How to Use Dark Mode in Airmail for Mac and iOS

Problem

You want to enable Dark Mode in Airmail to reduce eye strain and match your system appearance.

Enabling Dark Mode

On Mac

Airmail automatically follows your macOS appearance setting:

1. Open System Preferences → General (or System Settings → Appearance on macOS Ventura+)
2. Choose Dark under Appearance
3. Airmail will switch to Dark Mode automatically

On iPhone/iPad

Airmail follows your iOS appearance setting:

1. Open Settings → Display & Brightness
2. Select Dark
3. Airmail will switch to Dark Mode automatically

Known Limitations

• HTML Email Colors — Some emails use hard-coded colors that may not display well in Dark Mode. This is because the sender's HTML formatting overrides the dark theme.
• Links May Be Hard to Read — Dark-colored hyperlinks on dark backgrounds can be difficult to see. Workaround: select the text to highlight it, or switch temporarily to Light Mode.
• Images — Email images are displayed as-is and won't adapt to Dark Mode.

Tips

• Use the Auto appearance setting on macOS/iOS to switch between Light and Dark based on time of day
• If specific emails are hard to read, try the Reader View if available