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Dark mode for Google Docs!
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Dark mode for those long nights working on Google Docs!
This extension changes the style of Google Docs to a dark theme that is easier on the eyes and looks cooler :)
The dark mode and page color can be toggled from the controls on the top right of the page.
1.5.1 Update:
- Controls are now draggable, no more getting in your way!
- Improved visibility for top bar icons and word count window.
- Striving to be a better person, each day.
If you found this extension useful you can also try my extension for dark mode on google drive: https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/google-drive-dark-mode/mhlhbpejnmlkaiaggagblklodbbldmmc
Thank you kindly for all your donations <3
Latest reviews
- (2024-06-09) Nathan Jolly: Doesn't work in latest Chrome/macOS
- (2024-05-23) Steve Beynon: Doesn't work on the doc itself, just the border around it.
- (2024-03-20) henry barnhart: when I go and do a find replace its impossible to read the text in that box
- (2024-01-30) Swirlheart YTV: The summary text isn't inverted, but I've been using this for a year and a half at this point, and I have no regrets! It doesn't have any intense colours like other extensions, and allows some control in what parts of the site are altered.
- (2023-11-12) HeavyFerrum: not working AT ALL
- (2023-11-10) Elana Shae: I write a lot for school and for my job, so this extension has been so nice!! I saw that some people had trouble with the page itself being white and the background going into dark mode, but that's something you can toggle pretty easily by just clicking the button on your screen. It actually lets you choose if you want all dark mode or not, which is super convenient. I also saw that someone else had a problem with the button covering the 'x' when searching for a word, which I had too, but I realized you can actually just drag the button to a different part of the screen and solve this! Great extension overall, definitely recommend.
- (2023-11-08) Степан Пинаколада: Doesn't seem to work with spreadsheets
- (2023-11-06) Marcin Rokosz: This extension is misleading. It's not real dark mode, it's just color inversion. And because it's just color inversion, it makes images unviewable (because it inverts them too), highlighting useless, and content displeasing to the eye. All-white text on an entirely black page does NOT look good -- and this is what the extension does. Avoid it.
- (2023-11-05) Livienvi: Everything was perfect except how it'll just invert the colors of any picture inserted into the document.
- (2023-11-02) ウチダニオ: ページ分け無しタイプの色合い(グレー)が好きなのに、ページ分け有りタイプは真っ黒しかないので、選べたらいい。
- (2023-11-02) Austin Shortes: absolute game changer. Definitely worth it
- (2023-10-30) Michelle Ramirez (Mia): Funciona perfecto. En un principio la hoja del documento es blanca, pero es posible colocarla en oscuro también en las configuraciones de la propia extensión.
- (2023-10-20) Reverend Aero: The extension constantly breaks aspects of Docs. The most annoying thing is when you try to use the mouse and click on the scroll bar to move up or down (useful when parsing a lot of pages for specific text when you don't know what the text is well enough to search for it, I know it's a weird thing but it comes up for me often enough.) You end up selecting the page count instead of the scroll bar then begin moving random lines around in the doc. The absolute worst, and it seems random bugs constantly pop up with this app.
- (2023-10-16) Mateusz: Great app - my eyes are grateful <3
- (2023-10-15) Christina Noe: My migraine brain and my desire to write thank you profusely.
- (2023-10-12) Jing Jackson: it does make it a bit darker but the main body is still really bright
- (2023-10-12) Henry Hou: it's not work.
- (2023-10-11) Miguel Garcia: It is amazing and it is helpful to my eyes but I find funny that the extension is just inverted and it just copied the code.
- (2023-10-07) Abba Babba: Small download in size but mighty! ONE COMPLAINT - sometimes text on the main menu (three lines top left) are displayed in black so the text becomes invisible while dark mode is active, but this is an easy fix aka plz make the text white Mr. Ivan Hildago <3
- (2023-09-28) Rohin J: Litterally so useful, should be added as a default feature
- (2023-09-28) Tyson Stone: It was good, the only real complaint I have is that it inverts the colors of pictures, and It clashes with Night light, turning white blue, and grey to red. I have no Idea how I would get around that, but If at the very least it could avoid inverting photos, that would be great. It's still a High quality product, and I can see the work put it to make it and appreciate it. Keep up the good work!
