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You can click here to download Iris – it automatically detects your OS and should start the download.
You can also scroll down to see the instructions for installation:
For iOS click here – iOS
For Linux Ubuntu click here – Linux Ubuntu
For Windows 7 click here – Windows 7
For Windows 10 click here – Windows 10
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If it doesn’t work quit Iris and then remove the %LOCALAPPDATA%/Iris folder
To quit Iris you need to right click the tray icon and click quit
Write in the Windows Explorer %LOCALAPPDATA%
Delete this folder
If the above doesn’t work
You can buy Iris mini Pro from this link:
https://iristech.co/buy
Just open a case in PayPal. We refund all PayPal cases but it takes a week or two don’t worry.
If you’ve made a mistake when buying, would like to upgrade from a subscription to a license or from one license to another, or if you’re just not satisfied with the product get a refund.
If you have bought not with PayPal send us the following information via PM in Discord:
Reason for wanting a refund – this helps us improve our software and services.
We refund all PayPal cases but it takes a week or two don’t worry.
NB! Keep in mind that PayPal transactions older than 180 days cannot be refunded.
We can’t find the purchase without the E-mail that you used for the purchase and the Transaction ID of the purchase.
To get a refund, send us your:
You can see the price of Iris from here
If you want to buy Iris you need to click the button of Iris Pro.
Iris mini is a different program that you can find here
https://iristech.co/iris-mini/
It’s again made by me but with the goal to be really small and minimalistic.
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You can buy Iris Pro from this link:
https://iristech.co/buy-iris
No, we don’t process the payments and we don’t store any debit or credit card information on our servers.
We do this because I know how important my own card information is for me and how often I don’t pay because I don’t trust the store enough to process my payment.
Iris payments go through PayPal or 2checkout and we just get a notification after payment to create your activation code and send it to your e-mail.
Your debit/credit card information is secure or at least as secure as PayPal or 2checkout websites are.
Copy LinkIris has a 7-day trial.
If you wish to use it further you can buy it (and support us) or invite friends (see Discounts -> Friend invites section for this).
Iris Mini is free to use and has no trial period.
For Iris Pro we have two lifetime licenses – one without future updates (you can only use it on the version you’ve installed at the time of your purchase) and one that comes with future updates (whenever a new version comes out you can switch to it) – check them out here – Buy Iris.
For Iris Mini we also have a lifelong license without updates – you can see it here – Buy Iris Mini.
If you don’t want to buy through PayPal you can buy through 2checkout with a debit or credit card – Buy with a card.
We also have monthly and yearly subscriptions for 1PC or up to 5 devices that can be used for both Iris and Iris Mini – check them out here – Subscription.
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We give invoices only for purchases of above $1000
If you want to get an Invoice for your purchase please send to us:
Note that the invoice is in Bulgarian in accordance with our and the European law.
You can see our company info from https://iristech.co/company
After you have found your E-mail that you used for the purchase you can log in to our User Panel and from there
Related pages
Now from the left menu choose Money, banks and cards
From the Automatic payments section select Set Automatic Payments
This will open the My preapproved payments screen
Update your agreement in the “My preapproved payments” section
Thanks for your purchase and for supporting our work 🙂
After you pay you will receive an E-mail with an activation code. Example
You need to enter this code in the app in order to activate it. To do this you can just click the Activate button below the code
If this doesn’t work, see this article:
https://iristech.co/how-to-install-and-activate-iris/
Where we have pictures and videos how you can do this 🙂
Thanks for supporting our work 🙂
In the E-mail that you received after the purchase, you have an activation code. You need to enter it into the app or just click the Activate button in the E-mail as shown:
When you need to reinstall your device or Iris, or you’ve changed the device you have to revoke your code in order to be able to use it again.
That’s because when you use the code on a certain machine it ‘attaches to it’ and you need to ‘detach’ it so to speak.
