Facebook on my browser keeps changing from regular to dark mode by itself why is this happening

Introduction

Does it always keep changing from regular to dark mode by itself? Do you find it frustrating that the Facebook website is always changing from the regular to dark mode style (or vice versa)? Here is the troubleshooting article on how to solve this issue on the Facebook website.

Remove the browser extension you are using in the background, that can keep changing from regular to dark mode by itself

To disable the browser extensions, follow the instructions steps here below.

Google Chrome/Microsoft Edge/Opera web browser

  1. Open the web browser, click on the 3 dots icon and choose More Tools -> Extensions
  2. On this page, you see an overview of all the browser extensions. Click on the blue toggle switch to disable each browser extension
  3. And restart your web browser

B Remove web browser cookies to solve the issue that keeps changing from regular to dark mode by itself

Try to remove your cookies and cache files in your web browser. It is possible that you are an experiment user from Facebook that forced you to test the new Dark Mode theme. And cleaning the cookies can remove you from this experiment session.

Follow the steps here below on how to remove the cookies and cache in the Google Chrome web browser:

  1. Open the Google Chrome web browser, click on the 3 dots icon, and then on the menu item Settings
Chrome settings page on the main You and Google page
Chrome settings page on the main You and Google page
  1. Click on the right sidebar on the menu item Privacy and security
Chrome Settings page on the Privacy and security tab
Chrome Settings page on the Privacy and Security tab
  1. Now click on the menu item Clear browsing data
Here you see the clear browsing data modal, to remove the cookies. That can solve the issue that keeps changing from regular to dark mode by itself on the Facebook website
Here you see the clear browsing data modal, to remove the cookies. That can solve the issue that keeps changing from regular to dark mode by itself on the Facebook website
  1. Select all the checkboxes in this modal view. And click on the blue Clear data button
  2. Now it should also log you off from all websites that include Facebook

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YouTube Tutorial videos

Overview of the tutorial video to activate the Night Mode feature

Tutorial video on how to enable Facebook in Dark Mode

How to enable Facebook in Dark Mode

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Conclusion

Hope this answers one of your questions:

  • How to solve that keeps changing from regular to Dark Mode on Facebook?
  • How to disable that feature that keeps changing from regular to Dark Mode?
  • How to remove this buggy feature that keeps changing from regular to Dark Mode?
  • Why does Facebook keep turning off Dark Mode?
  • How to solve the Facebook keeps changing out of dark mode?

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