Even though Facebook Messenger is largely a part of Facebook’s ecosystem — it’s essentially the main way to directly and privately communicate with other Facebook users — by design, it is a completely separate entity that doesn’t necessarily require an active Facebook account to use. You can access the messaging platform through a myriad of ways, mainly via facebook.com, messenger.com, or the Facebook Messenger mobile app.
Most of Messenger’s features are the same no matter what method you use to access it. Does this include dark mode? Based on testing, when you enable the dark color scheme for facebook.com, it also affects Messenger text windows, which pop up within the website. However, as of this writing, there doesn’t seem to be a way to disable the white background for messenger.com.
Fortunately, Facebook users who prefer using the separate Facebook Messenger mobile app can enable its dark mode feature. Here’s how:
- Launch the Messenger app and log in if necessary.
- Tap the hamburger icon in the top-left corner of the screen
- Hit the gear icon to open the app’s settings.
- On this page, tap “Dark mode.”
- From the options, select On.
If your mobile device’s overall display settings is set to dark mode, you can select System to base the Messenger app’s display preferences on it. If you want to disable dark mode, pick Off instead.
