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I have to agree with nearly every comment below about how disappointing Xero's view is on Dark Mode. As Tim Stone mentioned, I would've thought this could be done through CSS to a large degree and then perhaps followed up with the slightly more arduous task of checking through the program to ensure optimal legibility in all instances?? Surely Xero isn't suggesting that if its corporate colour changed from blue to purple, that it'd just have to stick with the blue accents/feature colour throughout the program? It's kinda unbelievable. I think a certain other accounting software originating from NZ lost its market dominance to Xero due to been somewhat complacent to the ever evolving accounting/customer needs and expectations. It would be a shame to see this happen again!

Honestly disappointing. I don't recall a different system I am using that does not allow for dark mode. Not sure what kind of functions your team is working on for the last few years that are more important. There will be always something in the pipeline before dark mode?

@B F it's standard because it's required to meet Accessibility standards. If you don't meet Accessibility standards, then you're discriminating against disabled people, which kinda sucks

I'd also like to add my support to this idea being implemented sooner rather than later - I often get headaches as a result of looking at a too bright screen, so having as many dark mode options available as possible makes working much more comfortable.

I'm hoping that if enough people continue to show their support for this idea, Xero will prioritise this as a feature sooner than they've originally stated - for me this feature is probably right at the top of what I'd want to see most out of Xero, alongside charity accounts reporting.

I'll echo the latest comments below.

I'm EXCEPTIONALLY disappointed, despite the Xero team seeing the importance of this feature, they have chosen not to implement it.

It would make my team's experience much nicer.
It is so jarring going from all the darkened UIs into Xero.

Who assessed this a "not planned". While the whole rest of the web moves towards standardising accessibility, Xero cannot even offer a Dark mode alternative!

What is maybe in the long-term? We've already waited for 10+ years to have this implemented. It's just CSS and a true/false preference flag.

This is just another example of how Xero has COMPLETELY lost touch with what users want or expect.

Wow. Can't believe something that is standard in almost every app isn't important enough for Xero to even plan for it.
How about hire some real developers to implement what the users actually want and stop changing everything to be full of white space. Maybe then your price increases will be justified.

headaches and eye strain are a real concern. For the most part I'm able to use dark mode for pretty much everything, except Xero. I see this has been in 'ideas' for a few years now, please Xero, give some feedback on likely timescale

I've just added Dark Reader to Chrome; this has turned dark mode on everything, including Xero. It could be better, but it has helped.

With 3 screens each and looking a bit like Nasa in our office these days, headaches and eye strain are a real concern. For the most part I'm able to use dark mode for pretty much everything, except Xero. I see this has been in 'ideas' for a few years now, please Xero, give some feedback on likely timescale.

Simple workaround that worked for me:
https://www.pocket-lint.com/how-to-enable-dark-mode-for-google-chrome/

really need this, it's very ******* the eyes especially as the borders on the various fields are also very light.
Doing the bank recs now and it's sooo frustrating!! Our IT dept doesn't allow downloading of browser extensions so Dark Reader isn't an option.

Please Xero team, sort this out??

Can we get the ball rolling on this please!!!!!!

Badly needed. Xero is a great product but sadly considering another solution at present due to there being no dark mode in the web browser version. Even with brightness dimmed and night light mode on it's not an enjoyable experience working in Xero because of the glarring white background. Seems very odd that an update like this hasn't been implemented given it's relative simplicity and high demand for it from customers.

I am dyslexic and I find it hard to read off a white background. Everything I have is in dark mode. This is a thing that should be done asap

Wen Dark Mode?
Why must you continue to burn my optical nerve with your Hiroshima-white blinding background?
Why are you so slow at getting up-to-speed with trends?
How can you sleep at night knowing vast swathes of your clients are keeping their partner awake as they do late-night accounts because God's sunshine is NOT to be wasted doing boring accounting?
C'mon, Xero, go down to the basement and unlock all the creative people you accountants and programmers have been hiding, and let people who know better redesign your website layout.
(Vomit)

My eyes are very sensitive to light so a dark mode would really help ease the strain. That being said, I have found an alternative Chrome extension solution in the meantime called Dark Reader.

Hey Tyler, all -- I decided to get on X / Twitter and let Xero know about this longstanding request. Within minutes I got a long generic reply where they encouraged me to come here -- already had come here. Here's part of the thread, fyi:

https://twitter.com/xero/status/1703903008868696476

So it's been four years.
At this time this is the second most voted for idea in "Settings & User Roles" the 19th most voted for idea out of almost 3500 since "Xero Product Ideas" was set up.

Can we some sort of indication if this will ever be added?

really?? still no dark mode?? you guys are useless 1/10