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  • No worry, an accident can happen. You can reinstall the Turn Off the Lights Microsoft Edge extension back from this download button.

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  • There is a feature in the Turn Off the Lights Options page to make this possible. However, for new users is this feature default disabled. Follow the steps here below to enable this in your Microsoft Edge web browser:
    • 1. Install the Turn Off the Lights Microsoft Edge extension back by clicking on the button here below.

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    • 2. Click right on the gray lamp button, and in the context menu select the item "Options".
    • 3. You see a new page show up, on the left sidebar click you now on the "Advanced Options" tab.
    • 4. Scroll the page a bit down, until you see the topic "Mouse".
    • 5. And enable then this radio button: "Enable clicking hyperlinks when the screen is darkened"
  • Oh, that sound not good. What went wrong?
    • One of the reasons is that there is a Microsoft Edge extension installed on your Microsoft Edge web browser, that is not compatible with our Turn Off the Lights Microsoft Edge extension. You can solve this very easy on your Microsoft Edge web browser by following the steps here below:
      • 1. Install the Turn Off the Lights Microsoft Edge extension back by clicking on the button here below.

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      • 2. Open this page in your Microsoft Edge web browser:
        Select More … > Extensions >
      • 3. And disable the Microsoft Edge extensions you are using one by one except Turn Off the Lights
    • One of the reasons is that there is a Microsoft Edge extension installed on your Microsoft Edge web browser, that is not compatible with our Turn Off the Lights Microsoft Edge extension. You can solve this very easy on your Microsoft Edge web browser by following the steps here below:
      • 1. Install the Turn Off the Lights Microsoft Edge extension back by clicking on the button here below.

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      • 2. Open this page in your Microsoft Edge web browser:
        Select More … > Extensions >
      • 3. And disable the Microsoft Edge extensions you are using one by one except Turn Off the Lights
    • Do you use any of this features?
      • Dynamic Background
        Some Dynamic Background features needs your GPU to get a smooth animation. Try to change the Dynamic Background to another background type or disable this feature.
      • Atmosphere Lighting - Vivid Mode
        Try to reduce in the Options page the 'blur' and 'spread' value. And decrease also the FPS value in the text box.
      • Browser
        It is possible that your web browser cause this heavy GPU and CPU use. Try this
        • 1. Install the Turn Off the Lights Microsoft Edge extension back by clicking on the button here below.

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        • 2. Open this page in your Microsoft Edge web browser:
          Select More … > Extensions >
        • 2. Open this page in your Microsoft Edge web browser:
          about:flags
        • 3. And uncheck the box with the text "use hardware acceleration when available"
      • Other Microsoft Edge extensions installed
        If you use any other Microsoft Edge extensions in the background, try to disable those one by one except Turn Off the Lights.

      If you still have this issue, contact us by using this support form.
    • One of the reasons is that there is a Microsoft Edge extension installed on your Microsoft Edge web browser, that is not compatible with our Turn Off the Lights Microsoft Edge extension. You can solve this very easy on your Microsoft Edge web browser by following the steps here below:
      • 1. Install the Turn Off the Lights Microsoft Edge extension back by clicking on the button here below.

        Microsoft Edge web browser Download Now for Microsoft Edge™
      • 2. Open this page in your Microsoft Edge web browser:
        Select More … > Extensions >
      • 3. And disable the Microsoft Edge extensions you are using one by one except Turn Off the Lights
      When you installed for the first time the Turn Off the Lights Microsoft Edge extension, try to restart your Microsoft Edge web browser. And got then to a website example www.youtube.com
    • Turn Off the Lights Microsoft Edge extension detects default all the HTML5 video players. However, if you use still use Adobe Flash plugin. Then enable in the Turn Off the Lights Options page the "Flash Detection" feature. This will detects all the flash objects on that page.

      If it's not a Flash video, but the HTML5 video player. Then there is a Microsoft Edge extension that is not compatible with our Turn Off the Lights Microsoft Edge extension. You can solve this very easy on your Microsoft Edge web browser by following the steps here below:
      • 1. Install the Turn Off the Lights Microsoft Edge extension back by clicking on the button here below.

        Microsoft Edge web browser Download Now for Microsoft Edge™
      • 2. Open this page in your Microsoft Edge web browser:
        Select More … > Extensions >
      • 3. And disable the Microsoft Edge extensions you are using one by one except Turn Off the Lights

      If you still have this issue, contact us by using this support form.
    • What feature did you enabled in the Turn Off the Lights Options page? Try to disable this feature.
      - Check you are using the latest Microsoft Edge web browser version
      - Disable the other Microsoft Edge extensions you are using one by one except Turn Off the Lights
      - And if that doesn't work try to reinstall the Turn Off the Lights Microsoft Edge extension.

