Yandex Browser appearance
You can switch to the dark theme and change the background on which the SmartBox and Tableau appear in new tabs.
Dark theme
By default, Yandex Browser elements (tabs, SmartBox, and so on) are displayed on a light background. If you prefer a dark mode:
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Tap
→ Settings → Theme. -
Select one of the options:
- Always dark
- Always light
- System settings
Dark theme for websites
You can darken not only the elements of Yandex Browser, but also the pages themselves. It makes it more convenient to view them at night, as you are less likely to wake anybody up.
For all sites
To enable dark theme for websites:
1. Tap → Settings → Theme.
2. Select Always dark or System settings.
3. Enable the Dark theme for websites option.
For a specific site
Note
If the dark theme is enabled for all websites, you can switch a specific site to the light theme.
To enable the light theme for a specific website:
1. On the site page, tap 
.
2. Tap Enable light theme on the site.
To disable the light theme for the site, tap → Enable dark theme on the site.
Note
Some Yandex services always use the light theme because they look better that way.
Dark theme for yandex.com
You can enable the dark theme for the Yandex Home page, search results, and services:
In the Home page settings
Under Appearance of Yandex services, select Dark.
Note
To select the theme, log in using Yandex ID.
In the search results
1. Scroll up the search results page.
2. In the top-right corner, tap your profile picture.
3. Tap Appearance → Always dark.
Yandex Browser background
You can use images as the background:
From the Background gallery
1. Tap → Backgrounds gallery.
2. Select an image from an album and tap Apply.
Note
You can configure the browser to randomly alternate images or videos from your Background gallery every 24 hours.
- For one album. Select the desired album in the Backgrounds gallery and tap Rotate backgrounds in this album.
- For all albums. In Background gallery, tap Alternate backgrounds daily.
From your smartphone
1. Tap → Backgrounds gallery.
2. Tap Upload from phone.
3. Select the app to open the images with (if you don't have a default app for this file type).
4. Select an image.
Interface language
You can change the language of your Yandex Browser interface.
In Yandex Browser
1. Tap → 
.
2. Tap App language.
3. Disable the Auto detect option.
4. Select a language.
In the device settings
Note
Mobile device manufacturers can change the Android interface. The instructions are for Androids without modifications.
1. Open your device settings.
2. Tap System → Languages & input → Languages.
3. Select a language.
Alert
If the browser doesn't support the language you selected, the interface is in English.
FAQ
After changing the theme in Yandex Browser settings, the yandex.com theme did not change
The appearance of the Yandex Home page, search results, and services isn't linked to Yandex Browser. To make the yandex.com theme match the one in Yandex Browser, select the System settings option in the home page settings.
The yandex.com theme did not change
If the home page theme hasn't changed after you selected System settings for the home page appearance, you might have selected a light or dark theme in the browser settings.
Select System settings for Yandex Browser as well.
The background changed by itself
Tap → Backgrounds gallery → Disable background change.