How To Automatically Toggle Dark & Light Modes On Windows 10

You only need to set it once

If you don’t already know, yourWindows 10 computer comes with a dark modeto help relieve your eyestrain and give your computer a more darkish look. The option is located in the Settings app and you can enable and disable it at any time you want.

The dark mode is mostly used at night times and the light mode is for daytime. If you this is also how you use it on your computer, you may have to toggle the mode manually each day.

You can actually make the process a bit easier for yourself by creating a task that automatically toggles dark mode on Windows 10 on or off for you. It’s pretty easy to set it up and you only need to do it once. It then runs automatically everyday and toggles the modes as per your specification.

Use Task Scheduler To Automatically Enable Dark Mode On Windows 10

Task Scheduler lets youautomate a number of tasks on your Windows 10computer. You can use it to create a task that auto-enables the dark mode at night time on your PC. You can set up a specific time for it when the task is triggered and the mode is enabled.

When the clock hits your specified time, Task Scheduler will run your task and activate the dark mode on your system. It’ll do this every night at your specified time.

Automatically Deactivate Dark Mode on Windows 10 Using Task Scheduler

The next morning when you wake up and look at your computer, you’ll find that it still has the dark mode turned on on it. It’s because the task you created above only enables the dark mode and doesn’t actually disable it in the morning.

To get your computer back to light mode during daytime, you’ll want to create a separate task for it in Task Scheduler.

It’ll now auto-enable the light mode at your chosen time.

Change Mode Time Settings

You can modify the schedule time at any time you want.

Disable Automatic Activation Of Dark & Light Modes On Windows 10

If you want to disable the whole automatic thing, do the following.

You’ll need to do it for both of your tasks.

Using An App To Schedule Dark & Light Modes On Windows 10

There’s a free and open-source app calledWindows 10 Auto Dark Modethat helps you easily schedule dark and light modes on your computer.

You can use it in place of Task Scheduler to activate light and dark themes at your chosen times.

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