Using Stylish on Chrome
Welcome to the help page of Stylish for Chrome. Here you can learn all about Stylish and how to navigate the Stylish Chrome extension and the Stylish Library.
What is Stylish?
Stylish offers users cool and unique themes/skins for websites that are created by the Stylish community. Also known as User Styles, members of the Stylish community use this platform to create original pieces for other users to access and download onto their preferred websites.
How to Install Stylish for Chrome
Step 1: Go to the Stylish extension page in the Chrome WebStore.
Step 2: Click on the blue ‘Add to Chrome’ button.
Step 3: Click ‘Add extension’ on the confirmation dialog and the stylish icon will be added to your browser’s toolbar.
Step 4: Click on the extensions in the top right and pin the Stylish icon.
Step 2: Click on the blue ‘Add to Chrome’ button.
Step 3: Click ‘Add extension’ on the confirmation dialog and the stylish icon will be added to your browser’s toolbar.
Step 4: Click on the extensions in the top right and pin the Stylish icon.
How to Install Website Styles
There are two ways to install website styles:
Through the Stylish library
Step 1: Visit the Stylish website and scroll through the countless themes on the home page.
Step 2: A) You can explore the ‘What are we styling’ bar and find popular websites that are commonly styled.
B) You can navigate the search tool and look for a specific style you have in mind.
Step 3: Click on your favorite website theme.
Step 4: Click on the ‘Install Style’ button in blue.
Step 5: Click on the ‘Check it out’ button in black to check out how the theme looks on the website it was created for.
Through the Stylish library
Step 1: Visit the Stylish website and scroll through the countless themes on the home page.
Step 2: A) You can explore the ‘What are we styling’ bar and find popular websites that are commonly styled.
B) You can navigate the search tool and look for a specific style you have in mind.
Step 3: Click on your favorite website theme.
Step 4: Click on the ‘Install Style’ button in blue.
Step 5: Click on the ‘Check it out’ button in black to check out how the theme looks on the website it was created for.
Through the website you would like to style
Step 1: Visit any website of your choice that you would like to personalize with a theme.
Step 2: Click on the Stylish icon in the top right corner of the Chrome browser.
Step 3: The top available themes for the website will appear under “Gallery”.
Step 4: Install a website style by clicking on the “Add Style” button.
Step 5: You can also access more themes through the Stylish Library by clicking on the ‘Browse more’ button on the Stylish icon.
To note: User styles only take effect on your computer; others can’t see what you’ve changed unless they also use the same user style.
How to Manage Installed Styles:
Step 1: Go to the website for which you would like to manage your installed styles.
Step 2: Click on the pinned Stylish icon in the top right of your Chrome browser.
Step 3: Click on the ‘My Styles’ button and all the styles you’ve installed for this specific website will appear.
Step 4: Hover over any of the styles and the following management buttons will appear:
Deactivate/Activate – to turn on or off the style.
Edit – takes you to the ‘Editor’ tab under the stylish extension where you can edit the style.
Send Feedback - takes you to the feedback form where you can comment on the style to the style creator.
Delete - to uninstall the style from your browser.
Common Issues
Uninstallation
You can remove the Stylish extension from your Chrome browser like any other Chrome extension.
Step 1: Click on your Chrome extension icon.
Step 2: Find the Stylish extension on the drop down menu and click the 3 dots beside it.
Step 3: Click on the ‘Remove from Chrome’ button on the drop down menu.
Step 4: Click ‘Remove’ on the confirmation dialog.
Step 5: A short questionnaire will appear in a Stylish tab after you have removed the extension. Please take the time to complete the questionnaire and share to the Stylish team why you decided to remove the extension.
Stylish Toolbar Button
After installing the Stylish extension, a toolbar button will be installed into your Chrome browser to provide you quick access to Stylish functions. You can hide this button from your browser by right-clicking it then clicking ‘Unpin’. To restore the button, click the Chrome settings icon (three dots in the top right corner), you’ll see a list of all of your extensions, and a pin icon next to them, click on the pin next to Stylish to pin it back to your toolbar.