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After upgrading Chrome to 114.0.5735.90, it now follows the system dark mode. I want to force websites opened in Google Chrome to use light mode while keeping the OS on dark mode. I've tried to disable chrome://flags/#enable-force-dark but not luck, it does nothing.

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  • You can open and new tab customize chrome button and click on colors and themes and change the theme. ..... That all the option chrome gives
    – John
    May 31 at 20:19
  • Even if I choose a light theme, the websites still follow the system theme.
    – Raftel
    May 31 at 20:22
  • I use Light Mode (Windows and Linux) and Chrome works fine on all websites that way.
    – John
    May 31 at 20:23
  • I'm sorry that I wasn't clear, I need to keep using the dark theme on all applications except browsers, Google chrome show web contents on dark mode and I want to force it to light mode.
    – Raftel
    May 31 at 20:35

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It is currently impossible to achieve this easily. chrome://flags/#enable-force-dark only attempts to set prefers-color-scheme media option to dark, setting it to false only means it won't try to enforce it, not that'll try to enforce light theme.

This is suggested as a feature in Chromium's bug tracker, which doesn't seem to have much progress - you can bump it with good reasoning why this option should exist.

As a workaround, the best thing you can do is launch dev tools (F12), then under Styles tab click on this icon in top right corner of toolbar: icon and choose prefers-colors-scheme: light. That isn't preserved ofc, though. You can also set this to a shortcut after clicking cog icon (settings) -> Shortcuts -> Toggle CSS media feature prefers-color-scheme.

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This fixed the issue for me in Ubuntu jammy (to be called in a terminal):

gsettings set org.gnome.desktop.interface color-scheme prefer-light
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chrome://flags/#enable-force-dark is Auto Dark Mode for Web Contents, not for the browser interface itself.

You can install a Theme from the Chrome Web Store to change the theme back. Something like Light Theme for Google Chrome or Default Light Theme.

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  • Sorry for the confusion, I do need to force light mode for Web contents not the interface. I've tried the theme you linked, they do change the interface to light, but the website are still dark.
    – Raftel
    May 31 at 20:32
  • wow that great, it's worked for me!!
    – CuongDC
    Jun 6 at 1:58
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I was struggling with this new update, and the best solution I have now is to press F12 > Settings (gear icon) > Preferences tab > Appearance category > Theme > light.

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    Hello, this doesn't really answer the question. They are asking about forcing light mode on websites which support that.
    – Destroy666
    Jun 2 at 13:18
  • Yeah, but for that they will have to use Mozilla:)))
    – Pavel Shevtsov
    Jun 3 at 15:39

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