YouTube's website in dark mode

YouTube'southward dark mode provides an easier-on-the-eyes viewing experience. It's particularly dainty when watching videos in the dark or at night. YouTube'south nighttime theme is available on the YouTube website and in YouTube's mobile apps for iPhone, iPad, and Android.

Enable Dark Mode On the Web

On YouTube's desktop website, click your profile icon found in the top-right corner of the page. Then select the "Advent: Device Theme" pick in the carte du jour.

Choose "Appearance: Device Theme" from the context menu

If y'all aren't signed in, click the menu button (it looks like 3 vertical dots) instead. You'll notice the same "Appearance: Device Theme" option hither.

Choose "Appearance: Dark Theme" from the drop-down menu

By default, YouTube volition follow your computer'south system-wide theme settings. Choose "Night Theme" from the following page. This setting applies to your current web browser simply, so you'll have to enable the dark theme on each computer you lot use—it doesn't sync with your Google account.

Select "Dark Theme"

To undo this change, click your profile picture or 3-push button menu push again, select "Appearance: Night," and choose "Employ Device Theme" (if your computer is using a arrangement-wide calorie-free style) or "Low-cal Theme."

For a consummate dark style on your desktop, enable dark manner in your Google Chrome, Mozilla Firefox, or Microsoft Edge browser. You can besides enable a dark theme in Gmail, likewise. You tin can also activate Windows 10's built-in dark mode.

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Enable Dark Mode On iPhone and iPad

The YouTube app for iPhone and iPad has its own nighttime style choice, too. To enable it, open the app and tap your profile icon in the top-right corner of your screen.

Tap your profile picture in the top-right corner

Next, tap "Settings" found at the lesser of the menu that appears.

Select the "Settings" option at the bottom of the menu

Choose the "Full general" option.

Choose the "General" button

Finally, toggle on "Dark Theme."

Toggle on the "Dark Mode" option

To use YouTube's normal calorie-free theme again, return to this submenu and toggle off the "Night Theme" slider.

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Enable Dark Style On Android

Equally with the other platforms, the YouTube for Android app follows your device's arrangement-wide theme settings. Merely if you lot don't want everything on your Android phone or tablet to exist in dark mode, you tin manually change it in the YouTube app.

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Start by opening the app on your Android device and tapping on your profile film in the top-right corner of the screen.

Tap on your profile picture in the top-right corner

Next, select the "Settings" option establish at the bottom of the menu.

Select the "Settings" option

From there, choose "General."

Choose the "General" option

Select "Advent" from the listing of options. This carte is where you can choose between a dark and light theme.

Tap the "Appearance" option

The "Use Device Theme" option will be highlighted by default. Select "Dark Theme" to instantly transform the YouTube app'southward interface.

Choose the "Dark Theme" option

Return to the Advent menu anytime you want to revert back to the Lite theme!