How to enable Facebook Dark Mode on Android

Facebook is one of the world's most popular and widely used social media services and platforms. It allows you to connect billions of its users on one platform by signing up. Facebook gives a platform to stay connected with people worldwide and communicate with them via text, images, and videos. On Facebook, you can share your photo and video and post your story to keep your friends updated about your daily activities and life.

However, spending more time on Facebook or any other social media platform may lead to itching or tired of your eyes. Especially when using light mode at night. To relax your eyes while using your phone, enable the Facebook dark mode on Android (or the device on which you are using). Activating dark mode on any device is an additional setting that changes the background interface on your Facebook account. Here, we will illustrate the various methods to turn on the dark mode of Facebook on Android.

Activate Facebook's Dark Mode on Android

Launch the Facebook app on your device to activate and use dark mode on the Android. Also, make sure that you have a login to your Facebook account. Once you have it on your FB account, follow the below-given steps. Keep in mind the steps might vary based on the version of the Facebook app you are using.

Method 1: (On Facebook lite version)

1. Open the Facebook app and tap on the hamburger icon (that looks like three horizontal lines).
   
2. From the list of various options, tap on the Dark mode.
   

Now you will see that the background of your Facebook account interface turns into dark mode.

Method 2: (On Facebook main version)

If you are using any other version of the Facebook app, there might be possible that you may see the different steps to enable dark mode on your Facebook account. Here are the other steps that you may try to turn on Facebook dark mode:

1. Launch your Facebook app and make sure you have a login.
2. Tap on the hamburger icon (that looks like three horizontal lines) at the screen's upper right.
3. Under the various options, select "Settings", which looks like a circular gear icon.
   
4. From the open screen of "Settings & Privacy", look under the Preferences section and tap on "Dark Mode".
   

The "Dark Mode" screen lets you multiple ways to control the app theme on your device. The followings are the options that you can select in your Dark mode settings screen:

• On: Select this option to turn on dark mode in your Facebook account.
• Off: Select this option to turn off dark mode in your Facebook account.
• Use System Settings: Your Facebook account uses the system default mode while enabling this option. That means if you set dark mode on your Android phone, your Facebook's background interface looks like dark mode. On the other hand, if you set light mode on your Android phone, your Facebook's background interface looks like light mode.
  

When you are done, enjoy the dark drowsing and another item on your Android device.

Method 3: Enable a dark theme on Android that reflects dark mode on Facebook

1. Open the Settings app of your Android smartphone.
2. Now tap on the Accessibility option.
3. Now under the Display option, enable the Dark theme.

Dark Mode (or dark theme) is a feature that offers you to switch the color theme of your apps. Dark theme for apps is available on various popular apps such as Instagram, Twitter, Slack, Google Chrome, etc. Instead of changing the Dark theme of the app, you can also change the theme on your Android phone from the quick Settings panel.

How to use Facebook Dark Mode on iPhone

The steps to enable Facebook dark mode on iPhone are similar to the Android smartphone you do above. Following are the steps that you can use to turn on the dark mode of Facebook on your iPhone:

1. Launch the Facebook app on your device and sign in with your credentials.
2. Tap on the hamburger icon (three horizontal lines) at the bottom of the menu bar.
3. Scroll down the opened screen and tap on the Settings & Privacy
4. Tap on the Dark Mode option.
5. Now tap the On button to enable it.

Finally, you have activated the Facebook dark mode on your iPhone.

How to enable Facebook Dark Mode on desktop (PC)

Enabling Facebook's Dark Mode on the Desktop browser is also quite simple. Follow the following steps to activate dark mode on Facebook on a PC browser.

1. Visit facebook.com on your browser and log in with your account.
2. Click on the small downward arrow icon present in the upper-right corner of the menu bar.
3. From the list of various options, click on Display & accessibility.
   
4. Under the Dark Mode, enable the On option.
   

Now your Facebook account will display in dark mode. If you want to change the theme from dark to light, follow the same above steps and, at last, choose the Off option under Dark Mode.