SharePoint Online: Apply Modern Theme using PowerShell

Requirement: Change the site theme in SharePoint Online.

How to apply theme in SharePoint Online?

In SharePoint Online, Themes are responsible for colors in various site elements. To align with your organization’s branding guidelines, you can create and apply a theme in SharePoint Online. There is a set of default site themes available for selection. You can also add your custom theme to SharePoint Online. To set a theme in SharePoint Online modern sites,

• Open your SharePoint Online site where you want to change the theme >> Click on the “Settings” gear icon.
• In the “Settings” menu, click on “Change the Look”
• Under themes, Select your desired theme (out of the box or custom theme) and click the “Save” button. The colors on themes can be further customized by clicking on the “Customize” button.

  

• This changes the theme for the site. Any user with a Design or Full Control permission level have the ability to change site themes.

Here is my other post on adding a modern theme using PowerShell in SharePoint Online: How to Add a Modern Theme using PowerShell in SharePoint Online?

PnP PowerShell to Change Theme in SharePoint Online

Here is how to change the theme in SharePoint Online using PowerShell. Make sure you have the theme added before running this script.

#Parameters
$AdminCenterURL = "https://crescent-admin.sharepoint.com"
$SiteURL = "https://creescent.sharepoint.com/sites/marketing"
$ThemeName = "Crescent Theme"
 
#Connect to Admin Center
Connect-PnPOnline -Url $AdminCenterURL -Interactive
 
#Apply Theme to Web
Set-PnPWebTheme -Theme $ThemeName -WebUrl $SiteURL

PnP PowerShell to Apply Theme to All Subsites in a Site Collection

You can change the look and feel of a SharePoint Online site to match your corporate color scheme through themes.

#Function to set Theme for a web
Function Set-PnPSiteTheme($Web, [String]$ThemeName)
{
    Try {
        Write-host "Applying Theme on site: " $Web.URL
        Connect-PnPOnline -Url $Web.URL -Interactive
  
        #Set Theme for the web
        Set-PnPWebTheme -Theme $ThemeName
    }
    catch {
        write-host "Error: $($_.Exception.Message)" -foregroundcolor Red
    }
}
  
#Parameters
$AdminCenterURL = "https://Crescent-admin.sharepoint.com"
$SiteURL = "https://Crescent.sharepoint.com/sites/marketing"
$ThemeName= "Crescent Theme"
   
#Connect to Admin Center
$AdminConn = Connect-PnPOnline -Url $AdminCenterURL -Interactive -ReturnConnection
 
#Connect to SharePoint Online Site
$SiteConn = Connect-PnPOnline -Url $SiteURL -Interactive -ReturnConnection

#Get all the Webs - Exclude App Sites
$Webs = Get-PnPSubWeb -Recurse -IncludeRootWeb -Connection $SiteConn | Where {$_.WebTemplate -ne "App"}

#Call the function to set site theme for site collection
$Webs | ForEach-Object { Set-PnPSiteTheme -Web $_ -ThemeName $ThemeName }

How to Apply an OOTB Modern Theme in SharePoint Online using PowerShell

Alright, Instead of a custom theme, If you want to apply an out-of-the-box default theme to your SharePoint Online sites, here is the script:

#Config Variables
$SiteURL = "https://crescent.sharepoint.com/sites/intranet"
  
#Connect to PnP Online
Connect-PnPOnline -Url $SiteURL -Interactive
$Web = Get-PnPWeb 

#Apply OOTB Modern Theme
[OfficeDevPnP.Core.Utilities.Themes.ThemeManager]::ApplyTheme($Web, [OfficeDevPnP.Core.Enums.SharePointTheme]::Blue)

Here is the enumeration of available themes:

To apply a composite that includes a color theme, font, and background URL in SharePoint Online, use: SharePoint Online: How to Change Site Theme using PowerShell?