{"id":150776,"date":"2026-02-12T00:09:56","date_gmt":"2026-02-12T05:09:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/davescomputertips.com\/?p=150776"},"modified":"2026-02-12T00:09:56","modified_gmt":"2026-02-12T05:09:56","slug":"how-to-change-appearance-of-chatgpt","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/davescomputertips.com\/how-to-change-appearance-of-chatgpt\/","title":{"rendered":"How To Change Appearance Of ChatGPT"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"daves-586205296\" class=\"daves-single-post-before-content daves-entity-placement\" style=\"margin-bottom: 25px;\"><script async src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-7205184075006101\" crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script><ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display:block;\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-7205184075006101\" \ndata-ad-slot=\"2700504761\" \ndata-ad-format=\"auto\" data-full-width-responsive=\"false\"><\/ins>\n<script> \n(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); \n<\/script>\n<\/div><p>If you were here last week, you would have learned <em>How To Change ChatGPT Personality<\/em>. If you missed that one, you can find it here:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/davescomputertips.com\/how-to-change-chatgpt-personality\/\">How To Change ChatGPT Personality<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Since I have been teaching on this for the last few weeks, let&#8217;s continue our lessons on this AI tool. &#8220;What else will I teach you?&#8221; Good question. This week, I will be showing you how to change the appearance. That is right, you can change it from Light to Dark and even change the accent color. That is one thing I love to do on any program that allows me, personalize it! Before we start the class, make sure to check out these other lessons I have written for you:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/davescomputertips.com\/how-to-stop-chatgpt-notifications\/\">How To Stop ChatGPT Notifications<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/davescomputertips.com\/how-to-stop-chatgpt-using-my-data\/\">How To Stop ChatGPT Using My Data<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/davescomputertips.com\/how-to-create-shortcut-on-android\/\">How To Create Shortcut On Android<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/davescomputertips.com\/how-to-customize-google-search-widget\/\">How To Customize Google Search Widget<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/davescomputertips.com\/how-to-stop-gemini-from-reading-screen\/\">How To Stop Gemini From Reading Screen<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Guess it is time to begin your new training.<\/p><div id=\"daves-4287584900\" class=\"daves-single-post-in-content daves-entity-placement\" style=\"margin-bottom: 25px;\"><script async src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-7205184075006101\" crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script><ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display:block;\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-7205184075006101\" \ndata-ad-slot=\"2700504761\" \ndata-ad-format=\"auto\" data-full-width-responsive=\"false\"><\/ins>\n<script> \n(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); \n<\/script>\n<\/div>\n<h2>How To Change The Appearance Of ChatGPT<\/h2>\n<p>This will be shown on the ChatGPT website in Google Chrome.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Step 1<\/strong>: Head on over to <strong>ChatGPT.com<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/davescomputertips.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/ChatGPT-Logo.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-150520 size-large\" title=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/davescomputertips.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/ChatGPT-Logo-640x428.jpg\" alt=\"chatGPT-logo\" width=\"640\" height=\"428\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Step 2<\/strong>: Once there, make sure you are logged in to your account. I use Google for mine, so that is the one I will click on.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/davescomputertips.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/ChatGPT-Log-In-Window.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-150521 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/davescomputertips.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/ChatGPT-Log-In-Window.jpg\" alt=\"chatGPT-log-in-window\" width=\"432\" height=\"700\" srcset=\"https:\/\/davescomputertips.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/ChatGPT-Log-In-Window.jpg 432w, https:\/\/davescomputertips.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/ChatGPT-Log-In-Window-247x400.jpg 247w, https:\/\/davescomputertips.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/ChatGPT-Log-In-Window-93x150.jpg 93w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 432px) 100vw, 432px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Step 3<\/strong>:\u00a0 After you log in, look to the bottom left and find your <strong>Name<\/strong>. Click on it, and a menu will pop up. You will see <strong>Settings<\/strong>. Click on that.<\/p><div id=\"daves-2837554222\" class=\"daves-single-post-in-content-2 daves-entity-placement\" style=\"margin-bottom: 25px;\"><script async src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-7205184075006101\" crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script><ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display:block;\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-7205184075006101\" \ndata-ad-slot=\"2700504761\" \ndata-ad-format=\"auto\" data-full-width-responsive=\"false\"><\/ins>\n<script> \n(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); \n<\/script>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/davescomputertips.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/ChatGPT-Settings-Link.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-150522 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/davescomputertips.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/ChatGPT-Settings-Link.jpg\" alt=\"chatGPT-settings-link\" width=\"486\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/davescomputertips.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/ChatGPT-Settings-Link.jpg 486w, https:\/\/davescomputertips.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/ChatGPT-Settings-Link-324x400.jpg 324w, https:\/\/davescomputertips.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/ChatGPT-Settings-Link-122x150.jpg 122w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 486px) 100vw, 486px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Step 4<\/strong>: On the left menu, make sure you are on the <strong>General tab<\/strong>. If not, click on that option. As you can see in the middle, you have many options to work with, but we are only focusing on two:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Appearance<\/li>\n<li>Accent Color<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Let us start with the <strong>Appearance<\/strong> option.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/davescomputertips.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/ChatGPT-General-Tab.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-150780 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/davescomputertips.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/ChatGPT-General-Tab-640x560.jpg\" alt=\"chatGPT-general-tab\" width=\"640\" height=\"560\" srcset=\"https:\/\/davescomputertips.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/ChatGPT-General-Tab-640x560.jpg 640w, https:\/\/davescomputertips.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/ChatGPT-General-Tab-350x306.jpg 350w, https:\/\/davescomputertips.