Change your display mode in Confluence and sync across other apps

Use display mode to choose how Confluence and other supported Atlassian apps look. Set the mode to light, dark, or match system. You can set a global display mode that syncs across supported apps, or set a different mode just for Confluence.

These settings only apply to you, and won’t affect anyone else working on your space or site. You can override this for Confluence (or any supported app) at any time.

How display mode works

There are three layers that control how Confluence and other supported apps look:

1. Your device’s system theme

   • Your computer or mobile device will be synced to this setting by default

   • Confluence and other supported apps will match your system theme automatically unless you change the setting for an individual app

2. Global display mode (recommended)

   • Your personal setting that applies the same display mode across supported Atlassian apps

   • Matches system by default

   • Manage from the Display settings page

3. App display mode (for example, Confluence)

   • Set a different mode for a specific app, overriding the global setting

   • Manage from the Appearance setting in the top navigation

For example, if your system theme is set to dark mode and you like using most Atlassian apps in dark mode but you prefer to use Confluence in light mode.

• Your global display mode is set to match system by default, so Jira and other supported apps follow your system's dark mode settings.

• In Confluence, you change the app display mode to light.

In this setup, Confluence always appears in light mode, while Jira and your other supported apps keep using dark mode through the global setting.

Supported apps

• Jira

• Jira Service Management

• Jira Product Discovery

• Confluence

• Platform apps: Home, Teams, Projects, Goals

• Rovo apps: Search, Chat, Studio

Change your Confluence display mode

Use Confluence’s app display mode when you want Confluence to look different from your other Atlassian apps. If Confluence is using your global display mode, you’ll see “Synced across apps” under the synced preference.

To change your app display mode:

1. Select your profile avatar in the top navigation, then select Appearance.

2. Under App display mode, select Match system, Light, or Dark.

Changes apply immediately.

This setting only affects Confluence. Other supported Atlassian apps keep using the global display mode (or their own app display mode, if you’ve set one there).

Change your global display mode

Use global display mode when you want a consistent look and feel across multiple Atlassian apps.

To change your global display mode from Confluence:

1. Select your profile avatar in the top navigation, then select Appearance.

2. Select Customize display settings.

3. On the Display settings page, under Global display mode, select Match system, Light, or Dark.

Your selection applies to all supported apps that use the global setting.

To turn off global sync, either set the global display mode to light or dark (instead of match system), or set a different app display mode in an individual app like Confluence.