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0. Enable the default dark theme (Tools > Add-ons > Theme > Dark)

1. Set `toolkit.legacyUserProfileCustomizations.stylesheets` to `true` in the Config Editor (![hamburger menu](https://design.firefox.com/icons/icons/desktop/menu-16.svg) → ![Gear](https://design.firefox.com/icons/icons/desktop/preferences-16.svg) Preferences → End of page, at the bottom)

1. Download this repository and rename the folder to `chrome`.

2. Place the `chrome` folder inside your Thunderbird profile directory. To find your profile directory, you can do the following from within Thunderbird:
1. Place the `chrome` folder inside your Thunderbird profile directory. To find your profile directory, you can do the following from within Thunderbird:

- Help > Troubleshooting Information > Application Basics section > Profile Folder > Show in Finder

3. (Optional) To change the background and text area of the message composition pages, you can dd the following lines to your `user.js` file within the profile directory (this will not alter the appearance of sent messages):

```js
user_pref("browser.display.foreground_color", "#b1b1b3");
user_pref("browser.display.background_color", "#38383d");
```
1. (Optional) To change the background and text area of the message composition pages, you can dd the following lines to your `user.js` file within the profile directory (this will not alter the appearance of sent messages):

The `user.js` does not exist be default; you will have to create the file (name and case sensitive) if you haven't done so in the past.
```js
user_pref("browser.display.foreground_color", "#b1b1b3");
user_pref("browser.display.background_color", "#38383d");
```

The `user.js` does not exist be default; you will have to create the file (name and case sensitive) if you haven't done so in the past.

4. Restart Thunderbird
1. Restart Thunderbird