Instagram is one of the most popular social media platforms in the world, with over 1 billion active users. It’s also one of the most popular platforms for sharing photos and videos, and for many people, it’s a key part of their daily lives. One of the great things about Instagram is that you can customize your experience to suit your own preferences. If you want to use Instagram in dark mode, you can do that easily. Here’s how to enable dark mode on Instagram:
- Open Instagram on your phone or computer.
- Tap on the three lines in the top left corner of the screen. This will open up your account settings.
- Under “General,” tap on “Dark Mode.” If you don’t see this option, then dark mode isn’t currently enabled on your account. To enable it, you need to first set up a password and then tap on “Enable Dark Mode.”
- You will now be prompted to enter a password to enable dark mode on your account. Once you have entered your password, tap on “Enable Dark Mode” again to confirm that you want to enable this feature.
- Now that dark mode is enabled on your account, all of your photos and videos will be displayed in a darker color tone than usual – perfect if you want to make sure that all of your photos and videos are easy to read at night or when it’s difficult to see what’s happening in a photo or video clip! ..
Almost every other app is getting dark mode, so why should Instagram be left out? Instagram does offer dark mode and we’ll show you how to enable it on Android, iPhone, and web.
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Enable Dark Mode in Instagram on Android
On Android, if you have enabled system-wide dark mode, Instagram automatically adapts to that and uses the dark theme. But, if you have not enabled that option, then you can use Instagram’s in-app option to activate dark mode.
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To start, launch the Instagram app on your Android phone. In the bottom bar of the app, tap your profile icon.
On your profile page, in the top-right corner, tap the three horizontal lines.
You’ll see a menu pop up from the bottom of the Instagram app. In this menu, tap “Settings.”
On the “Settings” page, tap “Theme.”
You’re now on the “Set Theme” page where you can choose what theme the Instagram app uses. To make the app use a dark theme, tap the “Dark” option.
And immediately, the Instagram app will turn dark. You can now access all of the app options in this dark theme.
To revert back to the light them, on the “Set Theme” page, tap the “Light” option.
And that’s how you make Instagram consistent with your other dark mode-enabled apps!
If you use Facebook Messenger, it has a dark mode too.
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Enable Dark Mode in Instagram on iPhone
Unlike the Android version, Instagram’s iPhone app doesn’t have a built-in toggle for enabling dark mode. Instead, the app relies on your phone’s default mode and uses that.
That means that if you’ve enabled system-wide dark mode on your iPhone, Instagram will also activate dark mode. We have written a guide on activating the system dark mode on iPhone, so check that out.
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Enable Dark Mode in Instagram on Web
Instagram’s website doesn’t offer a toggle button for dark mode, but there’s a workaround you can use to turn the site dark.
In a web browser on your Windows, Mac, Linux, or Chromebook computer, copy and paste the following URL into your address bar and hit Enter. This is Instagram’s official site with a parameter at the end telling the site to use a dark theme.
When the site loads, you will find that it uses a dark color all around. You can now browse around the site with your favorite theme enabled.
Keep in mind that if you reload the site, you lose dark mode. The link above only temporarily activates dark mode, but it’s good that at least you have the option. Bookmark it to save time in the future.
We hope you enjoy browsing around your favorite photo and video-sharing site in dark mode!
If you use Google Chrome as your browser, you can turn on dark mode in it, too.
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