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      If you still have this issue, contact us by using this support form.
    • You are Night Ownl, that is also the name of this feature in the Turn Off the Lights Options page. With one click on the gray lamp button it activates this night theme and this without the dark layer. And you can click on all the hyperlinks, buttons and select the text on that web page. This are the steps to enable this feature:
      • 1. Install the Turn Off the Lights Microsoft Edge extension back by clicking on the button here below.

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      • 2. Click right on the gray lamp button, and in the context menu select the item "Options".
      • 3. You see a new page show up, on the left sidebar click you now on the "Advanced Options" tab.
      • 4. Scroll the page a bit down, until you see the topic "Bulb". Choose now the 2rd option in the list, and click on the blue save button to save your user profile.
    • The AutoStop feature (in Turn Off the Lights Browser extension) can also filter that it only works on that website, such as YouTube. When you enable the AutoStop feature, enable also below the "whitelist" option. Here the steps to get this option enable in your web browser:
      • 1. Install the Turn Off the Lights Microsoft Edge extension back by clicking on the button here below.

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      • 2. Click right on the gray lamp button, and in the context menu select the item "Options".
      • 3. You see a new page show up, scroll until you see the topic "AutStop".
      • 4. Now enable the checkbox "Stop playing the video automatically when I open a web page" and "Only activate stop playing the video automatically on the following site(s):".
      • 5. And check that the whitelist radio button is enabled.
  • That sound like you want to use the "Screen Shader" feature, then with this feature it dims your screen and also the video player such as YouTube, Vimeo etc.
    • 1. Install the Turn Off the Lights Microsoft Edge extension back by clicking on the button here below.

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    • 2. Click right on the gray lamp button, and in the context menu select the item "Options".
    • 3. You see a new page show up, on the left sidebar click you now on the "Advanced Options" tab.
    • 4. Scroll the page a bit down, until you see the topic "Bulb". Choose now the 3rd option in the list, and click on the blue save button.
  • When you installed for the first time the Turn Off the Lights browser extension, the dark layer has a transparency of 80%. And in the Turn Off the Lights Options page you can increase this to 100% and as well change the color to your other kind of dark color. Follow the steps here below to change the dark layer to 100% black:
    • 1. Install the Turn Off the Lights Microsoft Edge extension back by clicking on the button here below.

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    • 2. Click right on the gray lamp button, and in the context menu select the item "Options".
    • 3. You see a new page show up, and just below the preview panel you see a slider bar to change the opacity of this dark layer. Move the slider to the right and you are done.
  • Thank you for trying out the Turn Off the Lights Browser extension!

    You are free to use this Turn Off the Lights Browser extension. And you can always install this unique and Open Source browser extension on anytime back on your Microsoft Edge web browser. I wish you a very nice day and you can close now this page.
  • The Turn Off the Lights is a Browser extension and can only dims inside the web browser content and not outside of it. Such as the Microsoft Edge toolbar, menu bar and even not the Windows taskbar. There is no Microsoft Edge extensions that can do this job, this is the limit of the Microsoft Edge extension design.

    However, if you want to dims your whole screen on your computer monitor, then you can use the Turn Off the Lights for Desktop app. That is available for Windows and Mac users.
  • When you install for the first time the Turn Off the Lights Microsoft Edge extension, it shows you only 1x the 'Welcome' and 'Guide' page. And the Microsoft Edge extension saves this information in a new setting, that you saw already those two pages.

    One of the reasons is that there is a Microsoft Edge extension installed on your Microsoft Edge web browser, that is not compatible with our Turn Off the Lights Microsoft Edge extension. And try to remove always your settings. You can solve this very easy on your Microsoft Edge web browser by following the steps here below:
    • 1. Install the Turn Off the Lights Microsoft Edge extension back by clicking on the button here below.

      Microsoft Edge web browser Download Now for Microsoft Edge™
    • 2. Open this page in your Microsoft Edge web browser:
      Select More … > Extensions >
    • 3. And disable the Microsoft Edge extensions you are using one by one except Turn Off the Lights
    note: The Turn Off the Lights Microsoft Edge extension settings are always synced with your personal Microsoft account, so whenever you login in a new Microsoft Edge browser. You get your user settings in that new web browser. And it does not show the welcome page again.
  • What kind of issue do you get in your Microsoft Edge web browser?
    Don't hesitate to contact us. Use this support form to contact us, and we are happy to help you solve this problem, feedback or suggestion.




Turn Off the Lights is the only browser extension that's so simple to use. It has features such as the YouTube AutoHD (1080p, 4K, 8K), YouTube AutoWide, Atmosphere Lighting, Eye Protection, Night Mode (for YouTube), Mouse Volume Scroll on all HTML5 videos, Video filters, Video Screenshot Capture and more. And it's one of the best education tool for watching a video online.