MS Edge browser - Experiments - Force Dark Mode


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honkibay

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I've been using Edge browser with "Force Dark Mode" enabled to do web surfing in dark mode. From yesterday, the browser goes funny showing many web sites in light mode. So, I opened edge://flags to check what's wrong. When I search "dark mode", nothing comes up as shown in the screenshot below. What's the solution?

For your info, I completely uninstalled the Edge and reistalled to solve but still the same. My Win11 Pro settings and MS Edge settings are set in DARK mode.

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honkibay said:
I've been using Edge browser with "Force Dark Mode" enabled to do web surfing in dark mode. From yesterday, the browser goes funny showing many web sites in light mode. So, I opened edge://flags to check what's wrong. When I search "dark mode", nothing comes up as shown in the screenshot below. What's the solution?

For your info, I completely uninstalled the Edge and reistalled to solve but still the same. My Win11 Pro settings and MS Edge settings are set in DARK mode.
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That flag has returned after a brief absence in Canary, so it probably will return in other future channel releases.
In the meantime, you can use this:

Darkling Dark mode - Microsoft Edge Addons

Make Microsoft Edge your own with extensions that help you personalize the browser and be more productive.
microsoftedge.microsoft.com
 

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Hi OAT, many thanks for your kind comment. I'm already using "Dark Reader" extension, and will wait for the return of Force Dark Mode feature soonest.
 

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I'm not sure as to why the developers would have moved this particular flag in the first place because it eliminated having to use an extension.
 

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Exactly my words...
 

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Not too sure which version of Edge you are using but on my system using the latest Stable release, the option is still under flags.
 

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This screen capture from the latest version of Canary 125.0.2499.0 shows dark mode enabled.

Edge Canary dark mode.png
 

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Now this feature returned to my Edge Version 124.0.2478.19.
 

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