Night Eye is a Safari dark mode extension that adds a customizable dark theme to most websites you visit in Safari. It works on Mac, iPhone and iPad, giving you website dark mode even when a page does not provide the appearance you want.
Safari can follow the Dark appearance of macOS, iOS and iPadOS, but that does not force every webpage to become dark. Websites control their own content and colors. Night Eye fills that gap by converting bright webpages while preserving readable text, images, icons and interface elements.
Besides enabling dark mode, Night Eye offers customization tools such as brightness, contrast, saturation, warmth, dimming, scheduling and website-specific settings.
Last reviewed: August 8, 2026.
Table of contents
- Safari Dark Mode: Quick Answers
- Does Safari Have a Built-In Dark Mode?
- Preview of Night Eye Dark Mode for Safari
- How to Enable Dark Mode on Safari for iPhone and iPad
- How to Enable the Night Eye Safari Dark Mode Extension on iPhone and iPad
- How to Enable Dark Mode on Safari for Mac
- How to Enable the Night Eye Safari Dark Mode Extension on Mac
- Night Eye - Dark Mode Extension for Safari
- Why Safari Asks Night Eye for Website Access
- Customize Safari Dark Mode With Night Eye
- How to Turn Off Safari Dark Mode
- How to Change the Safari Start-Page Background in iOS 26
- Safari Dark Mode FAQ
- Get Dark Mode for Safari With Night Eye
Safari Dark Mode: Quick Answers
| What you want to do | Best option |
|---|---|
| Make the iPhone or iPad interface dark | Settings → Display & Brightness → Dark |
| Make the Mac interface dark | System Settings → Appearance → Dark |
| Add dark mode to websites in Safari | Install and enable Night Eye |
| Use different settings on individual websites | Configure the website in Night Eye |
| Return a website to its original appearance | Choose Normal mode in Night Eye |
Does Safari Have a Built-In Dark Mode?
Safari and website dark mode are not the same thing.
When you turn on Dark Mode on an iPhone, iPad or Mac, the operating system and supported apps use a darker appearance. Safari follows that system appearance for its browser interface. Websites, however, can still display a white or light background because the page controls its own design.
Some websites detect your system color scheme and provide their own dark theme. Others stay light. If you want a consistent dark mode across the websites you browse, a Safari dark mode extension such as Night Eye handles the webpage itself.
Preview of Night Eye Dark Mode for Safari
Before and after: the same webpage in its original appearance and with Night Eye dark mode applied.
How to Enable Dark Mode on Safari for iPhone and iPad
On iOS 26, turn on the system Dark Mode like this:
- Open Settings.
- Tap Display & Brightness.
- Select Dark.
You can also open Control Center, touch and hold the brightness control, and tap Dark Mode. To switch automatically, go to Settings → Display & Brightness, turn on Automatic, then open Options to choose a schedule.
This changes the iPhone appearance and Safari interface, but it does not guarantee that every webpage will use dark colors.
How to Enable the Night Eye Safari Dark Mode Extension on iPhone and iPad
To enable Night Eye as a Safari dark mode extension on iPhone or iPad:
- Download Night Eye from the App Store.
- Open Settings.
- Tap Apps → Safari → Extensions.
- Tap Dark Mode - Night Eye.
- Turn on Allow Extension.
- Allow Night Eye to run on the websites you visit. If All Websites appears, tap it and choose Allow.
- Open Safari and start browsing.
You can also open Safari's Page Menu and use Manage Extensions to manage enabled extensions. If you use Safari profiles, make sure Night Eye is enabled for the profiles where you want website dark mode.
How to Enable Dark Mode on Safari for Mac
To make the Safari interface dark on a Mac:
- Open System Settings.
- Select Appearance.
- Choose Dark.
You can choose Auto instead if you want macOS to change between light and dark appearance automatically. Safari follows the system appearance, while individual webpages can still use their own colors.
How to Enable the Night Eye Safari Dark Mode Extension on Mac
To add Night Eye to Safari on Mac:
- Download Night Eye from the App Store.
- Open Safari.
- Choose Safari → Settings from the menu bar.
- Open the Extensions tab.
- Turn on Night Eye by selecting the checkbox next to the extension.
- Allow website access where required, then open a webpage and choose your preferred Night Eye mode.
If you use Safari profiles, extension settings can be managed separately for each profile. In private browsing, extensions that require website access may also need to be allowed separately.
Night Eye - Dark Mode Extension for Safari
Night Eye has been built to provide smooth dark mode across a wide range of websites while giving you control over how each site appears.
- Dark Mode: converts website colors, backgrounds, small images and icons into a complete dark appearance.
- Filtered Mode: keeps the website's original colors while letting you adjust brightness, contrast, warmth and dimming.
- Normal Mode: returns the website to its original design whenever you do not want dark conversion.
- Website-specific settings: use global settings or create a different configuration for a particular website or page.
- Brightness, contrast and saturation: fine-tune the converted appearance to suit your screen and surroundings.
- Warmth and dimming: soften bright website colors when you prefer a less intense appearance.
- Scheduling: choose when Night Eye should turn dark mode on or off automatically.
- System-theme integration: let Night Eye follow supported operating-system and browser color settings.
- Built-in theme integration: on supported websites, choose whether to use the site's own dark theme or Night Eye's conversion.