You can write to us at contact@iristech.co to do it for you, or you can register in our user panel – see User Panel section for more information.
Copy LinkTo revoke your license you can register with the email connected to your license in our User Panel here – User Panel.
After you register in Licenses -> Move license -> enter the activation code and it will be revoked.
Then you need to enter the activation code into the new device – see How to activate Iris section.
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If you change or reinstall your PC, or reinstall Iris and you get this message after trying to activate Iris:
“Code is already used”
“You already used the code on another machine”
You can free your code from the old machine by registering in the User Panel
When the Status of the code goes to Not used after you click Move to another PC you can use your code again 🙂
After you pay for Iris you should receive a confirmation email that contains an activation code. Example
You can also find your code by registering into our User Panel with the same E-mail that you bought Iris. See How to find my License
You need to enter this code in the app in order to activate it. To do this you can just click the Activate button below the code
If this doesn’t work, see this article:
Where we have pictures and videos how you can do this 🙂
You have to enter that activation code into the program. See here for a visual guide – how to install and activate Iris.
One of our licensing options is called Lifelong for 1 version and thanks to it we can offer our software at really reasonable prices with subscription and still support the development.
If you, however, change your PC or reinstall Iris with the latest version you will not be able to activate the newest version and a message like this will appear:
“You have already used this code with other version of Iris. Download and use the old version again or buy new activation code”
You can download all Iris old versions from:
You can see the version next to your activation code
If the code is valid for all versions it will say ALL on the Versions field.
In the Advanced view, there are a lot of menus with different features.
If you decide you don’t want to use any menu or feature you can disable it (or enable it if you want to use it instead).
You can do that from the Features menu in the Advanced view.
When you click on any icon you can toggle it on or off.
If the icon has a black background it’s turned on.
When the feature is off it won’t appear in Advanced view.
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The Color Temperature page is similar to the Blue light page
In the beginning, we used Color Temperature, but users were finding this confusing and we switched to the Blue light (%).
You can still enable the Color Temperature page from the Features section.
If magic links work on your PC
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Iris has two views – Simple and Advanced.
In Simple view, you can choose from preset Modes and Types (read more about them in the Modes and Types section), see your location, turn on/off your rest timer and if you haven’t activated the Pro version you’ll also see a field to enter an activation code.
In Advanced view there are many settings you can manually adjust to fit your preferences. Here we will take a look at them all one by one. Additionally you can click on the blue ‘i’ button on the side of every menu to be redirected to a help page.
Blue light – From here you can adjust the amount of blue light emitted by your screen. 
Color temperature – Adjust the temperature of the light emitted by your screen, additional to the blue light menu, the warmer the better.
Brightness – Adjust the brightness, make sure it’s appropriate for your environment.
Sleep – You can adjust specific values for blue light and color temperature for certain hours of the day/night.
Location – Add your location for the Automatic mode to know when is day and night.
Settings – From here you can select autosave for settings and turn on/off the low-level color API.
Timer – The timer makes sure you take breaks once in a while, you can change the duration between breaks, of breaks, and turn the timer on and off.
Manage monitors – From this menu, you can choose settings if you have more than one monitor connected to your computer.
Lightness – Lightness allows you to highlight (light-up) only a certain part of your screen.
Saturation – Adjust, turn on/off the saturation.
Transition – You can set the duration of different smooth transitions, some people like instant transition why others prefer the transition to be several hours. 
Moon – There is a slight shift during the night depending on if it’s happening during a Full Moon or a New Moon. Iris takes that into account and automatically adjusts to it but from this setting, you can change and customize it the way you want it to be. 
Screen effects – With Color Temperature you can lower the blue light, but with Screen effects you can apply more complex color effects to the screen.
Color scheme – You can select one of the color presets that control how the different values of Color Temperature and Brightness are displayed on the screen.
Fonts – You can choose different system wide font rendering, beautiful font rendering works with font smoothing and blurring which is bad for the eyes.
