dark option

If these steps are followed correctly, then your PC’s Dark Mode feature shall have been enabled. It will make the desktop elements have dark colour schemes. 

Enable Dark Mode Using Theme

• Launch the settings App on windows 11enbakled PC
• Navigate to personalization
• Scroll to the Select a theme to apply section
• Select windows (Dark) theme
• Click themes, tap and choose windows dark under the current theme. Alternatively, choose any theme with a dark colour scheme

After completing this process, your windows 11 colour scheme will change to dark Mode. This makes all the desktop elements have dark colours scheme

Enable Dark Mode Using High Contrast 

Windows 11 creators designed it with a high-contrast dark mode feature to improve the Windows experience for those with low vision. This feature uses dark colours for fonts colours and backgrounds for easy readability of website, application and desktop contents. Enabling high-contrast dark Mode on windows 11 is simple with the guides below

• Open windows 11’s Settings App
• Navigate to the Accessibility option
• Choose the contrast themes tab
• Click on high contrast theme to enable dark Mode in windows 11
• Hit the Apply button

Enable Dark Mode On Windows 11 Automatically

Windows 11 isn’t equipped with a feature for switching from dark to light mode automatically. However, we can use third-party apps to archive the desired effect for controlling the colour system mode. We shall do this by installing Auto Dark Mode X using the following procedures

• Click the search button and search for Command Prompt (CMD)
• From the search result, choose Run as administrator
• On the CMD page, type winget install –id Armin2208.WindowsAutoNightMode
• Hit Enter on your Keyboard

After the download is complete, launch the application. From here, you’ll be able to automatically set a schedule to shift between Light & Dark mode

Enable dark Mode automatically

1. Open start, search Auto dark Mode x and launch it
2. Click time, then choose set custom hours
3. Choose when the system automatically enables light Mode
4. Choose when to enable dark Mode automatically
5. Other than these custom settings, you can choose from sunset to sunrise. This option will command the system to shift between the two modes during sunrise and sunset
6. Click switch modes
7. Choose Don’t switch while playing video games if you don’t need your viewing experience compromised
8. Check the battery-powered devices option
9. Under Apps, decide on the compatible apps that adhere to light and dark mode settings
10. On the settings tab, you can also decide whether to let windows 11 retain the system color mode, dark Mode, or Light Mode
11. Lastly, click the Microsoft office option and choose if you want PowerPoint, word, Excel or outlook should adhere to the system color or adapt to the dark or light Mode

Enable Dark Mode For Web Browser

Windows 11 browser apps like Microsoft edge, chrome, and Mozilla Firefox can switch between light and dark modes. Apps supported by theming automatically adjust to the system colour theme. On the other hand, you can manually alter the changes in the colour schemes.

Microsoft Edge Dark Mode

• Launch Microsoft Edge
• Click the Settings & more menu (three-dotted menu) on the top right corner of the browser
• Scroll down to settings, then choose the Appearance
• On the overall appearance section, click the dark option

Google Chrome Dark Mode

Google Chrome automatically responds to the system’s colour mode. On the other hand, you can perform a little alteration to chrome settings every time, and your chrome browser will launch while in Dark Mode. To do this, follow the steps below

1. Launch the google chrome browser
2. Right-click chrome on the taskbar 
3. Choose the pin to taskbar option
4. Right-click google chrome again and choose the properties

While on the shortcut tab, add  –force-dark-mode in the Target field to appear as “C:\Users\xboxl\AppData\Local\Google\Chrome SxS\Application\chrome.exe” –force-dark-mode6. Click the apply button, then OK.

Making these changes means that the chrome browser will always open in dark Mode when launched from the taskbar. However, if you want to revert the changes, remove the –force-dark-mode flag from the target folder. 

Mozilla Firefox Dark Mode

• Launch Mozilla Firefox
• On the top right corner, click the three horizontally lined menu
• Scroll down to the settings option
• Click General, the first option under the settings window
• Under Website appearance, choose between automatic, light or dark Mode
• Click the extension & themes option underneath the website appearance section
• Enable the dark theme

Enable Dark Mode For Windows 11 Office Apps 

We can also enable dark Mode for Microsoft Office apps, including Outlook, PowerPoint, Excel and Word, using the steps below

1. Open any Office app
2. Choose the options button on the bottom left 
3. Navigate to general, then select the Dark option for office themes
4. Confirm the changes by pressing OK

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