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Newcomer
March 14, 2026
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Chat appearance has turned black instead of white

  • March 14, 2026
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How can I reverse the black background back to white in the chat window during a zoom meeting

Best answer by Groot_ding

Hi ​@Karen Whitney could you follow these setting
1. color mode change to Light
2. meeting toolbar, “Display & Controls” => “Display”, Uncheck “Dark right pannel”. 

 

 

39 replies

Newcomer
July 18, 2026

If the chat window background turned black, it's usually due to Zoom's appearance settings or your system's dark mode. Try switching Zoom to Light mode under Settings > General > Theme, or disable dark mode in your operating system. If that doesn't help, restarting Zoom or updating to the latest version is worth trying.

Newcomer
September 22, 2026

Apparently some updates in the past two days made the zoom chat all dark again.  However, the option to turn off “Dark right panel” no longer exists anymore. What can we do to keep the main zoom window dark while the chat window white? It’s very hard to read the chat and emojis when the chat window is dark.

New Member
October 2, 2026

Yes, same here