Turn On Dark Mode in Google Sheets [Desktop and Mobile]

Hi everyone, in this article, we will learn to enable or turn on dark mode in google sheets. Google sheets by default have a light theme that refers to white color. What if you want to make it dark mode? Unfortunately to date, there is no native option in the google sheets to change the theme color to dark/light. There is only one default theme color which is light. So, to enable dark mode in google sheets, we need to play around and find some external ways to turn on dark mode in google sheets. In this article, we will learn about the dark mode in google sheets, and we will also see two ways to enable dark mode in google sheets.

Advantages of using Dark Mode in Google Sheets

It’s a convention, especially in the programming sector, coders and programmers prefer dark modes. The benefit of using dark mode is that they help reduce headache when working continuously on the screen for many hours. Now, programming is a job in which a person needs to be on the screen constantly for 8-10 hours. So, using a lighter mode with a white screen may cause headaches and serious eyesight damage. We have dark modes that help us stabilize the contrast and the blue-screen color do not harm our eyes as much as the white color.

And another thing is the preference, many people prefer dark mode even on android and iOS devices you will see most people especially the ones who spend a lot of time on their devices prefer dark mode. So, we need to learn to enable dark mode in google sheets as a preference and also for reducing the eyesight damage, and headaches when working long screen times.

How to Enable/Turn On Dark Mode in Google Sheets

From this section, we will see all the options we have to enable the dark mode in google sheets. The very first thing to know is that we don’t have any direct or native method to turn on the dark mode in google sheets or switch between multiple themes. We have only a default theme which is a light mode and perceived as white colored. While the dark modes are perceived as blue-colored.

So, we have a very handy and easy method to turn on the dark mode in google sheets using a browser extension.

In the chrome webstore, we have several themes to turn on dark mode in google sheets.

Note: The built-in browser dark mode theme does not affect your standalone applications such as google sheets, Wikipedia, and any other website or web application.

We will check out two themes and will learn how to set up them to enable dark mode in google sheets.

Dark Mode in Google Sheets – Desktop Version

We have various chrome extensions to enable dark mode in google sheets. I know you know but I am telling you that chrome extensions are not available in other browsers such as opera, Firefox, safari, edge, and internet explorer. So, to use the chrome extensions, you must have the chrome browser. Well, you can find the browser extension for the dark mode in google sheets for every browser, but in this article, I am covering the chrome extensions only, as most of the users have chrome browsers.

Let’s move forward with the first extension

Dark Mode – Night Eye

This is a very popular dark mode theme for chrome browsers. Using this browser extension, you can easily switch to dark mode/light moat de any time. It affects every website over the internet. So, like your android built-in dark mode. It enables the dark mode for the entire web. This is a lightweight extension, it offers in-app purchases, runs offline, has 200,000+ downloads, is featured by the google web store, and offers 9 different languages including English.

To learn about chrome browser troubleshooting, you can visit https://www.businessdemy.com/category/google-chrome/ 

To install and use this theme, follow the below step-by-step procedure.

Step 1

Search Chrome Web Store in your chrome browser.

Step 2

Click the first link

Step 3

Search the extension name Dark Mode – Night Eye in the search bar on the top left side.

Step 4

From the results, click on the first extension

Step 5

Read the privacy details and click on Add to Chrome

Step 6

Read the alert, and Add Extension

Step 7

A new Thank you page will open and the extension will be installed.

Step 8

Go to google sheets, you can see the dark mode is enabled

How to make Dark Mode for Google G Suite

This is another handy chrome extension to enable dark mode in google sheets. This extension is solely for the Google applications and web services such as Google Sheets, Google Docs, Google Slides, and Google Drive, and they keep on adding, recently they have added, Meet, Calendar, and Drawings.

Step 1

In the chrome webstore, search for the extension

Step 2

Click on the first result

Step 3

Click on Add to Chrome

Step 4

Successfully added!

Note: this will only turn dark mode in google sheets, google docs, google slides, and other google apps and websites.

How to Make Dark Mode in Google Sheets – Mobile Devices

Here we will learn how to enable dark mode in google sheets on the mobile device. For this, I have an android phone and I will show you the steps required to enable the dark mode. Let’s see how it works. So we have three options for the mobile device, we can turn on the dark mode for the mobile device which will essentially turn on dark mode for google sheets and the web. We can also enable dark mode on the browser and the downloaded app specifically.

So, firstly I will turn on dark mode for my device (it will automatically turn on the dark mode for the google sheets on the web)

Dark Mode of your Device

Step 1

On your device go to Setting > Display and Brightness > Dark Mode

Note: There can different settings on different devices.

Step 2

Turn on Dark mode

Step 3

Go to Browser and open google sheets, it is in the dark mode

Dark mode your Browser

Step 1

Open the browser, click on the three vertical dots on the top right corner

Step 2

Tap on Settings

Step 3

Tap on Theme

Step 4

The current Theme is “System Default”

Step 5

Change it to Dark

Step 6

It changed to the dark mode

Dark Mode your Google Sheets App

Step 1

Open Google Sheets App, and tap on the Navigation drawer in the top left corner

Step 2

Tap on Settings

Step 3

Tap on Choose theme

Step 4

Select Dark

This is how you can use the above three methods to enable dark mode in google sheets on the mobile device.

Notes

FAQs

How can turn on dark mode in google sheets on my laptop?

You can use a browser extension of your choice for the dark mode on the desktop. I will recommend two browser extensions that work fine for me, I have covered both of them above in the tutorial. Both of these extensions are free to use and lightweight. Both works smoothly and efficiently. The only difference is that one is for the overall web dark mode, and the other one is only for the google products and web applications. You can use any according to your preferences in a chrome browser.

Can I Use the Same Methods to Enable Dark Mode in Google Docs and Google Sheets?

Enabling dark mode in google docs and Google Sheets can be done using the same methods. By going to the Settings menu, you can select the Theme option and choose the dark mode theme. This will change the background and text colors to provide a darker and more comfortable viewing experience.

How can I turn on dark mode in the google sheets mobile app?

You have native options for mobile apps, to keep this application in dark mode exclusively, you can change the system default setting to Dark in theme settings. Note that the default theme is neither dark nor light, it’s the system default, which means it will take the theme of the device (light or dark) and will depict the overall environmental theme.

Conclusion

Today we have learned the dark mode in google sheets. We have seen how to enable dark mode in google sheets using easy and handy tools. We discussed the pros of using dark modes and I stated why tech-savvy people prefer dark modes. Mostly in the software engineering domain, you will see people using dark mode and they have a huge screen-time daily. The dark mode improves the experience for consistent usage because it does not reflect white light rays that can severely affect the vision and cause a headache if used for a long time consistently. We discussed the (chrome) browser extensions to enable dark mode in google sheets, we saw two of them one for overall web and one for google products and applications only. We then moved to the mobile version and saw three easy ways to use dark mode in google sheets.

That’s all from Dark Mode in Google Sheets. I will see you next time with another helpful tutorial. Take care. Keep Learning with OfficeDemy.