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title: How to disable Dark Reader on your website
url: https://roboin.io/article/en/2026/09/16/disable-dark-reader-with-site-settings/
description: Users can use Dark Reader to apply dark mode across the web. On
sites that support dark mode, users may see Dark Reader apply another layer of
dark-mode styling and end up with an unnatural-looking page. Users can disable
Dark Reader for a specific site. Site administrators have a way to disable it
from the site itself.
publishedDate: 2026-09-16T09:00:15.351Z
modifiedDate: 2026-09-16T09:00:15.351Z
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# How to disable Dark Reader on your website
Users can use Dark Reader to apply dark mode across the web. On sites that support dark mode, users may see Dark Reader apply another layer of dark-mode styling and end up with an unnatural-looking page.
Users can disable Dark Reader for a specific site. Site administrators have a way to disable it from the site itself.
## How to disable Dark Reader from your website
Dark Reader document the site-side method in the [CONTRIBUTING.md file in the Dark Reader GitHub repository](https://github.com/darkreader/darkreader/blob/main/CONTRIBUTING.md).
Site owners can disable Dark Reader by adding a `darkreader-lock` meta tag inside the `` tag.
```html
```
You can use JavaScript to add the tag at runtime.
```typescript
const lock = document.createElement("meta");
lock.name = "darkreader-lock";
document.head.appendChild(lock);
```
Dark Reader also accept pull requests to add sites to the extension's exclusion list when they meet [certain conditions](https://github.com/darkreader/darkreader/blob/main/CONTRIBUTING.md#adding-a-website-that-is-already-dark), such as sites that use dark mode regardless of the operating system setting.
## Verification details and sources
### Verification environment
- OS: Windows 11
- Browser: Zen Browser version 1.22.1b
- Dark Reader: 4.9.131
### Verification details
I added `` to my blog and confirmed that I no longer had to disable Dark Reader by hand.
### Last verification date
2026-09-16T09:00:00.000Z
### Reference links
- [Dark Reader GitHub repository](https://github.com/darkreader/darkreader)