Managing your theme settings - GitHub Docs Skip to main content GitHub Docs Version: Free, Pro, & Team Search or ask Copilot Search or ask Copilot Select language: current language is English Search or ask Copilot Search or ask Copilot Open menu Collapse sidebar Expand sidebar Scroll breadcrumbs left * Home * Get started * Accessibility * Manage theme settings Scroll breadcrumbs right Get started * * * Start your journey * What is GitHub? * Learning resources * Create your repository * Plan your work * Connect locally * Write and store code * Review changes * Deploy automatically * Onboarding * Getting started with your GitHub account * Getting started with GitHub Team * Getting started with the GitHub Enterprise Cloud trial * Getting started with GitHub Enterprise Cloud * Using GitHub * Hello World * GitHub flow * Connecting to GitHub * Communicating on GitHub * Feature preview * Supported browsers * GitHub Mobile * Allow network access * Connectivity problems * Learning about GitHub * GitHub's plans * GitHub language support * Types of GitHub accounts * Access permissions * GitHub Advanced Security * Changes to GitHub plans * GitHub glossary * Learn to code * Set up Copilot for learning * Get started with Git * Finding example code * Reuse people's code * Local development * Debug with Copilot * Getting feedback on your code * Storing secrets safely * Secure your code * Secure your dependencies * Accessibility * Manage theme settings * Keyboard shortcuts * GitHub Command Palette * Writing on GitHub * Start writing on GitHub * Quickstart * About writing & formatting * Basic formatting syntax * Work with advanced formatting * Organized data with tables * Collapsed sections * Create code blocks * Create diagrams * Mathematical expressions * Auto linked references * Attaching files * About tasklists * Permanent links to code * Using keywords in issues and pull requests * Work with saved replies * About saved replies * Creating a saved reply * Editing a saved reply * Deleting a saved reply * Using saved replies * Share content with gists * Creating gists * Forking and cloning gists * Saving gists with stars * Moderating gist comments * Explore projects * Discover projects * Contribute to a project * Finding open source projects * Contribute to open source * Use Copilot to explore projects * Save repositories with stars * Following people * Following organizations * Git basics * Set up Git * Set your username * Caching credentials * Repeated credential prompts * macOS Keychain credentials * Git workflows * About remote repositories * Manage remote repositories * Associate text editors * Handle line endings * Ignoring files * Git cheatsheet * Using Git * About Git * Push commits to a remote * Get changes from a remote * Non-fast-forward error * Splitting a subfolder * About Git subtree merges * About Git rebase * Git rebase * Resolve conflicts after rebase * Special characters in names * Maximum push limit * Archive account and public repos * Request account archive * GitHub Archive program * Using GitHub Docs * Docs versions * Hover cards * GitHub Docs API * GitHub Certifications * About GitHub Certifications * Registering for an exam Managing your theme settings You can manage how GitHub looks to you by setting a theme preference that either follows your system settings or always uses a light or dark mode. Copy as Markdown For choice and flexibility in how and when you use GitHub, you can configure theme settings to change how GitHub looks to you. You can choose from themes that are light or dark, or you can configure GitHub to follow your system settings. You may want to use a dark theme to reduce power consumption on certain devices, to reduce eye strain in low-light conditions, or because you prefer how the theme looks. If you have low vision, you may benefit from a high contrast theme, with greater contrast between foreground and background elements. If you have colorblindness, you may benefit from our light and dark colorblind themes. * In the upper-right corner of any page on GitHub, click your profile picture, then click Settings . * In the left sidebar, click Appearance . * Under "Theme mode", select the dropdown menu, then click a theme preference. * Click the theme you'd like to use. * If you chose a single theme, click a theme. * If you chose to follow your system settings, click a day theme and a night theme. * If you would like to choose a theme which is currently in public preview, you will first need to enable it with feature preview. For more information, see Exploring early access releases with feature preview . Note You can also change your theme settings with the command palette. For more information, see GitHub Command Palette . Further reading * Setting a theme for GitHub Desktop Help and support Did you find what you needed? Yes No Privacy policy Help us make these docs great! All GitHub docs are open source. 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