Matlab online docs showing in dark mode

The Matlab online docs (e.g., https://www.mathworks.com/help/?s_tid=user_nav_help ) showing in dark mode on mathworks.com are showing in dark mode for me. Is there a site setting to switch them back to light mode?

Answer 1

[Stefanie Schwarz]

Hi Felix,

The R2026a MATLAB online documentation follows the appearance settings of your web browser. So if your browser uses a Dark theme, or is configured to inherit the mode from your operating system (for example, Windows Dark mode), then the MATLAB Help Center page (https://www.mathworks.com/help/) will now also use Dark mode.

If you are not actually using MATLAB R2026a, you can select a previous release of the MathWorks documentation from our doc archive, which should still display as a Light theme, for example:

• R2025b documentation: https://www.mathworks.com/help/releases/R2025b/index.html
• R2024b documentation: https://www.mathworks.com/help/releases/R2024b/index.html

If you need to access the R2026a documentation specifically, you can view it in Light mode by using browser extensions that override the prefers-color-scheme browser setting. Here are some example extensions for Google Chrome:

• Chrome Dark Mode Toggle (per-site-basis)
• Prefers Color Scheme Toggle (per-tab-basis)

If installing an extension is no option, you can adjust your browser’s appearance settings to use a Light theme. Here are the instructions for some common browsers:

• Google Chrome: Settings > Appearance > Overall appearance > Light
• Microsoft Edge: Settings > Appearance > Theme > Light
• Firefox: Settings > General > Language and Appearance > Website appearance > Light

HTH, Stefanie

Answer 2

[Hammad Farooq]

If you are using Chrome (or chromium based browsers), a better solution is to use this extension: https://chromewebstore.google.com/detail/chrome-dark-mode-toggle/idnbggfpadjhjicgjmhlpeilafaplnhd

It allows to change between light/dark mode per site basis.

[Stefanie Schwarz]

Hi Hammad, thank you for this contribution, I added the extension to my list!