Yandex Browser appearance

You can switch to dark mode and change the background for the SmartBox and Tableau on a new tab.

  1. Dark theme
  2. Dark theme for yandex.ru
  3. Yandex Browser background
  4. Interface language
  5. FAQ

Dark theme

By default, elements of Yandex Browser for Mobile (for example, tabs or the SmartBox) are displayed on a light background. If you prefer a dark theme:

  1. Open a new tab.
  2. Tap   → .
  3. Select Dark theme.
  4. If you want to change the background for a new tab:
    1. Tap Select dark background.
    2. Select a photo or animation.
    3. Tap Use this background.

To turn on the light theme in Yandex Browser, tap   → and select Light theme.

To use the device's system theme in the browser, select Use system settings.

Dark theme for yandex.ru

You can enable the dark theme for the Yandex Home page, search results, and services:

In the Home page settings
Under Appearance of Yandex services, select Dark.
Note. To select the theme, log in using Yandex ID.
In the search results
  1. Scroll up the search results page.
  2. Tap the profile icon in the upper-right corner.
  3. Tap Appearance → Always dark.

Yandex Browser background

You can use images as the background:

From the Background gallery
  1. Open a new tab.
  2. Tap   → .
  3. Select a photo or animated image and tap Use this background.
Note. You can configure your browser to randomly alternate images or videos from your Background gallery once a day.
  • For one album. Select the desired album in the Backgrounds gallery and tap Rotate backgrounds in this album.
  • For all albums. In Background gallery, tap Alternate backgrounds daily.
From your smartphone
  1. Open a new tab.
  2. Tap   → .
  3. Tap Upload from phone.
  4. Select a photograph in an album.

Interface language

You can change the language of your Yandex Browser interface.

Note. The feature is available for devices running on iOS version 13.0 and higher. If you have an earlier version of iOS, you have to change the system language on the device.
  1. Open your device settings.
  2. Tap Yandex → Language.
  3. Select a language.
Restriction. If the browser doesn't support the language you selected, the interface is set to English.

FAQ

I changed the theme in the browser settings, but the yandex.ru theme hasn't changed

The appearance of the Yandex Home page, search results, and services isn't linked to Yandex Browser. If you want yandex.ru to use the same theme as Yandex Browser, select System settings in the home page settings.

The yandex.ru theme hasn't changed

If the home page theme hasn't changed after you selected System settings for the home page appearance, you might have selected a light or dark theme in the browser settings.

Select System settings for Yandex Browser as well.

The background changed by itself
  1. Open a new tab and tap .
  2. Tap Background gallery → Disable background rotation.

If you can't find the information you need in Help or you are having issues with Yandex Browser for Mobile, please describe your actions step by step. Take a screenshot if possible. This will help our support specialists quickly find a solution for the issue you're experiencing.

Note. To resolve issues with Yandex services, please contact support of these services:
Yandex Browser for desktop
If you have problems using the desktop version of Yandex Browser, you can contact us directly from the browser: go to  → Advanced → Report problem or fill out the form.
Yandex Home page
If your question is about the Yandex Home page (for example, you want to change the theme, customize blocks or icons for services, or find YooMoney), contact us using this form. Select the option Question about Yandex Home page.
Yandex Mail
If your have questions about Yandex Mail (for example, how to disable ads, import messages from other mailboxes, restore deleted emails, or find messages in the Spam folder), use this form.
Yandex Search and search results
If you have questions about Yandex Search and search results (for example, about site ranking or invalid search results), contact us using this form.