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I want the grey shade as shown in previews but mine has white as default. I tried to search in file->settings but without much success. Also, I couldn't find Project->clean or any such option. Any help will be appreciated, thanks!

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  • stackoverflow.com/q/16579448/1012284 Commented May 17, 2013 at 6:25
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    If you want only change background on whatever theme you are Preferences > Editor > Color & Fonts > General > Default Text > Background. You could not do this on default theme hence you need to create a copy of default theme as android studio will guide you if you click on background selection rectangle. Commented Jul 12, 2015 at 11:50

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You can change it by going File => Settings (Shortcut CTRL+ ALT+ S) , from Left panel Choose Appearance , Now from Right Panel choose theme.

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Android Studio 2.1

Preference -> Search for Appearance -> UI options , Click on DropDown Theme

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Android 2.2

Android studio -> File -> Settings -> Appearance & Behavior -> Look for UI Options

EDIT :

Import External Themes

You can download custom theme from this website. Choose your theme, download it. To set theme Go to Android studio -> File -> Import Settings -> Choose the .jar file downloaded.

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how do i undo adding an external theme
@karthikprasad You can set to default theme provided by AS - Preference -> Search for Appearance -> UI options , Click on DropDown Theme.
that is not the answer to the question: I want to solely change the color of the backgorund, not the entire theme
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How do I change Android Studio editor's background color?

Changing Editor's Background

Open Preference > Editor (In IDE Settings Section) > Colors & Fonts > Darcula or Any item available there 

IDE will display a dialog like this, Press 'No'

Darcula color scheme has been set for editors. Would you like to set Darcula as default Look and Feel?

Changing IDE's Theme

Open Preference > Appearance (In IDE Settings Section) > Theme > Darcula or Any item available there 

Press OK. Android Studio will ask you to restart the IDE.

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(Mac 10.10.3, AndroidStudio 1.2.2) This is still relevant, I had to do both of these. Changing just the IDE theme did NOT change the "event log" or the "editor" window.

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