Turn Off the Lights for Safari

Darkens the rest of the web

Free

1 Rating
Ages

16+
Years
Category

Productivity
Developer

Stefan Van Damme
Language

EN
+ 27 More
Size

28
MB

Immerse yourself in a cinematic atmosphere while watching videos online with Turn Off the Lights. This powerful browser extension dims everything on the web page except for the video you are watching, bringing your focus to the content that matters most. Turn Off the Lights browser extension has also been featured on several popular websites, including Lifehacker, CNET, ZDNet, BuzzFeed, and PC World. With its growing popularity and positive feedback, it is no surprise that the Turn Off the Lights browser extension has become one of the most popular and trusted browser extensions in the market. Please share your feedback, suggestions, and thoughts with us https://www.turnoffthelights.com/support Browser extension features: ◆ Turn the lights back on by clicking on the black layer ◆ Supports multiple video sites: YouTube, Dailymotion, Vimeo, Twitch, and more ◆ Customize your YouTube experience: - Auto HD: Set videos to play in HD automatically, with options ranging from highres > 8K > 5K > 4K > 1080p > 720p > 480p > 360p > 240p > 144p > default - Auto Wide: Automatically plays videos in the widest mode - 60 FPS Block: Disable YouTube 60 FPS for Auto HD 30 FPS video quality ◆ Easter Eggs: Shortcut key: T -> Experience a real movie theater feeling ◆ Darken the screen when the user clicks on the play button ◆ Toggle fade in and fade out effects ◆ Customize colors ◆ Enable Multimedia Detection ◆ Display Dimness Level Bar ◆ Eye Protection for nighttime browsing, with a whitelist/blacklist filter ◆ Atmosphere lighting to create a glow around the video player ◆ Show the dark layer on top of the window ◆ Shortcut Keys: Ctrl + Shift + L: Toggle the lights Alt + F8: Restore default opacity value Alt + F9: Save current opacity value Alt + F10: Enable/disable the Eye Protection feature Alt + (Arrow Up): Increase opacity Alt + (Arrow Down): Decrease opacity Alt + *: Toggle lights on all open tabs ◆ Mouse Wheel Volume Control for each HTML5 video player ◆ Apply filters to the current HTML5 video player (grayscale, sepia, invert, contrast, saturate, hue rotation, brightness) ◆ Audio Visualization effect on top of the current HTML5 video (Blocks, Frequency, and Music Tunnel) ◆ Loop the current HTML5 video player ◆ Night Mode switch to toggle YouTube in black or white theme, with whitelist/blacklist filter - Timestamp: Activate Night Mode within the chosen time - Blackout: Dim web page and activate Night Mode ◆ Stop YouTube and HTML5 videos from automatically playing ◆ And more… Do not forget to Like & Follow Us: Facebook https://www.facebook.com/turnoffthelight X https://www.x.com/TurnOfftheLight Pinterest https://www.pinterest.com/turnoffthelight Instagram https://www.instagram.com/turnoffthelights YouTube https://www.youtube.com/@turnoffthelights Project Information: https://www.turnoffthelights.com/browser Note: YouTube is a trademark of Google Inc. Use of this trademark is subject to Google Permissions.

Ratings & Reviews

5.0

out of 5

1 Ratings

Can't say thank enough to developers.
07/03/2020

thegatheringvn
I often read a lot of document on screen and this extension literally saved my eyes. I apply Night Mode on select websites that I use the most. Pro tip: enable "Make the page go dark or light by long-pressing the current web page" so you can long click and switch modes magically. Really don't understand the low ratings and the whiners.
Can't say thank enough to developers.
07/03/2020

thegatheringvn

I often read a lot of document on screen and this extension literally saved my eyes. I apply Night Mode on select websites that I use the most. Pro tip: enable "Make the page go dark or light by long-pressing the current web page" so you can long click and switch modes magically. Really don't understand the low ratings and the whiners.
Very Scary Privacy Pravticies
10/22/2021

