How To Enable Dark Mode In Google Docs

How to Enable Dark Mode in Google Docs (Android and iPhone)

The process to enable a dark theme on Google Docs is pretty easy on Android and iPhone but a bit of a chore on PC. Its mobile app adapts to the system theme, but you can also switch to dark mode directly from the app settings.

Method 1: Turn On Dark Mode Using Google Docs Settings

You can enable dark theme on Google Docs in the same manner on both Android and iPhone. Here’s how to do it:

Method 2: Apply System-Wide Dark Mode

Another way of enabling Dark theme in Google Docs is by switching your device’s theme. Apps on Android and iPhone adapt to the device’s current theme if supported, therefore switching to a dark theme will also switch Google Docs to a Dark Theme. Here’s how to do it on Android and iOS.

Enable Dark Theme on Android

You can easily switch your Android to a dark theme by following these steps.
When you go back to Google Docs, Dark Mode should be automatically applied to it.

Enable Dark Theme on iPhone

Enabling dark mode on iPhone is quite similar to Android. Here’s how to do it.
You can now launch the Google Docs app to check whether dark mode is applied on it.

How to Turn On Dark Mode on Google Docs Website

As mentioned earlier, Google Docs website doesn’t officially offer a Dark theme. Therefore, you need to rely on a browser extension to achieve dark mode. Thankfully, there are a few Dark Mode extensions, but our favorite is Dark Reader, which we featured in the Chrome Dark Mode guide. We recommend Dark Reader because it does a phenomenal job at replacing the elements of a webpage with their dark counterparts.
And there you have it! That’s how you can switch to Dark Mode in Google Docs on both apps and the web. Stuck somewhere? Let us know in the comments and we’ll help you out.