Use themes to change the look of Firefox
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A theme is a type of Firefox add-on that changes the visual appearance of Firefox. This article describes how to find, install and manage themes in Firefox.
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What are themes?
A theme changes the appearance of Firefox, such as the color scheme and background image of the toolbars. The color scheme of menus and built-in pages will follow, based on whether the text color on your toolbar is light or dark. Some websites also will follow the same color scheme.
Firefox comes with a default System theme and optional Colorways, Light, Dark, and Alpenglow themes, but you can always install new themes.
Installing themes
- Click the menu button , click and select .
- Scroll through the suggested themes or visit addons.mozilla.org to browse more themes.
- Click on the theme's author to see more information about it.
- Click the
- To install a theme from addons.mozilla.org, click on the theme and select the button on the resulting page.
- Firefox will download the requested theme and may notify you that it has been installed.
button.
Creating themes
You can also create themes by using Firefox Color.
Firefox Color is an add-on created by Mozilla Firefox and allows you to change the colors of tabs, menu bar, etc. as well as put custom background image for you theme.
Managing themes
Click the menu button , click
and select .- The theme being used will be shown at the top, under Enabled.
- Other available themes will be listed beneath, under DisabledSaved Themes.
Reset theme to default
- Click the menu button , click
- If the Enabled theme is an optional or added theme, it will have a option.
and select .
- Click Disable. The default System theme will be enabled.
Switch themes
- Click the menu button , click and select .
- Scroll through the list of themes.
- Click Enable to use that theme.
Remove themes
To remove an installed theme that you previously added to Firefox:
- Click the menu button , click and select .
- Click the ellipsis (3-dot) icon that displays for the theme that you want to remove and then select Remove.
If you are not able to remove a theme, see Cannot remove an add-on (extension or theme).
Troubleshooting
- If you have a problem with Firefox, it may be caused by your theme or your theme's interaction with other add-ons. For troubleshooting instructions, see Troubleshoot extensions, themes and hardware acceleration issues to solve common Firefox problems.
- If you cannot install a theme, see Unable to install add-ons (extensions or themes).