- (2023-09-19) Ben: When you get this you will see 4 round buttons at the very side of the screen. You have to click the SUN/MOON button AND YOU ALSO MUST CLICK the one below it then you have black background and clean clear bright white text. The P button is just for if you ever want to donate. THIS IS THE BEST I HAVE SEEN. PLEASE KEEP UP THE GREAT WORK DEVELOPER. I'm using on an M1 Macbook Pro but think it works the same for everything make sure you refresh your google docs page or open a new one so that it works. DEVELOPER YOU SHOULD PUT INSTRUCTIONS ON THE APP. THANK YOU FOR THIS
- (2023-09-12) Ella Parry: Works perfectly and has worked perfectly the long time I've had it. So simple and I like how you can switch which parts you want dark
- (2023-09-06) Alex Potapow: Нормально работает, меньше глаза вытекают, ибо я работаю исключительно ночью и нет света, глазам пипец.
- (2023-08-28) Tommy Lee: Potential data collections and broken for the new docs design. This is easily done with the chrome://flags/#enable-force-dark flag risk free.
- (2023-08-19) Nifty Ninja Predictions: data collector
- (2023-08-17) Malu Fernandes: CANNOT TURN IT OFF. For the love of god fix this. The icons on google docs DISAPPEAR and it's being horrible to work with.
- (2023-08-14) Alon Namdar: Works great for me!
- (2023-08-10) Nick: It's pretty decent when it works, however, for google docs, the page is still bright white (it would be nice if it was light gray or customizable), and there are a lot of finicky problems where it just stops working randomly and reverts back to a standard google doc view, which is extremely annoying! Most of the time, the only way to fix it is to completely delete the extension and reinstall.
- (2023-08-09) Sean Ward: Other people seem to like it but it doesn't work right for me. It makes the browser around the document dark, but the actual document itself where I'm typing remains white.
- (2023-08-04) Cdrfor Australia: Doesn't Works
- (2023-07-31) nessy p: i love this extension, but i was wondering, would it be possible to have the dark mode be a grey background instead of pure black? i think that would be a really nice option to have. sometimes i find the black bg with white text can be a little extreme contrast. is there any way for me to change this myself like in the script? otherwise, really great extension and i've gotten a lot of use out of it.
- (2023-07-29) lexx Rumyncev: приложение хорошее, но есть минус, если нажать ctrl+f, то из-за значка приложение нельзя будет закрыть поисковое окно, почему бы не перенести управление приложением в расширение? the application is good, but there are minus, if you press ctrl + f, then because of the icon, the application will not be able to close the search window, why not transfer application control to the extension?
- (2023-07-28) olivia zester: Works really well, you're able to turn it on and off while in the document. Only problem right now is that when you use ctrl+f to search you cannot remove the search bar because this overlay is in the way. Hope it gets fixed soon, otherwise if you're having this problem too, click on the three dots on the search bar and then close the pop-up, that works for me :)
- (2023-07-28) Denise Gutierrez: Awesome extension!
- (2023-07-27) Rodger Sherman: Doesn't look like Word (or other text editors) in Dark Mode. Leaves the page white and text black, only makes the outer interface dark. I recommend Google Docs In Dark.
- (2023-07-25) Artur Perzyna: It it exactly in the same spot as the search pop up window in Google Docs and blocks its access!
- (2023-07-23) DiserOfAstora: 23.07 The sheet in the editor is now white, everything else is dark.
- (2023-07-22) Gina O'Leary: Second time in recent history that the toggle has interfered with the the scroll bar. Please. Those of us with large documents NEED that mouse-click-ability. Also now impossible to close the search box, which blocks text if the document isn't using the full screen. If you need to put these giant toggles in, put them on the left so they don't interfere with basic docs functionality. Or better yet, somewhere in the ribbon, since someone out there does use the document outline feature. It's a wonderful extension when it works. Incredibly frustrating when the UI interferes with the functionality, though.
