Install the desktop app (Mac & Windows)

6 steps · about 3 min

The desktop app is for people who use the TradingView Desktop app. If you use TradingView in a browser, use the browser extension instead.

1. 1

   Download it

   On chartskins.com/download, click Mac or Windows.

   
2. 2

   Mac: install and allow it

   Open the .dmg and drag ChartSkins into Applications. The first time you open it, macOS blocks it because it’s not from the App Store. Click Done, then go to System Settings → Privacy & Security, scroll down and click Open Anyway. You only do this once.

   
3. 3

   Windows: run the installer

   Open ChartSkins-Setup.exe. If “Windows protected your PC” appears, click More info → Run anyway. It installs in seconds.

4. 4

   Sign in

   ChartSkins opens and asks for your email and the 6-digit code. Same account as the extension.

   
5. 5

   Connect TradingView

   If TradingView is already open, ChartSkins restarts it once so skins can load. Your layouts and drawings are saved by TradingView.

   
6. 6

   Pick your skin

   Click any skin. The Look tab has the same controls as the extension (Dim, Blur, Black & white, Colour when off).