Night Eye Lite provides free dark mode on up to five websites in one browser. New installations also include three months of Night Eye Pro with no payment or registration required.
Why Safari Asks Night Eye for Website Access
Safari may warn that an extension can read and change webpages. Night Eye needs permission to access a page because changing its colors and visual elements is the function of the extension.
Night Eye performs webpage color conversion locally on your device. Promotino does not receive the URLs or domains of webpages you visit, webpage content or your browsing history when Night Eye converts a page.
Night Eye still communicates with its servers for essential functions such as authentication and license verification. For the complete explanation of extension data handling, see the Night Eye Privacy Policy.
Customize Safari Dark Mode With Night Eye
After Night Eye is enabled, open the extension from Safari and choose how the current website should appear.
- Choose Dark for full dark-mode conversion.
- Choose Filtered when you want to keep the site's original colors but reduce their intensity.
- Choose Normal to leave that website unchanged.
- Adjust brightness, contrast, saturation, warmth and dimming as needed.
- Create individual settings for websites or pages that need different treatment.
Night Eye remembers your selected settings and applies them when you return to configured websites.
How to Turn Off Safari Dark Mode
If you want to return Safari to a lighter appearance, first identify which layer is dark.
- iPhone or iPad interface: go to Settings → Display & Brightness and choose Light.
- Mac interface: go to System Settings → Appearance and choose Light.
- Only the webpage is dark: open Night Eye and choose Normal, or disable Night Eye for that website.
- Disable the extension on iPhone: go to Settings → Apps → Safari → Extensions → Dark Mode - Night Eye and turn off Allow Extension.
- Disable the extension on Mac: open Safari → Settings → Extensions and clear the Night Eye checkbox.
How to Change the Safari Start-Page Background in iOS 26
The Safari start-page background is separate from webpage dark mode.
In iOS 26, open Safari and create a new tab. Scroll to the bottom of the start page, tap Edit, then use Background Image to choose the image shown behind the Safari start page.
This changes the start page only. It does not turn websites dark. For website dark mode, use a site's own dark theme or Night Eye.
Safari Dark Mode FAQ
How do I force Safari into dark mode?
For the Safari interface, turn on Dark Mode in your Apple device's appearance settings. That does not force every webpage to become dark. To apply dark mode to most websites in Safari, enable Night Eye and use Dark mode for the sites you visit.
How do I make my browser dark on iPhone?
Go to Settings → Display & Brightness → Dark. This makes the iPhone interface and supported apps, including Safari's interface, use a dark appearance. Use Night Eye when you also want dark mode on webpages.
How do I change my Safari background from white to black?
If you mean the Safari interface, turn on system Dark Mode. If you mean a webpage with a white background, the website controls that color unless it supports dark mode. Night Eye can convert most bright webpages into a dark theme.
How do I enable dark mode on my iPhone?
Open Settings → Display & Brightness and select Dark. You can also use the Dark Mode control from Control Center.
Is there a separate dark mode setting for Safari?
Safari follows the system appearance, but there is no separate built-in Safari switch that forces every website into dark mode. Websites can provide their own themes, and Night Eye can apply dark mode to most websites that remain bright.
Why is Safari not in dark mode?
Check whether your iPhone, iPad or Mac is using Light appearance. If Safari itself is dark but a website remains white, that website may not support the system dark color scheme. Night Eye can handle the webpage layer separately.
How do I turn my browser to dark mode?
On iPhone or iPad, choose Settings → Display & Brightness → Dark. On Mac, choose System Settings → Appearance → Dark. Then use Night Eye if you also want websites to use dark mode.
How do I change Safari color on iPhone?
Use iPhone Dark Mode to change Safari's overall light or dark appearance. Safari can also adapt parts of its interface to webpages and system settings, but webpage colors are controlled separately. Night Eye lets you customize website appearance.
Does Safari offer a true black dark mode?
Safari does not provide a universal setting that forces every webpage to use a pure black background. The browser interface follows the system appearance, while websites control their own colors. Night Eye converts webpages into dark themes and lets you adjust their appearance without forcing every site to the same pure-black design.
Can you force dark mode on iOS?
You can turn on system Dark Mode for iOS, but that does not force all websites to become dark. For Safari webpages, Night Eye can apply dark mode to most sites and can be configured per website.
How do I set night mode on iPhone?
If you mean the dark interface, open Settings → Display & Brightness → Dark. Apple's Night Shift is a separate display feature that changes the screen's color temperature and is not the same as Dark Mode.
How do I change my Safari settings on iPhone?
Open Settings → Apps → Safari. From there you can manage Safari options, extensions and other browser settings. Night Eye is managed under Safari → Extensions.
How do I change the Safari background in iOS 26?
Open a new Safari tab, scroll to the bottom of the start page and tap Edit. Use Background Image to choose a start-page background. This setting changes the start page, not the background color of every website.
How do I get Safari back to normal on iPhone?
Choose Light under Settings → Display & Brightness if you want the iPhone and Safari interface light again. If only websites are dark, switch Night Eye to Normal mode or disable the extension for those websites.
Get Dark Mode for Safari With Night Eye
Safari's system appearance is useful for the browser interface, but websites do not all follow it. Night Eye adds the missing website layer by converting most bright pages into a customizable dark theme on Mac, iPhone and iPad.
Install Night Eye from the App Store, enable the Safari extension, and choose how each website should appear.