- (2023-07-20) McKenna Wilds: Worked great until an update that made the icon too large. Now, if I search for a word, the finder menu is stuck on my screen because the add-on covers the finder's X button!
- (2023-07-19) leaf less: Worked really well for months until the UI update. I never had to toggle it until now. It even used to work for the home screen, but now I'm blinded if I so much as think of opening the home screen for google docs. Putting the toggle on the scroll bar was the stupidest option, the left margin makes way more sense. You don't need to fix something that doesn't need fixing...
- (2023-07-18) Man OhMan: It worked fin 'till they updated the look, now the icon is too big so it covers the side bar so you can't click the side bar, when you have a doc that's huge it's a big pain not being able to use it while in the first 20th of the doc.....
- (2023-07-18) Jessica J. Menacho (Jess): It does not work at all. Waste of time :(
- (2023-07-17) E. K. Knight: Not sure why the interface has to change every few months. I liked the inconspicuous tab at first, but then it shifted so a sidebar that prevented me from scrolling using my cursor, which also had a big distracting red cross you had to disable every time you opened a document. Now it's changed again with a more subtle sidebar, which I like, but again, it prevents me from scrolling using my cursor. When I disable it, I have to reopen the document to get it back in order to change options. App works fine, just has a few minor but very annoying issue.
- (2023-07-17) Aiman Sayed- Khaiyum: Worked fine until yesterday. Now it doesn't darken the page automatically; I have to do that manually now for each document. Hope this gets fixed soon.
- (2023-07-16) Terrance Clark: It was working fine last night. Now the page is blinding me again... You can no longer change the page with just one click. It is like the extension was lobotomized... This sucks, because I rely on this extension for most of my work day...
- (2023-07-16) Victori-ori: doesn't work anymore
- (2023-07-12) Rebecca Turner: Worked perfectly thank you!
- (2023-07-10) Diana Copindean: Does not work. The Google Docs pages are still white.
- (2023-07-07) Ryan Sandhouse: Double checked my settings immediately after installing it and it didn't work
Latest issues
- (2023-11-17, v:1.5.1) Elise Holly: Bug on Dark mode for google docs extension
I downloaded the extension last week, decided I didn't like it, and deleted it. Ever since, all my google products have remained black pages with white text. I have already contacted google about this. I'm familiar with software and bugs, so I'm happy to provide more information if needed so this doesn't happen to someone in the future. - (2023-10-29, v:1.5.1) STEVE Alexander: Strange gray box on screen
Occasionally, a grey color rectangle that extends from the edge of the top ruler down to the middle of the document will appear. Moving the page up and down clears this box. This is the first time I've encountered this error. - (2023-10-22, v:1.5.1) Ezequiel Amin: Suggestion: Set invert to 0.8 instead of 1
0.8 will make the background gray, instead of pure black. Reading will be easier. - (2023-10-21, v:1.5.1) Greg McIver: Doesn't work as displayed
Instead of white letters on a black background, I have a gray background with black letters. I uninstalled it and it is still stuck on that. Help please - (2023-10-17, v:1.5.1) Mike M: not working on Chrome for macOS Version 100.0.4896.75 (Official Build) (x86_64)
Doesn't work at all in Google Sheets. Can't update Chrome due to being unable to update macOS (using Sierra 10.12.6). - (2023-09-08, v:1.5.1) Andrew Meier: Control+F button and scroll bar blocked
