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Appearance

Color scheme

Obsidian comes with two color schemes, light and dark. By default, the color scheme is set to adapt to your operating system. You can change this by going to Settings → Appearance.

Custom themes

You can change the appearance of Obsidian by using custom themes. Browse hundreds of community-made themes by going to Settings → Appearance, then click Manage to view and install themes.

You can also tweak themes using CSS snippets and build your own theme .

Custom app icon

You can change the Obsidian desktop app icon. Try the icon editor featured on our blog to customize the icon colors to your liking.

To change the Obsidian app icon, follow these steps:

Open Settings.
Select Appearance on the left.
Scroll down to the Advanced section.
Under Custom app icon click Choose .
Pick your desired icon from your filesystem. Accepted file formats are .icns, .ico, .png, and .svg.
Click Relaunch.
After Obsidian restarts, your new icon should appear in the taskbar on desktop and on your screen on mobile.

Custom app icon in the Windows taskbar

For certain Windows operating systems, an extra step may be needed to adjust the custom app icon in the taskbar.

Follow these steps:

Right-click the Obsidian icon on your taskbar or desktop shortcut.
Right-click the name Obsidian (skip this step for the desktop icon).
Choose Properties.
Click Change Icon.
Locate the icon on your file system.
Click OK.

Afterward, you have the option to either restart explorer.exe within the task manager or restart your computer to apply the changes you made.

Translucency

On MacOS you can make the Obsidian window translucent by enabling this option in the settings Appearance tab.

Windows and translucency