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/ChatGPT-General-Tab-150x131.jpg 150w, https:\/\/davescomputertips.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/ChatGPT-General-Tab.jpg 700w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Step 5<\/strong>: Click on the <strong>Down arrow<\/strong> to the right of it. This will bring up a menu:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>System (Default)<\/li>\n<li>Dark<\/li>\n<li>Light<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>As with many online systems, you can change things from <strong>Light <\/strong>to<strong> Dark<\/strong>. With this one, it offers the same options. Click on the one you want. Now, let us move on down to the <strong>Accent color<\/strong>\u00a0option.<\/p><div id=\"daves-2322216579\" class=\"daves-single-post-in-content-3 daves-entity-placement\" style=\"margin-bottom: 25px;\"><script async src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-7205184075006101\" crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script><ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display:block;\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-7205184075006101\" \ndata-ad-slot=\"2700504761\" \ndata-ad-format=\"auto\" data-full-width-responsive=\"false\"><\/ins>\n<script> \n(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); \n<\/script>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/davescomputertips.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/ChatGPT-Appearance-Option.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-150781 size-large\" title=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/davescomputertips.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/ChatGPT-Appearance-Option-640x288.jpg\" alt=\"chatGPT-appearance-option\" width=\"640\" height=\"288\" srcset=\"https:\/\/davescomputertips.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/ChatGPT-Appearance-Option-640x288.jpg 640w, https:\/\/davescomputertips.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/ChatGPT-Appearance-Option-350x158.jpg 350w, https:\/\/davescomputertips.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/ChatGPT-Appearance-Option-150x68.jpg 150w, https:\/\/davescomputertips.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/ChatGPT-Appearance-Option.jpg 700w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Step 6<\/strong>: As we did with the last one, click on the <strong>down arrow<\/strong> to the right of it.\u00a0 This will bring up a menu of all the accent colors you can choose from. I&#8217;m going to click on <strong>Orange<\/strong> since I like it. You might be wondering where this color appears.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/davescomputertips.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/CHatGPT-Accent-Color-Option.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-150782 size-large\" title=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/davescomputertips.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/CHatGPT-Accent-Color-Option-640x377.jpg\" alt=\"chatGPT-accent-color-option\" width=\"640\" height=\"377\" srcset=\"https:\/\/davescomputertips.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/CHatGPT-Accent-Color-Option-640x377.jpg 640w, https:\/\/davescomputertips.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/CHatGPT-Accent-Color-Option-350x206.jpg 350w, https:\/\/davescomputertips.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/CHatGPT-Accent-Color-Option-150x88.jpg 150w, https:\/\/davescomputertips.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/CHatGPT-Accent-Color-Option.jpg 700w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Step 7<\/strong>: Leave that menu, and you will see the accent color on the far right of the <strong>Ask anything<\/strong> box. It changes the color of the <strong>Use Voice icon<\/strong>. I was hoping it would have changed more than that, but this is what you get. Before we are done, I have a <strong>Bonus tip<\/strong> on how to do this on your Mobile phone with the ChatGPT app.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/davescomputertips.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/ChatGPT-Ask-Box.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-150783 size-large\" title=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/davescomputertips.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/ChatGPT-Ask-Box-640x152.jpg\" alt=\"chatGPT-ask-box\" width=\"640\" height=\"152\" srcset=\"https:\/\/davescomputertips.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/ChatGPT-Ask-Box-640x152.jpg 640w, https:\/\/davescomputertips.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/ChatGPT-Ask-Box-350x83.jpg 350w, https:\/\/davescomputertips.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/ChatGPT-Ask-Box-150x36.jpg 150w, https:\/\/davescomputertips.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/ChatGPT-Ask-Box.jpg 700w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h4><strong>BONUS TIP: How to Change The Appearance Of ChatGPT On App<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p><strong>Step 1<\/strong>: Tap on the app to open it.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Step2<\/strong>: Once on, look to the top left for the two menu lines. Tap it.<\/p><div id=\"daves-3616106290\" class=\"daves-single-post-in-content-4 daves-entity-placement\" style=\"margin-bottom: 25px;\"><script async src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-7205184075006101\" crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script><ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display:block;\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-7205184075006101\" \ndata-ad-slot=\"2700504761\" \ndata-ad-format=\"auto\" data-full-width-responsive=\"false\"><\/ins>\n<script> \n(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); \n<\/script>\n<\/div>\n<p><strong>Step 3<\/strong>: This will bring up the side menu. Look to the bottom for your name. Tap it.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Step 4<\/strong>: The main <strong>Menu<\/strong> screen will appear. You will find the two options, <strong>Appearance<\/strong> and <strong>Accent<\/strong>, on this screen.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Step 5<\/strong>: Tap on each to get a pop-up menu to choose your favorite options.<\/p>\n<p>Now you know how to do this on both the website and the mobile app. Time to share this knowledge with the world.<\/p><div id=\"daves-1185248118\" class=\"daves-single-post-in-content-5 daves-entity-placement\" style=\"margin-bottom: 25px;\"><script async src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-7205184075006101\" crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script><ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display:block;\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-7205184075006101\" \ndata-ad-slot=\"2700504761\" \ndata-ad-format=\"auto\" data-full-width-responsive=\"false\"><\/ins>\n<script> \n(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); \n<\/script>\n<\/div>\n<p>&#8212;<\/p>\n<div id=\"daves-2661268319\" class=\"daves-after-content daves-entity-placement\"><script async src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-7205184075006101\" crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script><ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display:block;\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-7205184075006101\" \ndata-ad-slot=\"3225321574\" \ndata-ad-format=\"autorelaxed\" data-full-width-responsive=\"false\"><\/ins>\n<script> \n(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); \n<\/script>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>If you were here last week, you would have learned How To Change ChatGPT Personality. 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