Magnification – You can magnify just a section of your screen, for example to see text better or when watching some youtube videos that aren’t full screen.
System – From here you can choose to hide the taskbar and start Iris on start-up.
Shortcuts – See the shortcuts for different settings to use Iris faster.
Color pausers – Color pausers are way to pause Iris color changes when certain programs are running. This is useful when you use programs like Photoshop and want to automatically pause Iris they’re running.
Timer pausers – Timer pausers are a way to pause the timer when certain programs are running. This is useful when you watch movies for example and don’t want the rest screen to appear and interrupt.
Mouse pausers – If you’ve chosen to use the software mouse or need to see the actual color of the mouse cursor you can pick certain programs that will pause the effects of Iris on the mouse.
Screen overlay – Screen overlay is special blue light reduction and chromotherapy filter.
Color triggers – The opposite of color pausers, you can add some programs to trigger a certain color change when turned on.
Artificial intelligence (AI) – You can enable some really nice features and innovations, some of them use the camera and are disabled by default.
Invite friends – From here you can invite friends, sync and re-check invitations. For more information on how to invite friends check out the Friend invites section. 
Features – From this menu you can turn on and off different other menus – for example when you’re not using something and don’t want it to show up.
Hidden features – for information see Hidden features section. 
Language – Change the language of the program. Is your language missing? Become a translator.
Debug – Information about your settings and device you can send to us in case of any problems.
About – You can see your software version from here. 
Iris Mini is the minimalistic version of Iris. It doesn’t have a user interface, just a taskbar icon on which you can right-click and see the menu. 
In the free version, you’ll see the three preset modes – Automatic, Manual and Paused (read more about them in the Modes and Types section).
In the Pro version, you can see additional settings for brightness and color temperature.
Read more about the Mini here: Iris Mini.
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Read more about it here: Iris Micro.
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For the Hidden features of Iris Mini check out this article: Iris Mini Hidden Features.
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Works only on Windows
If you have Iris turned on and the cursor doesn’t appear or shows up bright and not affected by Iris follow one of these instructions:
Don’t forget to Save settings
Iris Pro has different Modes and Types in Simple view.
Email answer
To learn more about what any of this means check out these two articles: Mode and Type.
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To revoke your code and move your license to a new computer go to
If you want to connect your license to a different email or want to claim a license created by an admin as your own go to
You can become an affiliate of Iris to support us and earn money at the same time.
After registering you’ll receive a unique link – when someone buys Iris through your link they’ll get a 10% discount and you’ll receive a 20% commission.
See how to become an affiliate here: Affiliates.
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Contact us at contact@iristech.co and we’ll make you a personalized offer.
Copy LinkYou can invite friends and both of you will receive one month of Iris Pro free. You can invite as many friends as you want.
Check this article for more information on how to invite friends, sync invites, get your one month and in the newest version, you can also recheck your invitation: How to invite friends.
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If you’re satisfied with Iris, we would be really happy if you could leave us a review on
It helps us build trust and motivates us to make the software even better 🙂
Copy LinkIris optimizes screen pulsations by controlling the brightness without PWM.
You will be able to use your computer for longe r without headaches.
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Copy LinkSometimes I have noticed that Windows OS is bugging the timer events and Iris timer stops to work.
It stays at 0 sec until work.
I tried really hard to find the issue, but it happens when you lock and unlock your PC a lot without restart.
If this is the case try to restart your PC and Iris timer should start to work fine again.
Copy LinkNo, Iris is software that doesn’t depend on any browser.
It doesn’t matter if you use Chrome or Firefox or something else.
Iris works by changing the colors of the screen and this doesn’t depend on the browser.
Maybe if you change your hard disk or processor or LAN card or basically your computer you need to move your license from here:
https://iristech.co/license-revoke/
But in your case, everything should be fine 🙂
Copy LinkIn one of the Mac Catalina updates, there were some issues caused by the update that made Iris flash between bright and red
If you’re experiencing the issue:
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You can do this from here
but Iris for iOS may be a little tricky to install. I am working hard to improve this.
