[themes] How to change background color in the Notepad++ text editor?

Does anyone know how to change the background color, font size, and other appearance-based settings in Notepad++? The default is white but I am trying to change it into a dark gray or something else.

Notepad++ changed in the past couple of years, and it requires a few extra steps to set up a dark theme.

The answer by Amit-IO is good, but the example theme that is needed has stopped being maintained. The DraculaTheme is active. Just download the XML and put it in a themes folder. You may need Admin access in Windows.

C:\Users\YOUR_USER\AppData\Roaming\Notepad++\themes

https://draculatheme.com/notepad-plus-plus

There seems to have been an update some time in the past 3 years which changes the location of where to place themes in order to get them working.

Previosuly, themes were located in the Notepad++ installation folder. Now they are located in AppData:

C:\Users\YOUR_USER\AppData\Roaming\Notepad++\themes

My answer is an update to @Amit-IO's answer about manually copying the themes.

1. In Explorer, browse to: %AppData%\Notepad++.
2. If a folder called themes does not exist, create it.
3. Download your favourite theme from wherever (see Amit-IO's answer for a good list) and save it to %AppData%\Notepad++\themes.
4. Restart Notepad++ and then use Settings -> Style Configurator. The new theme(s) will appear in the list.

If anyone wants to enable dark mode, you may follow the below steps

• Open your Notepad++, and select “Settings” on the menu bar, and choose “Style configurator”.
• Select theme “Obsidian” (you can choose other dark themes)
• Click on Save&Colse

You may need admin access to do it on your system.

1. Create a folder 'themes' in the Notepad++ installation folder i.e. C:\Program Files (x86)\Notepad++
2. Search or visit pages like http://timtrott.co.uk/notepad-colour-schemes/ to download the favourite theme. It will be an SML file.
   • Note: I prefer Neon any day.
3. Download the themes from the site and drag them to the themes folder.
   • Note: I was unable to copy-paste or create new files in 'themes' folder so I used drag and that worked.
4. Follow the steps provided by @triforceofcourage to select the new theme in Notepad++ preferences.