Why websites stay white
When you turn on Dark Mode in Settings › Display & Brightness, Safari’s menus and buttons go dark, and Safari tells each website you prefer dark colors. Only websites that were built with a dark design respond. Everything else, including many news sites, shops and forums, stays white.
Safari has no switch to force every page dark. That’s what Safari extensions are for.
Make every website dark with Dimlight
- Download Dimlight from the App Store. It’s free, and the same download works on iPad and Mac.
- Open Settings › Apps › Safari › Extensions. On iOS 17, it’s Settings › Safari › Extensions.
- Tap Dimlight and turn on Allow Extension.
- Under Permissions, set All Websites to Allow.
- Open any website in Safari. It’s dark.
Don’t choose “Allow for One Day”. Safari sometimes offers it when you open a website. It works until tomorrow, then Dimlight switches off. Choose Allow instead.
What Dimlight does on each website
- The website has its own dark theme: Dimlight turns it on, even while your iPhone is in Light Mode.
- It doesn’t: Dimlight darkens backgrounds and text itself. Photos and videos keep their true colors.
- It’s already dark: Dimlight leaves it alone.
To change how a single website looks, tap the page menu button on the left of the address bar, then Dimlight, and choose Auto, Always dark or Off.
Tips for reading at night
- Go dark at sunset on its own. Set Appearance to Automatic in Settings › Display & Brightness, then choose “Only when my device is in Dark Mode” in Dimlight Settings.
- Pick a style. In the Dimlight panel, tap the gear for Settings. Black suits iPhones with OLED screens; Warm is softer for long reading.
- Dim even further. Settings › Accessibility › Display & Text Size › Reduce White Point lowers brightness below the usual minimum.
Rest your eyes tonight.
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