Turn Off the Lights for Safari
Turn Off the Lights for Safari is a Safari extension app that dims web pages and adds viewing tools to make videos and websites easier on the eyes.
What is Turn Off the Lights for Safari?
Turn Off the Lights for Safari is a Safari extension app for Mac that helps users darken the surrounding web page so videos, images, and reading content stand out more clearly. It is made for people who watch online video regularly, browse at night, or want a more comfortable viewing experience in Safari. The app can dim the page around a video player, apply dark or night-style page effects, and offer extra viewing controls for supported sites. Users commonly install it for YouTube, streaming websites, and general web reading when bright backgrounds feel distracting. It is published by Stefan Van Damme and distributed through Apple’s App Store for Safari on Apple platforms. On macOS, you use it alongside Safari by enabling the extension and then adjusting its options to match your preferred browsing setup.
Key features
- Dim the rest of a web page so videos stand out
- Apply a dark or night-style view on many websites
- Customize how much the page background is darkened
- Use extra video viewing controls on supported sites
- Adjust extension options to match different browsing habits
- Improve comfort for night browsing and long video sessions
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Safety overview
Status: Mostly safe
This is a legitimate Safari extension app used to change how websites look and to interact with page content for its dimming and viewing features. Access to Safari webpages is normal for this type of extension, but users should still review the extension permissions they allow in Safari and only keep extensions they actively use. Removing it simply stops its dimming, dark mode, and related Safari features.
Recommendation: Keep it if you use Safari and want page dimming, dark website viewing, or video-focused browsing tools. If you no longer use those features, you can remove the app or disable the extension in Safari without affecting macOS itself.
Common paths
/Applications/Turn Off the Lights for Safari.app
Container paths
~/Library/Containers/com.stefanvd.Turn-Off-the-Lights-for-Safari
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