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| - Customization/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 [[themes|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](https://docs.obsidian.md/Themes/App+themes/Build+a+theme) . | |
| ### Custom app icon | |
| You can change the Obsidian desktop app icon. Try the icon editor featured on [our blog](https://obsidian.md/blog/new-obsidian-icon/) to customize the icon colors to your liking. | |
| To change the Obsidian app icon, follow these steps: | |
| 1. Open **Settings**. | |
| 2. Select **Appearance** on the left. | |
| 3. Scroll down to the **Advanced** section. | |
| 4. Under **Custom app icon** click **Choose** . | |
| 5. Pick your desired icon from your filesystem. Accepted file formats are `.icns`, `.ico`, `.png`, and `.svg`. | |
| 6. Click **Relaunch**. | |
| 7. After Obsidian restarts, your new icon should appear in the taskbar on desktop and on your screen on mobile. | |
| > [!tip] 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 | |
| You can make the Obsidian window translucent by enabling this option in the settings **Appearance** tab. Currently this option is only available for Windows and macOS. | |
| There is a known issue on Windows. Dragging the app window may be slow when translucency is enabled. | |