How to enable Dark Theme in Windows 10 Anniversary Update

In our previous article, we covered how enable the dark theme for Settings and apps in Windows 10. It involves a Registry tweak to activate the dark theme. With Windows 10 Anniversary Update, Microsoft added the ability to activate the dark theme from Settings. Here is how it can be done.

To enable Dark Theme in Windows 10 Anniversary Update, you don't need third party tools or Registry tweaks any more. All you need to do is to follow these steps.

  1. Open the Settings app.
  2. Go to Personalization ->> Colors:
  3. Scroll down to the bottom of the page to the option "Choose your mode". There, you can set Light or Dark color scheme as shown below:

The changes will be applied immediately. That's it.

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Author: Sergey Tkachenko

Sergey Tkachenko is a software developer who started Winaero back in 2011. On this blog, Sergey is writing about everything connected to Microsoft, Windows and popular software. Follow him on Telegram, Twitter, and YouTube.

8 thoughts on “How to enable Dark Theme in Windows 10 Anniversary Update”

    1. Very strange. It is not regional based option.
      Which Windows version it shows you after the upgrade?

      1. Even I find it strange as well.

        Windows 10 Pro 64 bit – Build 10586

        http://i.imgur.com/25ZHIeo.jpg

          1. Aah.. I see. Its a insider preview update it seems. Its my primary computer. Will wait for official roll out then. Thanks for the guidance. :)

  1. the whole “dark or light” mode is only for the STUPID windows that look like they belong on a TABLET.

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