{"id":1602,"date":"2017-04-14T23:42:49","date_gmt":"2017-04-14T18:12:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/viralmediatoday.com\/?p=1602"},"modified":"2017-04-14T23:45:40","modified_gmt":"2017-04-14T18:15:40","slug":"steps-activate-official-youtube-dark-mode","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cms.viralmediatoday.com\/2017\/04\/14\/steps-activate-official-youtube-dark-mode","title":{"rendered":"Steps to Activate Official YouTube Dark Mode"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_1604\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1604\" style=\"width: 1024px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/cms.viralmediatoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/How-to-Activate-Official-Dark-Mode-in-YouTube-01-Viral-Media-Today.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-1604\" src=\"https:\/\/cms.viralmediatoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/How-to-Activate-Official-Dark-Mode-in-YouTube-01-Viral-Media-Today-1024x557.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"557\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cms.viralmediatoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/How-to-Activate-Official-Dark-Mode-in-YouTube-01-Viral-Media-Today-1024x557.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cms.viralmediatoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/How-to-Activate-Official-Dark-Mode-in-YouTube-01-Viral-Media-Today-300x163.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cms.viralmediatoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/How-to-Activate-Official-Dark-Mode-in-YouTube-01-Viral-Media-Today-768x417.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cms.viralmediatoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/How-to-Activate-Official-Dark-Mode-in-YouTube-01-Viral-Media-Today.jpg 1387w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1604\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Current YouTube UI<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">I&#8217;ve been using the dark version YouTube for a long time with the help of a chrome extension called Magic Actions for YouTube. Magic Actions is an amazing\u00a0extension, you can tweak YouTube a lot. Not going to talk about the extension but do try it.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">YouTube is constantly working on improving our viewing experience and most of the features are in beta. But today <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ow\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">@ow<\/a> with the help of <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/keesplattel\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">@keesplattel<\/a> discovered a way to enable YouTube dark mode officially. Along with dark mode, you get a new interface as well. I&#8217;ve seen this interface while using a friend&#8217;s YouTube account, it was a browser specific UI, the same account had a different UI when I tried it from a different account.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Now let&#8217;s get the new UI and the new dark mode.<\/p>\n<p><strong>1. Open console by right clicking anywhere in the viewport of the browser and click on Inspect or press the keys <em>Ctrl+Shift+I<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/cms.viralmediatoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/How-to-Activate-Official-Dark-Mode-in-YouTube-02-Viral-Media-Today.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-1605\" src=\"https:\/\/cms.viralmediatoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/How-to-Activate-Official-Dark-Mode-in-YouTube-02-Viral-Media-Today-1024x557.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"557\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cms.viralmediatoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/How-to-Activate-Official-Dark-Mode-in-YouTube-02-Viral-Media-Today-1024x557.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cms.viralmediatoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/How-to-Activate-Official-Dark-Mode-in-YouTube-02-Viral-Media-Today-300x163.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cms.viralmediatoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/How-to-Activate-Official-Dark-Mode-in-YouTube-02-Viral-Media-Today-768x417.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cms.viralmediatoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/How-to-Activate-Official-Dark-Mode-in-YouTube-02-Viral-Media-Today.jpg 1387w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>2. Paste <em>document.cookie=&#8221;VISITOR_INFO1_LIVE=fPQ4jCL6EiE&#8221;\u00a0<\/em>into the console and press Enter<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/cms.viralmediatoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/Steps-to-Activate-Official-YouTube-Dark-Mode-06-Viral-Media-Today.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-1611\" src=\"https:\/\/cms.viralmediatoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/Steps-to-Activate-Official-YouTube-Dark-Mode-06-Viral-Media-Today-1024x189.png\" alt=\"Steps to Activate Official YouTube Dark Mode - 06 -Viral Media Today\" width=\"1024\" height=\"189\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cms.viralmediatoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/Steps-to-Activate-Official-YouTube-Dark-Mode-06-Viral-Media-Today-1024x189.png 1024w, https:\/\/cms.viralmediatoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/Steps-to-Activate-Official-YouTube-Dark-Mode-06-Viral-Media-Today-300x55.png 300w, https:\/\/cms.viralmediatoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/Steps-to-Activate-Official-YouTube-Dark-Mode-06-Viral-Media-Today-768x142.png 768w, https:\/\/cms.viralmediatoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/Steps-to-Activate-Official-YouTube-Dark-Mode-06-Viral-Media-Today.png 1277w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>3. Reload, you can see that you already have the new UI.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/cms.viralmediatoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/How-to-Activate-Official-Dark-Mode-in-YouTube-03-Viral-Media-Today.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-1606\" src=\"https:\/\/cms.viralmediatoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/How-to-Activate-Official-Dark-Mode-in-YouTube-03-Viral-Media-Today-1024x557.