Otherwise, Iris for Macbook and macOS should work great.
If you only own iPhone and are not happy or need refund write to me at daniel@iristech.co
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Iris works automatically by default so you don’t need anything to start to use it.
The only problem may be the activation and entering of the activation code.
I wrote a detailed article with pictures and video here
https://iristech.co/how-to-install-and-activate-iris
Basically, after payment, you get an activation code and you just need to enter it into the program and click activate.
I’m trying to make this even easier.
Maybe someone can help you with this and after this, it will work automatically and you don’t need any specific knowledge.
If you have any problems you can write to me at daniel@iristech.co
It may take me a couple of days to respond because I get a lot of e-mails but I do read and answer everything.
If it doesn’t work or you have any problem which we can’t solve I will refund you 🙂
Copy LinkThe screen should be a little more orange during the day and a lot more orange during the night.
You should also have a Desktop and tray icon on your PC. The tray icon looks like this
And when you right-click it opens a menu
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There are two places where you can start/stop the rest timer.
In the Simple view at the bottom where it says Timer, you can choose from the fall-down menu off.
In Advanced view -> Timer -> Timer type -> choose Off from fall down menu.
You can use your code to activate Iris
This is a short activation video, that you can watch, on how to do it:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bo_Xt148bkg&index=16&list=PLYgsC6pUhQFpDMsoxDQQgZYaikOFzevw6
And this is an article explaining the process that you can also check: How to install and activate Iris?
If the logo in your Iris program is green and it doesn’t say Expired/ Expires in at the top-left corner then that means you’ve already activated
Copy LinkYou can use this code to activate Iris mini Pro
This is a short article on how to do it:
https://iristech.co/how-to-install-and-activate-iris-mini/
Iris changes the color temperature of your display.
Natural light is more blue, while most artificial light (including candlelight) is warmer. Incandescent bulbs, which we’re all used to, become more red in tone when you dim them.
But newer LEDs and CFLs don’t – this includes the backlight on your monitor. If you’re a photographer, you’ve probably dealt with this, since pictures taken inside at night are always much more brown than photos outside.
Iris also changes your display brightness in an innovative way without PWM flickering.
Copy LinkThis happens when your video card displays use a “Hardware cursor”.
You can fix this by selecting “Use software mouse cursor” in Iris.
Iris has an option in the settings that allows it to start on startup
If you want to turn it on:
Advanced settings -> System -> Start Iris on Startup
You can see a step by step here:
https://iristech.co/system-page-help/
See this page for tutorial
If you want to cancel your subscription you can go to this page:
https://iristech.co/license-unsubscribe/
And follow the instructions.
After you click on one of the Unsubscribe buttons
You will be redirected to the PayPal login page
After you log in you will see a list of active occurring payments and have the choice to stop them.
NB! If you do not cancel your subscription this way the payments will continue even if you uninstall the program.
Copy LinkOne of the features Iris has is that you can choose Automatic mode and based on your location, the program will determine whether it’s night or day and adjust your settings properly.
Some devices, however, don’t have a proper GPS system and thus Iris cannot figure out your exact location.
You can manually fix that by entering your coordinates in the program.
1. Go on Google and type down “My city my country coordinates”.
2. Open the Iris program and go to Advanced view and find the Location menu.
3. When you enter the menu you have to turn the Manual location slider to ON (the manual night duration slider is optional).
4. After the manual location is turned on, enter the coordinates you found on Google into the fields.
5. After that click on the Save and close button in the footer.
One of the last menus in Advanced view in Iris is a menu called Debug.
In it you can find a wall of text that represents all the information about your Iris model, version, your device and OS, and all the settings you’re using.