Rrtsrrugbhtbrhtvgrvgnnikgeg
In the app store this app reports that it doesn't collect users data but after emabling the extention on my computer their website said turn off the lights collected usage and behavorial anayltics amo? For a screen dimming extention!? Upon gong to uninstall the app my curser wouldn't load and I got a notification saying my computer detected the extention was blocking my curser so it wasn't turned on "thank god". This raised so many red flags that I didn't even get to test out the app. Dissappointing :( I wish there was a free app for me and my eyes and people would stop being so invasive for peoples privacy to sell in this data mining age.

Developer Response
Hi there,We take your privacy very seriously. And the Turn Off the Lights browser extension do not collect any personal information from you. And we do not sell anything, as we have nothing from you.If you install for the first time the Turn Off the Lights Safari extension, you will see the welcome page. That will show you the message that this website (just like many other websites) use cookies. This message must be visible because of the European law and California law. That to inform you that we use the Google Analytics to see how many users are on the website.The Turn Off the Lights for Safari is a Safari extension for your Safari web browser. And it is written in HTML, JavaScript, and CSS.And it can not block your mouse cursor. And there is no code in the Safari extension that show you the "chrome.notifications".Turn Off the Lights is a free Open-Source browser extension and you are free to look in our code:https://github.com/turnoffthelights/Turn-Off-the-Lights-Safari-extensionThe browser extension is built up with the feedback of our users.Can you please check you are using the latest macOS Monterey? And restart your Mac computer.Furthermore, Apple reviews each time our app update in the app store before it goes online in the store.If you have any further questions or feedback. We are happy to help you at https://www.turnoffthelights.com/supportThanks,,
Very Scary Privacy Pravticies
10/22/2021

Rrtsrrugbhtbrhtvgrvgnnikgeg

In the app store this app reports that it doesn't collect users data but after emabling the extention on my computer their website said turn off the lights collected usage and behavorial anayltics amo? For a screen dimming extention!? Upon gong to uninstall the app my curser wouldn't load and I got a notification saying my computer detected the extention was blocking my curser so it wasn't turned on "thank god". This raised so many red flags that I didn't even get to test out the app. Dissappointing :( I wish there was a free app for me and my eyes and people would stop being so invasive for peoples privacy to sell in this data mining age.
Developer Response 11/25/2021
Hi there,We take your privacy very seriously. And the Turn Off the Lights browser extension do not collect any personal information from you. And we do not sell anything, as we have nothing from you.If you install for the first time the Turn Off the Lights Safari extension, you will see the welcome page. That will show you the message that this website (just like many other websites) use cookies. This message must be visible because of the European law and California law. That to inform you that we use the Google Analytics to see how many users are on the website.The Turn Off the Lights for Safari is a Safari extension for your Safari web browser. And it is written in HTML, JavaScript, and CSS.And it can not block your mouse cursor. And there is no code in the Safari extension that show you the "chrome.notifications".Turn Off the Lights is a free Open-Source browser extension and you are free to look in our code:https://github.com/turnoffthelights/Turn-Off-the-Lights-Safari-extensionThe browser extension is built up with the feedback of our users.Can you please check you are using the latest macOS Monterey? And restart your Mac computer.Furthermore, Apple reviews each time our app update in the app store before it goes online in the store.If you have any further questions or feedback. We are happy to help you at https://www.turnoffthelights.com/supportThanks,,
This is not a browser night mode
05/29/2018

JD_Spurs
OK, So it should be pretty apparent by the images but i downloaded it and tried it just to confirm my suspicions. This does nothing to the look of your browser. At all. It does however utilize what I would imagine is some CSS trickery to change the design of the webpage you’re looking at and darken the colors of the website. I guess this would be better described as a webpage night-mode simulator, as it simulates a night mode for the individual site. In my book, a browser night mode doesn’t change the website at all, but changes the browser; ie the grey at the top, the tabs bar, the favorite menu, the bookmarks drawer… all the pieces that are part of the browser running locally, not any of the content it has requested. I can see how some people might want this, but this is definitely NOT a browser dark mode.

