Safari received several visual changes in iOS 15, with one of them being Website Tinting. As the name suggests, this feature adds a shade of color to the top portion of the Safari app on your iPhone. This tint changes according to the color scheme of the webpage you have open at the moment.
If you wonder how Safari looks with Website Tinting enabled or disabled, we'll show you below. We'll also give you quick steps to turn off Website Tinting if you don't like this feature.
Here's What Safari Looks Like With Website Tinting On and Off
Suppose you're on a site that has a very dark brown top bar. When Safari Website Tinting is turned on, your iPhone status bar, where you see the time and battery status, adopts the same color as the website—dark brown in this case.
When Website Tinting is turned off, the top portion of your iPhone screen will be the usual white and gray or black and deep gray (when you're using Dark Mode).
How to Enable or Disable Safari Website Tinting in iOS 15
Here's how to switch off Website Tinting on your iPhone or iPad:
- Open the Settings app.
- Tap Safari.
- Turn off the switch for Allow Website Tinting.
- If you ever change your mind, follow the same steps to turn it back on.
Please note that you won't notice this with all websites, especially if they have a white color scheme. On websites with dark color schemes, it also gives the impression of hiding the Face ID notch.
iOS 15 Redesigned Safari
Website Tinting is just one of several changes Apple introduced to Safari with iOS 15. Most people are unlikely to notice it, but if you don't like it, now you know how to turn it off. However you feel about Website Tinting, it's definitely a less polarizing change than moving the address bar in Safari.