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"557\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cms.viralmediatoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/How-to-Activate-Official-Dark-Mode-in-YouTube-03-Viral-Media-Today-1024x557.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cms.viralmediatoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/How-to-Activate-Official-Dark-Mode-in-YouTube-03-Viral-Media-Today-300x163.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cms.viralmediatoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/How-to-Activate-Official-Dark-Mode-in-YouTube-03-Viral-Media-Today-768x417.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cms.viralmediatoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/How-to-Activate-Official-Dark-Mode-in-YouTube-03-Viral-Media-Today.jpg 1387w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>4. Click your avatar and from the dropdown click on Dark More: Off and enable it.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/cms.viralmediatoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/How-to-Activate-Official-Dark-Mode-in-YouTube-04-Viral-Media-Today.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-1607\" src=\"https:\/\/cms.viralmediatoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/How-to-Activate-Official-Dark-Mode-in-YouTube-04-Viral-Media-Today-1024x557.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"557\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cms.viralmediatoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/How-to-Activate-Official-Dark-Mode-in-YouTube-04-Viral-Media-Today-1024x557.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cms.viralmediatoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/How-to-Activate-Official-Dark-Mode-in-YouTube-04-Viral-Media-Today-300x163.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cms.viralmediatoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/How-to-Activate-Official-Dark-Mode-in-YouTube-04-Viral-Media-Today-768x417.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cms.viralmediatoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/How-to-Activate-Official-Dark-Mode-in-YouTube-04-Viral-Media-Today.jpg 1387w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>5. Dark mode enabled, Enjoy!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/cms.viralmediatoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/How-to-Activate-Official-Dark-Mode-in-YouTube-05-Viral-Media-Today.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-1608\" src=\"https:\/\/cms.viralmediatoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/How-to-Activate-Official-Dark-Mode-in-YouTube-05-Viral-Media-Today-1024x557.jpg\" alt=\"How to Activate Official Dark Mode in YouTube - 05 - Viral Media Today\" width=\"1024\" height=\"557\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cms.viralmediatoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/How-to-Activate-Official-Dark-Mode-in-YouTube-05-Viral-Media-Today-1024x557.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cms.viralmediatoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/How-to-Activate-Official-Dark-Mode-in-YouTube-05-Viral-Media-Today-300x163.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cms.viralmediatoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/How-to-Activate-Official-Dark-Mode-in-YouTube-05-Viral-Media-Today-768x417.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cms.viralmediatoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/How-to-Activate-Official-Dark-Mode-in-YouTube-05-Viral-Media-Today.jpg 1387w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>TLDR;<\/strong><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-conversation=\"none\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">1. Open console<br \/>\n2. Paste: document.cookie=&#8221;VISITOR_INFO1_LIVE=fPQ4jCL6EiE&#8221;<br \/>\n3. Reload<br \/>\n4. Click your avatar<br \/>\n5. Dark mode!<\/p>\n<p>(Thx <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/keesplattel\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">@keesplattel<\/a>) <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/CbCMyGog65\" target=\"_blank\">pic.twitter.com\/CbCMyGog65<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Owen \u26a1\ufe0f (@ow) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ow\/status\/852847670049873921\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">April 14, 2017<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I&#8217;ve been using the dark version YouTube for a long time with the help of a chrome extension called Magic Actions for YouTube. Magic Actions is an amazing\u00a0extension, you can tweak YouTube a lot. Not going to talk about the extension but do try it. YouTube is constantly working on improving our viewing experience and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":1609,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[26],"tags":[59],"class_list":["post-1602","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-tips-tricks","tag-youtube"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms.viralmediatoday.com\/api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1602","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms.viralmediatoday.com\/api\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms.viralmediatoday.com\/api\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms.viralmediatoday.com\/api\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms.viralmediatoday.com\/api\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1602"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/cms.viralmediatoday.com\/api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1602\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1615,"href":"https:\/\/cms.viralmediatoday.com\/api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1602\/revisions\/1615"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms.viralmediatoday.com\/api\/wp\/v2\/media\/1609"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms.viralmediatoday.com\/api\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1602"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms.viralmediatoday.com\/api\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1602"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms.viralmediatoday.com\/api\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1602"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}