Developer Response
Hi there,The Night Mode feature works only in the website content because this is a Safari extension. Default is this feature disabled, and the user (such as you) can enable this in the Options page. And it explains also on this page that this only changes the website style (with the custom CSS settings for text, hyperlink, and background). However, in another modern web browser such as Firefox the 'Turn Off the Lights' Firefox extension can dim the User Interface of this web browser app. So, everything is dark with a single click on the lamp button. From the toolbar to the buttons.But in Apple Safari that is not possible with the API limit.If you need any help or have a question or for feedback, don't hesitate to contact us on this support form:https://www.turnoffthelights.com/supportWe are happy to help you over there.Thanks,
This is not a browser night mode
05/29/2018

JD_Spurs

OK, So it should be pretty apparent by the images but i downloaded it and tried it just to confirm my suspicions. This does nothing to the look of your browser. At all. It does however utilize what I would imagine is some CSS trickery to change the design of the webpage you’re looking at and darken the colors of the website. I guess this would be better described as a webpage night-mode simulator, as it simulates a night mode for the individual site. In my book, a browser night mode doesn’t change the website at all, but changes the browser; ie the grey at the top, the tabs bar, the favorite menu, the bookmarks drawer… all the pieces that are part of the browser running locally, not any of the content it has requested. I can see how some people might want this, but this is definitely NOT a browser dark mode.
Developer Response 01/18/2020
Hi there,The Night Mode feature works only in the website content because this is a Safari extension. Default is this feature disabled, and the user (such as you) can enable this in the Options page. And it explains also on this page that this only changes the website style (with the custom CSS settings for text, hyperlink, and background). However, in another modern web browser such as Firefox the 'Turn Off the Lights' Firefox extension can dim the User Interface of this web browser app. So, everything is dark with a single click on the lamp button. From the toolbar to the buttons.But in Apple Safari that is not possible with the API limit.If you need any help or have a question or for feedback, don't hesitate to contact us on this support form:https://www.turnoffthelights.com/supportWe are happy to help you over there.Thanks,
So clean!
05/09/2025

commanderclif2
While there is a lot of flexibility in the settings, I love having videos in theater view to go full browser width and then the background screen tint to almost full black. It creates a nearly identical experience of being in fullscreen mode without having activate that over and over. This is a top 5 extension for me!!
So clean!
05/09/2025

commanderclif2

While there is a lot of flexibility in the settings, I love having videos in theater view to go full browser width and then the background screen tint to almost full black. It creates a nearly identical experience of being in fullscreen mode without having activate that over and over. This is a top 5 extension for me!!

+ Bugs and performance fixes. If you like Turn Off the Lights, the best way you can support the app is by telling others about it! And please do not forget to rate the app to 5 stars on the App Store that to support my free and Open-Source work. If you have any feedback or questions, we’d love to hear from you! Turn Off the Lights offers free support. You can reach us on Facebook TurnOfftheLight, or on X at @turnoffthelight. You can also read our User Guides or browse our FAQs on https://www.turnoffthelights.com/support.

Version 4.6.6 Mar 6

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Supported Features
- VoiceOver
- Voice Control
- Dark Interface
- Differentiate Without Color Alone
- Sufficient Contrast
- Reduced Motion

Information

Seller: Stefan Van Damme
Size: 28 MB
Category: Productivity
Compatibility: Requires iOS 18.0 or later.

iPhone
Requires iOS 18.0 or later.

iPad
Requires iPadOS 18.0 or later.

Mac
Requires macOS 15.0 or later.

Apple Vision
Requires visionOS 26.0 or later.
Languages: English and 27 more

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Age Rating: 16+

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