How to Make TikTok Dark Mode Available. Most modern devices have Dark Mode, which is a great feature. You can work or enjoy online content for longer if your eyes don’t have to work as hard. Even so, there are still a lot of apps that don’t support dark Mode.
TikTok is one of these apps. Even though not every operating system fully supports dark Mode yet, it is getting there slowly. If you want to know how to make TikTok‘s dark mode work, the sections that follow will tell you everything you need to know.
How to Turn On TikTok Dark Mode on Android
At the time of this writing, in June 2022, TikTok had not yet added a Dark Mode to its app for Android. Even if you look everywhere on the Internet for it, you won’t find any information about it.
But there are signs that some Android beta testers did get the dark Mode on their phones. Even though that may be true, if you install the app from Google Play, you won’t find any dark mode options.
Since TikTok just added support for dark Mode to the latest version of iOS, we hope that Android will get one soon. It’s clear that patience is the key here.
How to Turn On TikTok Dark Mode on an iPhone
TikTok didn’t add a dark mode for Android, but it did for iPhone and iPad. You can turn on or off dark Mode on your iPhone by using the switch in the app or the system settings. Follow the steps below to learn how to do all of this.
Note: Before you go any further, make sure your iOS is up to version 13. Next, check to see if you have the most recent version of TikTok. The App Store is where you can find it.
- On your iPhone, open the TikTok app.
- Tap Me next. It’s the tab in the bottom right corner of the screen.
- Tap the button that says “More” in the upper right corner. It looks like there are three horizontal lines.
- Tap Dark Mode in the Content and Activities area.
- Now, you can choose between Light Mode and Dark Mode. Tap Dark.
When you tap Dark, the app’s interface changes to dark Mode right away. That’s it.
Tap Use device settings instead of Dark Mode in Step 5 if you want TikTok to use the system setting for dark and light modes. It’s the one right below the ones for Light and Dark. Once you turn it on, the TikTok interface will switch between the two modes based on how your phone looks.
Now that you’ve told the TikTok app to use your phone’s settings, you can turn on dark Mode.
- Open your iPhone’s Settings app.
- Touch Screen & Brightness.
- You can choose between Light and Dark in the Appearance section at the top of the screen. Tap “Dark” to turn it on.
When you do that, your phone will look like it is in dark Mode. If you think this is too much trouble, there is an easier way to switch between modes:
- To open the Control Center menu, drag your finger from the top right corner of the screen. If you tap and hold the Brightness button, you can open its own menu.
- In the bottom left corner of this page is a button called “Appearance Mode.” Tap it. If you’re in Light Mode, it will change to Dark Mode, and vice versa.
Adding the Dark Mode switch to Control Center is even more convenient. Follow the steps below to do that:
- Open Settings.Tap the Control Center option when you find it.
- Tap the green plus sign next to Dark Mode to turn it on.
The Dark Mode switch will be in Control Center the next time you open it. You can switch between the modes by tapping it.
To get the most out of the Use device settings option in TikTok, set your iPhone to automatically switch between light and dark themes. To do this, go to the iPhone’s Appearance menu and tap Automatic instead of Dark. It is right below the options for Light and Dark.
There are two choices for the Automatic feature:
- Based on where you are and what time zone you are in, Sunset to Sunrise will automatically switch between light and dark modes.
- If you tap Custom Schedule, you can also set your times for each Mode to turn on and off. With this option, you must enter the times you want each Mode to be activated separately. For instance, you can set the light Mode to start at 6 a.m. and the dark Mode to start at 10 p.m.
How to Turn On TikTok Dark Mode on a Windows, Mac, or Chromebook PC
Currently, only the TikTok app for iOS has a dark mode built in. Unfortunately, desktop and laptop computers are more like Android than iPhones. Since there is no TikTok app for computers, you can’t change how it looks. However, you can work on iOS. Or isn’t it?
You can get help from a third-party app, which is good news. To use TikTok on a computer, you only have to open it in a browser. When you do this, the Turn Off the Lights extension takes care of the dark mode problem.
This extension is great because it works with most of the Internet browsers that come on modern computers. You can use it with Google Chrome, Microsoft Edge, Mozilla Firefox, Apple Safari, Opera, Brave, etc.
Follow the steps below to add the Turn Off the Lights add-on:
- Open your favorite browser and go to the Turn Off the Lights download center.
- Scroll to the bottom of the page to find the links to download this extension for each browser that it works with.
- Choose the one that works with your browser.
- Depending on the browser you use, the link will either take you to the download page or start the download of the install file. Depending on your browser’s security settings, you may have to manually approve the file download.
Once you install the extension, it will appear in your browser’s extensions menu. The icon looks like a small gray lightbulb, but you must set it up before using it.
- Right-click on the extension icon for Turn Off the Lights in your browser.
- Choose Options.
- Now, the options page for the extension will open in a new tab.
- Use the menu on the left to select Night Mode.
- Check the box next to the Show the night switch button… in the Night Mode section.
Now, when you open a page in your browser, the Night Mode switch will be in the bottom left corner of the page. Just click it to change between Day and Night mode. Of course, this also works for TikTok.
Aside from the switch feature, the Night Mode menu has a lot of other options you can use.
- When you turn on night mode, the Background color, Text color, and Hyperlink color options give you more ways to change how the website looks.
- You can also use the lamp icon of the extension as a quick way to turn on Dark Mode.
- If the switch bothers you, you can set it to disappear after a few seconds.
- You can add sites to a blacklist if you don’t want to use night mode on them. On the other hand, you can use the whitelist to tell only certain websites to use night mode.
- There is also a setting that lets you choose when you want to see the switch. For example, during the day, you probably don’t need the switch for night mode. Of course, it would be helpful if it came out at night.
- You can make the night mode switch see-through, making it less noticeable when reading or watching something.
- You might not even want the button to switch. If so, you can set up a shortcut that lets you turn on night mode by holding down the mouse button on the page for a long time.
- Last, you can play around with where the Night Mode switch is. You can pick from the top left, top right, bottom right, or bottom left. You can also choose a custom position for the switch if none of these work for you.
Frequently Asked Questions
Here is more information about TikTok and Dark Mode.
When is Dark Mode coming to Android?
We don’t have a good answer to that yet, though. As we’ve seen with other popular apps, it can take years for the Dark Mode feature to be added to an app’s user interface. Checking your TikTok app’s Settings every so often to see if the feature is there is the best thing to do.
Of course, you should also always keep your app up to date. The feature will come with a new update when it is finally made available to Android users. An app that isn’t current won’t have the new features.
Does Dark Mode change the way my videos look?
No. Changing your settings to dark Mode won’t change how your videos or For You page look. The only things that Dark Mode changes are how your profile and settings look.
Going Dark with TikTok
This article should have helped you figure out how to turn on dark Mode on TikTok. Except for Android, every other system you might use has a solution. With this Mode, you don’t have to worry about straining your eyes in the Dark to see all the cool stuff.
Have you figured out how to use TikTok’s dark Mode? When do you use TikTok more: during the day or at night? Please tell us about what you’ve done in the section below.