Have you tried darkening your iPhone’s home screen app icons using the new iOS 18 feature? If so, you may have noticed that some app icons simply refuse to darken. We have a solution for you.More than two months have passed since the release of iOS 18, but not all app developers have updated their apps to include dark mode icons. While iOS 18 attempts to automatically create dark mode icons if developers haven’t added them, it doesn’t always work.
If one or two light icons are ruining your dark-themed home screen, don’t despair. Below, we’ll describe a simple method you can use to make any app icon dark.
How to create a dark app icon
- Download the “Get App Icon” command on your iPhone: [ link ].
- Run the command and enter the name of the app whose icon you want to make dark, then select it from the search results. The icon will be saved to your media library.
- Save the image with a dark background to your smartphone (press and hold ➝ Save to Photos ): [ link ]
- Go to the ” change background” website , then click the blue Upload Image button and select the app icon you saved earlier.
- In the “Background Image” section, click Select File and select the dark background that you also saved earlier.
- Tap and hold the resulting image and click “Save to Photos” in the context menu.
- Now open the Shortcuts app and tap the + icon at the top to create a new shortcut, then select the Open app action .
- Tap the blue “App” text on the “Open App” action, then select the app whose icon you want to make dark.
- Tap the icon at the top of the screen and select Add to Home Screen from the menu.
- Label the command with the name of the application, and then click Add .
Ideally, the dark app icon you create will look like the real thing. If you need to create dark icons for multiple apps, be sure to create a new “Open App” icon for each one. If you don’t, you might accidentally create multiple icons that link to the same app