Generally this extension works well and is simple to use. However one problem I noticed is that it blocks the "X" button on the control+F search box. When I press control+F to find something in the document, a box comes up on the top right side of the screen. On the far right of this box there is an "X" button for closing this search box. This "X" button is now inaccessible when the extension is active. Dragging the extension overlay to a different part of the screen still does not make the "X" button accessible (you can try to click it but nothing happens, as if something invisible is still blocking it). The nearby scroll bar is also blocked in the same way. - (2023-08-15, v:1.5.0) Claudia Huerta: Request for Info
Hello! I've requested that my company, the climate NGO C40 Cities, use this extension for our staff and they're happy to accommodate the request but have asked that the developer please fill out the below form to move forward. It just helps our IT team understand if there may be any issues with integrating this plug in to our systems. We're big fans of this extension from using it on our personal computers and are really hoping we can integrate it into our work laptops! Please let me know if any questions at all. https://form.asana.com/?k=mq1ybQLb38b4Ser1yJY5_A&d=11007460960815 Thanks :) - (2023-07-27, v:1.5.0) Nicki Shobert: Can't turn off dark mode
The buttons disappeared. I'm stuck in dark mode. Now I can't read my plots accurately because the color scheme is inverted. Please provide an option to turn it off. - (2023-07-19, v:1.5.0) Terrance Clark: This extension is broken
You can no longer toggle the extension on the Chrome dashboard (top right). The main problem is the page used to be able to be introverted to black. That is no longer an option and renders the extension useless, because I am back to staring at a flashlight... - (2023-07-17, v:1.5.0) Kyle Newton: Few Change Requests
Thank you so much for your extension. I really like it. I like the recent changes from 7/16. Couple issues though: 1) The new dark mode symbol blocks the ability to grab the scroll button on the left and drag and scroll. Can this be fixed? 2) For a while a few of the buttons in the menu bar are dark and dark background vs. white on dark background. They are: Align, Line & Paragraph Spacing and Insert Image. Thanks so much for your consideration. - (2023-06-22, v:1.4.1) 奥村晴仁: Images are inverted in dark mode with Google Docs extension
The function to change to dark mode works well for the most part, but there is one issue. When the document contains images, the colors of the images are inverted. I would like the document and background to be inverted, but the images to remain in their original colors. Is there a way to fix this problem? - (2023-06-15, v:1.4.1) Holuwa Mighty: Extension
Hello, I hope everything are going well over there. Your extension is extremely helpful, and I can see that. Would you mind if I shared with you some ideas and statistics that I believe can help your extension gain more users on the online store? - (2023-05-24, v:1.4.1) Ali: Some of the buttons on the toolbar do not change color
Some of the buttons on the toolbar do not change colors to match the darkmode theme. While the images on buttons like creating a bulleted list or creating a numbered list lighten so they can be seen on the dark background, other buttons remain dark and are very difficult to distinguish from one another. Specifically these buttons: - Insert image - Align and indent - Line and paragraph spacing - Editing mode - (2023-05-21, v:1.4.1) Marcela Conti: Cannot turn it off
I downloaded the extension and then, when i wanted to turn it off, it wouldn't work. I deleted the extension and it still didn't work. My whole google chrome is in dark mode, even websites which are not google docs. I already tried to download it again and turn it off, but nothing works. Please help! - (2023-05-15, v:1.4.1) Aura Hita Losa: Cannot turn it off!
Please help, no matter if dark mode is active or deactivated, everytime I create a new document it shows in dark background only. I cannot deactivate the dark background. I even tried to remove the extension and nothing seems to reset google docs. Please help! - (2023-05-04, v:1.4.1) Gus Smith: Support for Pageless?
