# User-defined theme switcher disappears on admin pages **URL:** \ **Category:** Bug\ **Created:** [September 27, 2018, 5:42pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/user-defined-theme-switcher-disappears-on-admin-pages/98230 "2018-09-27T17:42:39Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 3
**Author:** ![robmc](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/robmc/32/125900_2.png) [@robmc](https://meta.discourse.org/u/robmc)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2018, 6:12pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/user-defined-theme-switcher-disappears-on-admin-pages/98230/3 "2018-09-27T18:12:33Z")
> [@codinghorror](#): > > Isn’t this in fact expected since admin areas are intentionally not themed Possibly, but if that is the case, then the option to switch themes should disappear when you navigate to `admin`, but it doesn’t so I am able to switch themes here. It is only after doing it that it disappears, so it looked to be an omission rather than a safety issue. > [@codinghorror](#): > > Also, isn’t the trivial workaround to… simply avoid switching themes in the admin area? yes, and this may be an edge case. I was testing a possible issue with column headers not appearing (or rather being white on white) so wanting to see if the reported issue was theme-related - i.e. some OTHER setting was breaking the admin interface when it should not. So there will be some possible occasions where you might want or need to, but one _could_ keep switching out of admin to do this, but since the option appears here, others may experience the same --- _[View the full topic](https://meta.discourse.org/t/user-defined-theme-switcher-disappears-on-admin-pages/98230)._