Light, dark & system.
Three choices, applied instantly, no Save button. The one thing to know: the theme is stored in this browser, not on your account — it will not follow you to another device.
One card, three options, no Save button — pick a theme and the dashboard changes under you immediately. There's exactly one thing to know about it, and it's in the second section.
Three choices
| Option | What you get |
|---|---|
| Light | Bright and clean. The default, and what the product was designed in. |
| Dark | Easy on the eyes. For evenings, and for people who run everything dark. |
| System | Match your device — light by day, dark by night, if that's how your machine is set up. |
Each option shows a small preview of the dashboard in that theme, so you can see what you're choosing before you choose it. Click one and it applies at once.
It's saved in this browser
Your theme is stored in the browser you set it in — not on your account. Set dark mode on your laptop, sign in on your phone, and the phone will still be light. That is not a bug; nothing about the theme is synced.
It means you have to set it once per browser, and once more in a private window. On the upside, it's instant, it survives a refresh, and it can differ per machine — dark on the laptop you work on at night, light on the desktop by the window.
Everything else in Settings — your name, your notification switches, your interface language — is stored on your account and does follow you. The theme is the exception.
What System actually follows
System reads your operating system's own light/dark preference, the same signal your browser uses. If macOS or Windows is set to switch automatically at sunset, ScoutRival switches with it — you don't have to come back here.
If your device has no preference set, System resolves to light.
What the theme doesn't change
- Anything you export. A brief, an article, an SEO report — they render on their own light document styling. Dark mode is for your screen, not your client's PDF.
- Your public share links. The person opening one sees the shared page's own design, not your theme.
- Your brand's colours. Those are your identity, set under Brand → Visual Identity, and they don't move.