Seems like pageless isn't fully supported yet. E.g. if the comment panel is open on the right side of the screen, it's all white. Also, the background is gray instead of black (presumably because the background is not the "page", which is what turns black, but is the background behind the page?) - (2023-04-01, v:1.4.1) Zoe Davis: dark theme
In in day it's ok, but tine the dark time see I can't a darn thing please help me I have an inthemeat that's that's do very soon. Thanking you in advance. I use my computer at night - (2023-02-08, v:1.4.1) Todd Santee: Can't see document summary text
Love this extension! One quick suggestion: in Google Docs, under the document outline (tab on the left), there's a space for adding a document summary. When I add a summary in this space, the text (medium gray) is barely visible on its background (medium-dark grey). It's pretty impossible to read. It'd be great if this little item could get fixed. Thanks! - (2023-01-22, v:1.4.1) LyingJinx: Can't Change Page Color
Hello, I love having this extension, but after this recent update I can't say the same thing. For some reason with this new update the color of the documents themselves are now black as the rest of the layout. I do not like this at all, it makes it quite difficult to focus on working normally. Is there a way I can change the page color back to white and have the rest in dark mode? - (2023-01-06, v:1.4.1) aymey: Please help me reverse effects
I downloaded this extension many months and it was useful, but when I tried to turn my browser back to day mode it wouldn't work. I have tired everything from removing the extension, to resetting my google chrome, to re-downloading the extension and trying the toggle again. This wouldn't be a huge issue except the extension also makes it extremely difficult to see the print or details on many websites. Please help! I've been at this for months! - (2022-12-15, v:1.4.1) Amayon Patel-Blakh: doesnt actually work?
downloaded the extension. made sure the sliders were correct. refreshed the page. closed and reopened browser. restarted entire pc. nothing. still bright white on my docs. is there something obvious im missing? - (2022-12-04, v:1.4.1) Max Kretov: Hard to Read White Text
I'd like to have the pages themselves dark, this is great. But the white text becomes hard to read. It's sort of grainy and looks faded at some points. This is with the time news roman font. It hurts the eyes, the font color doesn't look consistant. - (2022-12-02, v:1.4.1) Aidan Phelan: Equations and Indentation Options Impossible to Read
I love the extension and have been using it for some time, but there are a couple boxes that become impossible to read because of the dark mode. The first problem I noticed is under Format, Align & Indent, Indentation Options, the Special Indent selection box is grey with black text when it really needs to be white with black text like the rest of the Indentation Options pop up (or the whole popup needs to be darked out, regardless it needs to be legible). The second, and more important, problem I noticed is under Insert, Equation, where all of the special characters are a weird aliased black, meaning that they're actually impossible to read on the grey background. These aren't critical problems but they are annoying, especially when writing lab papers. Regardless I still love the extension and put up with having to switch it off every time I write an equation. Thanks! - (2022-11-19, v:1.4.0) Katherine Stark: Scrollbar Inaccessible
A recent update added buttons to the right hand side of the document. Unfortunately the iconContainer div covers the scrollbar meaning that it cannot be interacted with. This can be resolved by changing the iconContainer CSS to use margin rather than padding, so hopefully this will be a simple fix. - (2022-11-19, v:1.4.0) Morgan Stevens-Reidy: Dark Mode over Word Count
Hi, I've been finding your extension very helpful. However, in a recent update I've noticed whenever I want to keep the word count displayed on the page while in dark mode, the word count box is also in dark mode. This wouldn't normally be a problem, but the word count text within the box is defaulted to black, making it really hard to see. I'd really appreciate a fix with that. - (2022-03-20, v:1.2.2) DONTEATTHEPIE: Page won't darkmode.
After a few refreshes I finally got the app to work, but it only works on the background now whereas before it worked on the page as well. Please rectify! - (2022-03-18, v:1.2.2) David Strohofer: Not functioning correctly
The background applies just fine, but the pages remain white. I'll try another extension in the meantime. - (2022-03-17, v:1.2.2) Nikki Northcutt: Pages won't turn black!
I mostly need this so that the pages are dark and the background doesn't blind me! It'll work for a few days and then it stops working and I can't fix it... What can I do? - (2022-03-15, v:1.2.2) Nick Tower: Cant see cursor
Cursor is white on white paper google docs!!!!! - (2022-03-09, v:1.2.2) Ian T: Doesnt work on mac
its Doesnt work on mac! - (2022-03-08, v:1.2.2) Gustava V: Won't work!!