This information is very important when reporting a problem – if you have any troubles with the software you can write to us at contact@iristech.co and it would be great if you could send us at least the first few parts of this Debug text so we have a basic idea of your system and can help you promptly.
Copy LinkAdvanced view -> System menu -> Uncheck Hide Taskbar icon on close
Advanced view -> System menu -> Check start Iris startup
Copy LinkIf you don’t see any changes on your second monitor go to Advanced view -> Settings menu -> uncheck Use low-level Color API.
Then go to Advanced view -> Manage Monitors and you can adjust the settings for each monitor.
Check this article for visual guide: “Manage Monitors Page“
Copy LinkAdvanced view -> Settings menu -> Reset settings to default or Reset colors.
Or go into the Blue light and Color temperature menus and reset them from there.
Copy LinkBasic Iris Pro licenses are connected to one version and sometimes you need to use an older version for your code.
We also often improve the software by releasing new versions that have resolved issues or added features.
Also when you need to report some kind of problem, it’s good to mention what version of Iris you’re using to our support team for faster help.
There are a few ways to find out your version.
In the newer versions when you open the program you can see the version number in the lower right corner of the interface.
When you open the program go to Advanced view, scroll down and find the About menu.
Inside you can see information about your version and our software.
You can register in our user panel here: https://iristech.co/custom-code/user-panel/pages/index.php
with the email that is connected to your purchase and license.
Then in Licenses -> My licenses you can see a list of your licenses with information including the version you’re using.
Download older version from here: https://iristech.co/iris-changelog/
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If for some reason the code doesn’t work on the second user account on the same PC please write to us 🙂
Answers also these questions:
Installing Iris on Computer so ALL users benefit. I installed Iris on my computer under my user sign in. There are other users set up on the same computer but when they sign-in on the SAME computer, Iris does NOT work for them. How do I fix this problem? Remember, I am NOT installing it on multiple devices.
Copy LinkIf Iris mini effect doesn’t work please go the permissions and give Iris mini:
Also, make sure that Iris mini is not paused
The screen should look like this
Answers also these questions:
Hello, by any reason reasently, my iris mini for android doesn’t show any difference no matter if it’s turned on or off (it”s not working). I uninstall it and install it again and there was no change. My tablet is Samsung Galaxy tab S, SM T705, android 6.0.1. I like this app and l want to continue using it…
Copy LinkThis solely depends on how much you want to interact with the program and adjust your own settings.
If you want to have all the freedom in the world to make your own custom preset and have all the fun and cool Iris features, pick the regular Iris – it comes with a 7-day free trial and you can buy it after that (see How to buy Iris section).
If you don’t really want to hassle much and just want a couple of pre-made modes install Iris Mini – it’s a minimalistic version of Iris.
Iris Micro is the super small, super-fast, command-line version of Iris, it’s practically invisible.
Iris Vision is a software for the color blind.
For more information about each model refer to What features does Iris have section.
This is answer also to:
Which is the best model for me
What is the difference between models
Download Iris from our official site only
Avoid downloading from other platforms as they might contain malware
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Here are the best tips for healthy eyes and how to fix your eye problems
After 1-2 weeks all your eye problems should be fixed 🙂
The goal of this page is to help you tweak the contrast and saturation while you lower the blue light emitted from the device
To do this
It’s a small difference but maybe it will help 🙂
To do this
To do this
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By flashing, flicker or ON and OFF we mean, if Iris:
Here are several things which may cause this and ways to fix this
Remove all conflicting programs if you have any from your PC or Quit them. Examples of conflicting programs are:
Some programs which conflict with Iris are:
If you have conflicting program quit it or remove it.
Other examples of conflicting programs are
This happens a lot on macOS. If your monitor or laptop has an automatic brightness feature try to disable it and see if Iris will still flash.
Compared to other software apps Iris is a really small and fast program
And it shouldn’t use too much CPU.
Here are some things you can try to fix Iris if it’s slowing your PC.
