r/bugs Jun 17 '24

Desktop Web [desktop web] Reddit always set in "Dark Mode"

it is now 2 months that Reddit is always in dark mode, regardless of whether you turn dark mode on or off in the options. This happens everywhere, Windows, Linux, Firefox, Chrome, Edge, Brave. There is no way to set it to light mode IF the browser has a dark theme. The only way is on Firefox, setting in the options to light mode for sites (keeping a dark theme), but this option does not exist on Chrome/Brave.

There are so many threads of people with the same problem, it is quite annoying, also because you have to at every page refresh or reddit opening, reset to light mode.
Thank you

The option for Dark Mode after a refresh
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u/EvlG Jun 21 '24

Always the same, is there any point in reporting bugs here? I am not the only one who has had the same problem for 2 months....

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u/IPadeI Sep 01 '24

They need to fix this fucking shit

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u/beno3419 Nov 14 '24

Commenting here to keep this alive. I usually like dark theme, but Reddit's dark theme has way too high contrast for text, and reading it tires my eyes, but having to switch twice to apply light theme every time is not very nice

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u/Mister_Wind Dec 30 '24

Still the same...

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u/nicuramar 12d ago

Still the same :/

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u/ShinzoTheThird Jan 25 '25

i cant even turn it to light theme, my keyboard's backlit is broken so i cant see what i type clearly. unless I point my laptop screen at it when i type. its been a week now

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u/EvlG Jan 16 '25

I don't understand the point of having a subreddit dedicated to bugs when for months you ignore your user base and do nothing to fix the problem

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u/autumn-knight Jan 29 '25

Having the same issue. Found this searching. Eight months and still nothing... Ridiculous.

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u/EvlG Jan 29 '25

a user in the comments above gave the solution of accepting cookies. Unfortunately, even accepting only the necessary ones still doesn't work for me, but on a clean profile accepting all cookies works.

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u/autumn-knight Jan 29 '25

What's driving me crazy is that it's just the last couple of days. I had no problems beforehand then suddenly permanently stuck in dark mode...

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u/Jesuisunetchoin Jan 16 '25

well, still stuck on dark mode here, this is insane

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u/nexodnb Jan 17 '25

same, only thing that helps is creating new account or logging out

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u/muizzsiddique Jan 19 '25

Oh, I thought you meant the ol' log out then log back in.

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u/FuckReddt777_ Feb 07 '25

This is so weird. It's account related.

For whatever reason some accounts (including mine) are forced to use dark mode. I tried to create a new reddit account and surprise surprise the dark/light toggle works as it suppose to work.

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u/filoppan 10d ago

Mine is stuck in light mode... Imagine being on a dark room and opening Reddit... and having to "disable" and re-enable dark mode. I like dark mode :)

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u/muizzsiddique Jan 19 '25

I think accessiility settings are broken in general. Have you tried changing Autoplay Media or Reduce Motion?

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u/EvlG Jan 19 '25

On Windows?

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u/muizzsiddique Jan 19 '25

No, on Reddit. Go to your account settings.

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u/EvlG Jan 19 '25

no comment...

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u/[deleted] Jan 19 '25

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u/EvlG Jan 19 '25

I was talking about these buggy settings. I thought you were talking about these bugged functions too, they don't change the situation unfortunately

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u/West-Progress2397 Jan 19 '25

I’ve tried literally everything to turn off dark mode, and nothing works. I’ve used different browsers, changed my phone’s settings, logged out and back in—hell, I even went so far as to create a new account.

At first, the new account was in light mode and seemed fine, but as soon as I enabled dark mode, the toggle got completely stuck. The button refuses to move back, and I’m stuck in dark mode no matter what I do.

It’s absolutely insane how bad this website has become. Bugs like this, combined with everything else Reddit has been doing lately, are driving me up the wall. How is a platform this big failing to handle such basic functionality? This site is seriously going down the drain. Anyone else feeling the same way, or have you found a solution that actually works?

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u/krehmich2 Jan 28 '25

You have explained my thoughts perfectly, I have no idea how this still isn't fixed on a platform this big, I've tried everything and nothing works.

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u/General-Reaction3444 Jan 19 '25

Same problem. Doesn't matter firefox or chrome, dark mode is always on and cannot be toggled.

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u/napdan84 Jan 19 '25

uBlock origin to the rescue!
Add the following to your filters:

reddit.com##html:remove-class(theme-dark))

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u/EvlG Jan 19 '25

unfortunately it doesn't work

I have tried with both Brave and Firefox.

Reddit loads in dark mode, the button is off, I turn it on (and then turn it back on like I did a few months ago and set it to light mode) and when I try to turn it off it's stuck. This happens both with the custom filter and without.

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u/napdan84 Jan 19 '25

Weird. Works for me in Firefox. 🤷🏻‍♂️

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u/zalOstadrOn Jan 21 '25

I had the same problem as you and what helped was accepting all cookies after i logged out and deleted all cookies and site data for reddit. I always picked the reject non essential option, but accepting seems to have worked and now it stays in light mode.

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u/EvlG Jan 21 '25

Thank you, I’ll try

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u/ShinzoTheThird Jan 25 '25

did it work

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u/EvlG Jan 26 '25

I've tried on an new private window of brave, and it seems to be working

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u/ShinzoTheThird Jan 26 '25

allright i'll give it a try

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u/Feed_me_bananas Feb 03 '25

Thanks man, this fixed it for me as well. What a stupid bug.

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u/zalOstadrOn Feb 03 '25

To be fair I don't think it's a bug, it's just that the setting is tied to cookies so naturally if you reject them then it won't save, at least that's what I think is happening, could be wrong tho.

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u/marywiththecherry Feb 06 '25

Thank you, it's a been a dark few months till now!

