# Switch off Dark Mode

**URL:** https://discourse.paraview.org/t/switch-off-dark-mode/9220
**Category:** ParaView Support
**Created:** [March 18, 2022, 3:14pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/switch-off-dark-mode/9220 "2022-03-18T15:14:31Z")
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### Author: ![Jan\_Deca](https://discourse.paraview.org/user_avatar/discourse.paraview.org/jan_deca/32/8854_2.png) [@Jan\_Deca](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/Jan_Deca)
#### Post date: [March 18, 2022, 3:14pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/switch-off-dark-mode/9220/1 "2022-03-18T15:14:31Z")

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Hello,

I am using Dark mode/appearance on Mac OSX 12.3 in my general system preferences, but I’m not a big fan of it while using paraview. Is there a way to make paraview 5.10.1 use Light mode although Dark mode is selected in the general system preferences of the machine?

Thank you,

Jan

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### Author: ![mwestphal](https://discourse.paraview.org/user_avatar/discourse.paraview.org/mwestphal/32/17_2.png) [@mwestphal](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/mwestphal)
#### Post date: [March 18, 2022, 3:54pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/switch-off-dark-mode/9220/2 "2022-03-18T15:54:41Z")

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Hello,

You can probably use this:

> [@How to get ParaView Dark UI (Any OS, Any release)](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/how-to-get-paraview-dark-ui-any-os-any-release/4545/27):
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> That would require a contribution:

Just tweak it for a light theme.

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### Author: ![asmunder](https://discourse.paraview.org/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/a/ed655f/32.png) [@asmunder](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/asmunder)
#### Post date: [February 16, 2024, 10:34am UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/switch-off-dark-mode/9220/3 "2024-02-16T10:34:53Z")

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Sorry about the necro, but I wanted to do the same thing and found that running the following one-liner in a terminal will set ParaView to light mode on Mac, independent of system preference:

`defaults write org.paraview.ParaView NSRequiresAquaSystemAppearance -bool Yes`