If Iris is not working on Windows 7 do this:
Here is a video how you can switch Iris to Low-level API:
Well, you need to set Iris to have the lowest amount of blue light. The types with the lowest amount of blue light are Sleep and Biohacker.
You can also see all types from this link: https://iristech.co/all-modes/
Copy LinkYou can find our old builds and versions of the mobile app here:
We discontinued all our mobile apps. You can read why here:
You can find our old builds and versions of the mobile app here:
We discontinued all our mobile apps. You can read why here:
On our website we have 3 types of tests:
To pass them you need to set Iris to Sleep or Biohacker mode
Iris on Health mode will not pass the tests because it doesn’t block all blue light.
We made it so it’s something which protects you but the screen is still comfortable to use and read.
Iris works on many monitors connected via PC. However, if you use USB monitors they are a little special.
USB monitors don’t allow apps to change the colors and light emitted.
If you use Windows 7 or later
Here is a video about how to switch to Iris High-level API:
Getting a new monitor only to start feeling eye pain and headache problems can be a bad experience.
Here we just want to tell several things which may cause eye pain and headache and some ways to fix the problems with your new monitor.
Iris is software for eye protection and it has many options and all the innovations I make. Its size after installation can be more than 100MB, but this is normal. Use Iris if you are really serious about your health and play with the options. It can be purchased for 15$ lifetime license.
Iris Mini is something like Iris, but portable and with the size of 10MB. It’s free but has a Pro version with more options and hidden features for 10$ lifetime license. If you are not sure what to use, use Iris mini.
Iris Micro is for programmers and people who understand the system and basically don’t like Iris. It’s a really simple program for blue light reduction and software brightness which can be hacked a lot. It’s also free.
Copy LinkIris mini is something like Iris, but portable and with size of 10MB. It’s free, but has pro version with more options and hidden features for 7$ lifetime license. If you are not sure what to use, use Iris mini.
Iris is software for eye protection and it has many options and all the innovations I make. It’s size after installation can be more than 100MB, but this is normal. Use Iris if you are really serious about your health and play with the options. It’s free, but there are many advanced settings which can be purchased for 15$ lifetime license.
Iris micro is for programmers and people who understand the system and basically don’t like Iris. It’s really simple program for blue light reduction and software brightness which can be hacked a lot. It’s also free.
Copy LinkIris Pro is the full version of Iris that has all the advanced settings and features like more advanced timer settings, brightness, blue light, monitor manager, color schemes, a font manager and much more.
Iris mini is a minimalistic version of Iris, it contains only the most basic features that will protect your eyes.
Thanks for your interesting in reselling and distributing our software 🙂
It’s really easy to start reselling our software:
Thanks for your interesting in reselling and distributing our software 🙂
So I want to just give you my honest opinion about it all.
This is an endless debate with no true answer but here are some tips:
So I have a comprehensive article about Which is the best Blue light Filter
On our website, we have a really good test for blue light blocking that you can do without any equipment. You can find it here
If you are interested to test everything here are links to all our tests
So get a Spectrometer or use our Blue light filter Test to see what’s best for you 🙂
You can also see our Blue light filters Ultimate guide
From the user panel
Iris changes the color temperature of your display. Natural light is more blue, while most artificial light (including candlelight) is warmer. Incandescent bulbs, which we’re all used to, become more red in tone when you dim them. But newer LEDs and CFLs don’t – this includes the backlight on your monitor. If you’re a photographer, you’ve probably dealt with this, since pictures taken inside at night are always much more brown than photos outside.
Iris also changes your display brightness in innovative way without PWM flickering.
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Hi John,
The Iris Mini is just a minimized version of Iris
Iris Pro is the paid version of Iris
You can check out the different models of Iris here:
https://iristech.co/models/
Valentina
Customer Communications Manager and Lead Marketing Specialist
Iris Technologies Ltd.