By emitting less white light, the dark mode or night mode makes reading in low-light settings much more comfortable compared to the default light mode. However, you can download a third-party web browser app for Android or iOS to get dark mode on mobile. When using your laptop or PC, you can download a free browser extension that supports a dark interface on Google Chrome, Safari, Firefox, Opera, Vivaldi, and Microsoft Edge.   However, dark mode is available across most platforms including Windows 10, Mac, Android, and iOS if you choose dark mode as the default theme.  

What is Turn Off the Lights browser extension?

Turn Off the Lights is a free open source extension that allows dark mode.  With the Turn Off the Lights browser extension, you can set any website to have a dark mode, including video streaming sites and online shopping platforms with the dark website style of your choice.    Turn Off the Lights is the best dark mode web browser extension for customizations, allowing you to personalize the text, background, and hyperlink color. If you only want to use dark mode at night, users can set the time when Turn Off the Lights will automatically switch to dark mode.     Some mobile versions already offer the dark mode user interface for their web browsers. However, if you have an older Apple or Android phone, chances are you have to download a night mode mobile app.  You can also install the Turn Off the Lights browser extension on your mobile phone.  

However, if you have an earlier iOS version, you won’t get this feature on your iPhone or iPad. Instead, you can download the Night Mode Safari extension offered by Turn Off the Lights.  Installing this extension will give you a night mode (moon) icon on Safari. You can also customize the background color and background opacity to your liking. Here’s how to convert a web page to dark mode on Safari: If you want to enable dark mode for the entire browser, follow these steps:

  You can use the app like any other browser.   To get dark mode on your PC or laptop, install the Turn Off the Lights browser extension to your web browser of choice. Turn Off the Lights is available on:

Google Chrome Firefox Opera Safari Brave Maxthon Vivaldi Microsoft Edge

Once installation is complete, click on the gray lamp button on your browser to enable dark mode. This extension also enables Google Calendar Dark Mode. For Google Chrome, instead of using the Turn Off the Lights extension, you can download a theme to make your browser look darker. Just Black is the “midnight monochrome” theme offered by the official Chrome Team. This is the simplest solution to getting dark mode on your browser. However, you can’t customize the theme, unlike other third-party browsers.  

Conclusion

Dark mode is useful for preventing eye strain from prolonged gadget use. It can also help you save battery life.

Turn on default dark mode settings (if supported by your user interface) Download a third-party app or browser extension that supports dark mode

For Windows or Mac users, install the Turn Off the Lights browser extension on Google Chrome, Mozilla Firefox, Opera, Vivaldi, Brave, or Microsoft Edge.