Watch YouTube in Dark theme

Dark theme allows you to tone down your screen’s glare and experience YouTube with a dark background.

For most Android users: ​

  1. Tap your profile picture  .
  2. Tap Settings  .
  3. Tap General.
  4. Tap Dark theme to turn on or off.

For Android 10 users: 

  1. Tap your profile picture  .
  2. Tap Settings  .
  3. Tap General.
  4. Tap Appearance.
  5. Select “Use device theme” to use the device-level dark theme setting, 
    OR 
    Turn on Light or Dark theme within YouTube.
Note: On Pixel 3 devices in battery saver mode, Dark theme will either turn on automatically or ask you to turn on Dark theme.
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