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How to change Google Chrome Dark mode?

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Anonymous
2023-02-21T06:09:54+00:00

Hello: I have a surface laptop 3 and the Google chrome is having issues: all the applications, including Google itself turned into the dark mode. I tried multiple ways to fix the issue but failed every time. Please advise. thank you in advance

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  1. Anonymous
    2023-02-21T14:10:51+00:00

    Hi MagnusPF,

    Thank you for reaching Microsoft Community.

    Google Chrome would follow the system settings of the device. Please check in Windows Settings > Personalization > Colors if Dark mode is selected under Choose your mode. If yes, please try changing it to Light. If it is set to Custom, please check if the Choose your default app mode and Choose your default Windows mode options are set to Dark or Light.

    See this page for more details: Change colors in Windows - Microsoft Support

    Kind regards,

    Marrion

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  2. Anonymous
    2023-02-22T05:11:23+00:00

    Dear Marrion:

    Thank you so much for your very kind message and advice. I followed your recommendation step by step, but the color is still dark-nothing has changed. Actually, we tried this when it happened to our laptop weeks ago. It's so sad since I can't work with the dark mode.

    Again, thank you so much for your help that is greatly appreciated.

    With very best regards,

    MagnusPF

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  3. Anonymous
    2023-03-02T21:59:04+00:00

    Hi MagnusPF,

    Thank you for getting back on this and sorry to hear that the issue persists. Kindly try resetting the Color Management settings of the device by following these steps below:

    Open Windows Settings > System > Display

    Select Advanced display under Related settings section

    Select Display adapter properties for Display 1

    Go to the Color Management tab on the pop-up window

    Click on Colour Management button

    Go to Advanced tab then click on Change system defaults

    Go to the Advanced tab again

    Check the box next to the Use Windows display calibration

    Click OK and close all windows then restart your device

    Kind regards,

    Marrion

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  4. Anonymous
    2023-03-02T06:09:17+00:00

    Dear Marrion:

    Thank you so much for your very kind email and I apologize for the delay: I was extremely busy. Here is the list of activities I performed according to your advice, but the problem still exists. Very sad and frustrating,

    I run the Surface Diagnostic Toolkit, and everything seemed prefect.

    I was able to restart the device after I changed the settings, but the issue still persists. I performed a force shutdown, and it didn't help.

    Attached please find the screenshot of Colors page in Settings. Please let me know if I need to provide more detailed information or take another screenshot.

    Thank you so much for your incredible help and support! ![](https://learn-attachment.microsoft.com/api/attachments/fe9c3df1-0a5c-4a42-982b-23f80cf527b4?platform=QnA

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  5. Anonymous
    2023-02-25T18:38:55+00:00

    Hi MagnusPF,

    May you please take also a screenshot of the Colors page in Settings and share it to us here?

    After changing or setting the colors settings of the device, were you able to do a restart on the device to make sure changes are applied? If not yet, kindly do so and see if still issue persists.

    If in case issue persists, try to perform a force shutdown on the device by pressing and holding down the power button for 20 seconds just to clear its hardware cache then check if still the device displays in Dark mode even if it set to Light mode.

    You may also run these steps below to make sure that the device has all its updated software and drivers needed:

    1: Run Surface Diagnostic Toolkit

    See: Fix common Surface problems using the Surface app and Surface Diagnostic Toolkit - Microsoft Support

    The toolkit checks for updates and checks different parts of your Surface. 

    2: Check for Windows Update

    Go to Windows Settings > Update & Security and select Check for updates

    Make sure all updates need are installed including Optional updates

    Kind regards,

    Marrion

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