The document is still bright! I use mac. Fix this immediately!! - (2022-03-06, v:1.2.2) Callum MacKendrick: NO dark page
I switch to dark page mode and the page remains bright white. - (2022-03-05, v:1.2.2) Josselyn Stark: Page color doesn't change on Mac
I installed this extension on my PC and it worked fine, but doesn't work on my Mac. The page color/font color do not change no matter what I do. - (2022-03-03, v:1.2.2) Dorrie Wamser: No dark mode
This does not work! No dark mode. No dark page mode - (2022-02-27, v:1.2.2) Nate Perkins: Dark Page
The overall document getting dark works but the work page remains white no matter what I do with the extension, reloading and restarting - (2022-02-24, v:1.2.2) Micaela Gimenez: El modo oscuro no funciona
Todo a excepción de la hoja se encuentra en negro. You had one job - (2022-02-23, v:1.2.2) Nikki Northcutt: Dark pages
For some reason the dark pages mode isn't working on my google docs. Is there a way to fix thiat? - (2022-02-23, v:1.2.2) Jesse Lastname: Pageless Mode
Do you plan to add support for pageless mode? As it is currently, the background in that mode just becomes dark, even if you have the page dark mode turned off. - (2022-02-20, v:1.2.2) Nemo de Souza: Doesn't change colors of fonts in some windows
Hi, if I click File > Make a Copy, the window that opens shows fonts in black color, not white. Although this issue, the add-on is EXCELENT! - (2022-02-15, v:1.2.2) Matt Motis: It does not function
The document around the text is in dark mode but despite me toggling the option it still does not make the rest of the document dark mode. I think google docs updated their api and thats why this does not work anymore. Thank you. - (2022-02-13, v:1.2.2) Lumainous: It's Not going Dark
Please... just please. I despise looking at the sun as a night owl, and my brain is going to kill me. We need the dark mode back. Please for the love of the nocturnal people, fix this issue. Thank you so much - (2022-02-11, v:1.2.2) Susi Stuart: Document no longer dark
Page is dark, but document only white regardless of option chosen. Ouch. - (2022-02-09, v:1.2.2) REZALTZ: extension doesn't work
extension doesn't work please fix - (2022-02-09, v:1.2.2) Beau Davis: Looks like extension has reverted to V1.2.0
I believe that the updated version is V1.2.2 but my extension is showing as V1.2.0 - (2022-02-02, v:1.2.2) Valdus Constante: Page not going dark anymore
As you can see from the multitude of comments, we need the page to go dark as much as the surrounding palette- please fix. - (2022-01-30, v:1.2.2) Reza Neshat: Google Docs Dark mode stopped working
Hi, As many others have the same problem (as I have just seen in the comments) the dark mode stopped working from today for me. The margins are black but the file content section is not in dark any more. Thanks if you take a look at that! Regards, - (2022-01-28, v:1.2.2) Marisol Castillo: Extension not working!
Yesterday I noticed that I wasn't able to make the Google doc page itself go to dark mode with the extension. The borders and ribbon at the top all go to dark mode, but the text page itself won't regardless of what I try. I've tried uninstalling, reinstalling, clearing my history, etc. but nothing seems to work. Please fix, cause this extension was a miracle worker for saving my eyes!! - (2022-01-27, v:1.2.2) Lauren Leclair: Stopped working overnight
Hi, last night your extension was working perfectly, I could get the border of Google Docs, and the pages in google docs into dark mode. Today only the border is working. I've tried updating the extension, deleting and reinstalling and it still wont work. Hopefully a fix will be pushed out soon, this extnesion has been an eye saver! - (2022-01-27, v:1.2.2) Nadja von Massow: installed but didn't work
The icon did not display in the tool bar, even though everything was switched on in the plugin settings. Maybe a clash, but in any case, uninstalled again since it was clearly not working. - (2022-01-27, v:1.2.2) Eben-Ezer Gemoto: The typing area isn't black anymore
Hello, been using this extension for a while but I just noticed today that it reverted back to white even if I tried turning it on and off again. I just wanna to report this because I'm probably not the only that experienced this today. Thanks in advance