# Default theme based on user's system?
**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/default-theme-based-on-users-system/239091
**Category:** Support
**Created:** [September 15, 2022, 11:43am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/default-theme-based-on-users-system/239091 "2022-09-15T11:43:52Z")
**Posts on this page:** 5
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### Author:  [@per\_coh](https://meta.discourse.org/u/per_coh)
#### Post date: [September 15, 2022, 11:43am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/default-theme-based-on-users-system/239091/1 "2022-09-15T11:43:52Z")
Is it possible to set the default theme for new users based on their system settings? I see more and more applications have options like dark,light,system default. But I can’t find that in admin.
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### Author:  [@pfaffman](https://meta.discourse.org/u/pfaffman)
#### Post date: [September 15, 2022, 12:53pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/default-theme-based-on-users-system/239091/2 "2022-09-15T12:53:29Z")
Have you tried? I think this just works.
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### Author:  [@itsbhanusharma](https://meta.discourse.org/u/itsbhanusharma)
#### Post date: [September 15, 2022, 1:07pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/default-theme-based-on-users-system/239091/3 "2022-09-15T13:07:16Z")
More details here:
> [@Automatic Dark Mode color scheme switching](https://meta.discourse.org/t/automatic-dark-mode-color-scheme-switching/161593):
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> You can now set up your Discourse site to automatically switch color schemes when the user’s device is in dark mode. For a quick preview, head over to the [try.discourse.org](http://try.discourse.org) instance and toggle your device’s dark mode on and off to see this new feature in action. (This feature not enabled on meta.) Enabling automatic dark mode To enable this feature on your instance, you can pick the dark mode color scheme in your site settings: Once that setting is set, you can reload your site with …
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### Author:  [@per\_coh](https://meta.discourse.org/u/per_coh)
#### Post date: [September 16, 2022, 5:38am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/default-theme-based-on-users-system/239091/4 "2022-09-16T05:38:02Z")
Thanks. It doesn’t seem to switch between themes automatically when I change my OS theme, but I guess it’s still a bit glitchy.
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### Author:  [@itsbhanusharma](https://meta.discourse.org/u/itsbhanusharma)
#### Post date: [September 16, 2022, 5:38am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/default-theme-based-on-users-system/239091/5 "2022-09-16T05:38:51Z")
It will get the current theme from your browser. If your browser reacts to your system theme, it will automatically enable/disable dark mode.