How to Turn on Dark Mode on Twitter on a PC or Mac

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Easily switch to a dark background on Twitter (now X)

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Last Updated: March 9, 2026 Fact Checked

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Enabling Dark Mode

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Want to change the X background from white to black? You can easily enable dark mode on X, formerly known as Twitter, using your account's display settings. You can also set it to follow your system's default settings. Here's how to turn on dark mode on Twitter (X) on a PC or Mac.

Enabling Twitter Dark Mode on Desktop: Quick Steps

Click More in the left panel.
Click Settings and privacy.
Click Accessibility, display, and languages.
Click Display.
Click Lights out.

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Turning on Dark Mode on X

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Go to x.com in your browser. You can use any web browser on your computer, including Firefox, Chrome, or Safari. Log in with your account, if you haven't already done so.
You will find this option in the left menu panel.^{[1]
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Select Settings and privacy. This is in the pop-up menu.
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Select the Accessibility, display, and languages. You'll see this towards the bottom of the Settings panel.
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Select Display. This is the second option, underneath Accessibility.
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Select Lights out. This is the dark mode option for X.
- If you want your X to correspond to your system settings, toggle on Use system setting at the bottom.
- To turn off dark mode, select Default instead. Make sure you have Use system setting disabled if you usually have your computer in dark mode.

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Frequently Asked Questions

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Did Twitter (X) remove dark mode? X did not remove dark mode. You can easily swap from the default to dark mode in your account's settings.
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How do I change the Twitter (X) theme color on PC? In addition to enabling dark mode, you can change X's accent color, which is blue by default. Navigate to your display settings and select one of the colors underneath the Color header.
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How do I turn off dark mode on X? To turn off dark mode on X, navigate to your display settings again. Select Default underneath the Background header.
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Why can't I change into dark mode? If your system is set in light mode, you can try changing it to dark mode to reflect in your browser and other places.
- On Mac, go to your System Settings. Click Appearance in the left panel, and then select Dark.^{[2]
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- On Windows, open Settings and select Personalization. Click Colors and set Dark as your color mode.

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Why does Night Mode reset when I log out of Twitter?

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Because you have to set it every time. Twitter does not keep track of your local time. If you want to have Night Mode on all the time, there are several browser extensions to use for that.

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Why doesn't my account have that option?

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This option only available on the web version of Twitter.

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