How to Enable Dark Mode for Google Chrome on Windows 10

Last Updated: July 4, 2019

Google introduced a dark mode feature with their Chrome 74 update for Windows 10. You can simply turn on this feature on Chrome by enabling dark mode in your Windows 10 PC. This wikiHow will help you do it in just a few steps.

Steps

1
Update your Google Chrome Browser. Dark mode is only available for Chrome 74 and above, so you need to make sure that your browser is up to date.
- Click on the ⋮ button and navigate to Help > About Google Chrome to check you have the latest version of Google Chrome. Read How to Update Google Chrome for more details.
2
Open “Settings” in Windows. Press the Start button and click on the gear icon from the left side. This will open The Settings app.

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3
Click on the Personalisation option. It's located right below the “System” settings.
4
Click on Colors from the left panel. Then scroll down to “More options”.
5
Enable “Dark mode”. Locate the “Choose your default app mode” option and select Dark from the list. This action will enable the dark theme on Windows.
- The Dark mode feature is only available since the Windows 10 Anniversary Update. If you are using an older version of Windows 10, you should update to the latest version.
6
Launch the Chrome Browser. When you enable the dark mode on Windows, Chrome will automatically change its colour to dark. Now explore the internet with your “dark” browser!