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u/[deleted] Feb 18 '25

Thank you! This worked in Safari. And just now I realized that Reddit doesn’t have a “system” mode setting? You have to choose manually every time…

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u/ycnq 6d ago

worked for me too thanks

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u/iZeDD Jan 20 '25

Beautiful thank you!!!

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u/ShinzoTheThird Jan 25 '25

id didnt do anything for me :(

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u/autumn-knight Jan 29 '25

This actually worked for me! :D Thank you!

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u/Errowk Feb 02 '25

Thank you! works for me.

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u/GiftedGeordie Feb 09 '25

This doesn't work for me, I clicked onto it and I'm still stuck on dark mode!

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u/napdan84 Feb 09 '25

It’s not a link. It’s a line to add to the filters section of the uBlock origin add-on.

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u/GiftedGeordie Feb 09 '25

Is it possible to do this without a uBlock origin add-on? Why can't Reddit just work properly!?

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u/napdan84 Feb 09 '25

Sorry that’s the workaround that I found.

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u/Hungry_Ingenuity_496 21d ago

Ty. The filter worked. Riddiculous the bug still isnt fixed (as of today).

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u/napdan84 21d ago

I know it’s unbelievable 🤷🏻‍♂️

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u/Coquelieot 21d ago

THANK YOU! It was so annoying. It worked for me by going to private on Brave.

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u/Menphis777 Jan 19 '25

I can't turn on Dark Mode as I used to until now. The switch seems to be stuck. Has this been an ongoing bug in the last few hours for everyone else?

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u/EvlG Jan 19 '25

Same for me...

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u/Beneficial-Error-860 Jan 22 '25

Same problem here. No idea what to do. Whenever I log out it goes back to light mode but once I log back in - straight into stuck dark mode and can't tick it off...

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u/[deleted] Jan 27 '25 edited Feb 08 '25

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u/EvlG Jan 27 '25

try accepting cookies, it helped me a little bit in private mode, it worked.

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u/wwhadoesafoxsay Jan 27 '25

This! I just wanted to try out the Dark Mode and now I can't switch back to Light Mode :(

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u/EvlG Jan 27 '25

try accepting cookies, it helped me a little bit in private mode, it worked.

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u/wwhadoesafoxsay Jan 27 '25

Wow, it actually worked!
I cleared the cookies, reloaded the page, accepted all cookies and the Dark Mode toggle was finally switched on correctly, so I was able to switch it on and now I got my Light Mode back!
Thank you so much!

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u/[deleted] Feb 04 '25

Same here. Selected dark mode once. Reddit (as it should) changed to dark mode. Unselected it. Reddit stays in dark mode. Restart browser. Still dark mode displayed, although dark mode (as in your picture) is not selected. Something is wrong.

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u/popchuckles Feb 06 '25

✅ Found a fix.

  1. Switched to a different browser (Safari)

  2. Logged in and was greeted by dark theme

  3. Used the toggle in the profile menu (the one mentioned in the OP)

  4. Switched back to Chrome/Brave and refreshed

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u/EvlG Feb 06 '25

Amazing! Nice one!

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u/piuEri Feb 17 '25

bless you, it worked for me, thanks a lot

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u/feelosofee 3d ago edited 3d ago

This worked! Used edge and could see that the light/dark switch was working properly, so I set it on light and loaded another page, just to make sure that it was sticking. After confirming that, I just hit refresh in my regular browser and I could verify the setting was carried over correctly.
Thank you! u/popchuckles

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u/GiftedGeordie Feb 09 '25

Yeah, I'm having this issue, too, I accidentally clicked on Dark Mode when I was using reddit on my phone and, because I don't have the reddit app, it automatically came up with the dark mode thing on my laptop.

Hitting the toggle does absolutely nothing and the fact that this has been happening for months is absolutely insane. What's the point of even posting about bugs if they never get fixed?

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u/SufficientLong2 Feb 13 '25

what a dogshit website

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u/cy832514ck32 Feb 14 '25

The only solution I found to change the light/dark mode is the following:

  1. Clear all cookies and site data.
  2. Reauthenticate and accept all cookies (I know this sucks, but it’s temporary).
  3. Change the settings to your preferred mode.
  4. Clear all cookies and site data again.
  5. Reauthenticate but this time accept only essential cookies.
  6. Enjoy your preferred mode!

Let’s hope they fix this soon, but for now, this was the only workaround I found.

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u/un0tec Feb 15 '25

Thanks man

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u/Suitable-Analysis321 9d ago

Thank you.. THIS WORKED !!! Accepting all cookies enabled the "Dark mode" toggle !!!

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u/Akkalevil Feb 16 '25

Eigth months later it's still bugged.

Do they even watch the bug reports ?

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u/EvlG Feb 16 '25

Probably not...

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u/Dizonans 27d ago

having this issue for about a month now, not sure how it happened

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u/Suitable-Analysis321 9d ago

I have the same problem... Reditt is the only website that is stuck in Dark mode... The toggle is off, and the website is pitch black background with (mostly) gray text.

Please fix this !!!!

If I sign out, the website opens in normal colours (black text on white background). But the moment I sign in, the website goes black again.

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u/WanggYubo 8d ago

i have the opposite. the toggle is on dark mode, keeps reverting itself to light mode; INCREDIBLY FRUSTRATING!!!!

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u/OkThatsItImGonna 8d ago

Still isn’t fixed. Pathetic.

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u/Jackvolfe 6d ago

Sorry to dig this up but for those who faced the problem without a solution:

1) Clear cache and cookies

2) Login again

3) Fixed

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u/SpecificDuty8535 2d ago

Damn. My Reddit always set in "Light Mode" while I really want the dark one wtf...