How to download and use an icon?

Icons on this web site are available either as individual .ico, .png, or .svg files or as zipped collections of multiple icon files containing the icons in each of it's available formats.

To download an icon set, click on the blue download button as shown in the image. Your download should start after.

• Firefox may ask you if you want to download the file. Make sure the radio button is set to Save File, then click OK.
• Chromium-based browsers such as Google Chrome or Edge will download the file automatically upon clicking the download button. It may check for viruses after downloading.
• Opera may ask you where you want to save the file. Otherwise, it may save automatically.

You should have a zip folder once downloaded. You will need to extract the files inside the folder to use them. To do so, right-click on the .zip folder, click on 'Extract All...' in the pop-up menu, then extract using the window that pops up.

To download an individual icon, click on the small floppy disk icon that appears when you hover over an icon in a set, or click on the download button on the icon's page.

If you have successfully downloaded the file, you'll end up with an .ico, .png, or .svg file in your specified download location.

Downloading specific icon files

Icon sets can contain files that are icons (.ico), raster images (.png), or vector graphics (.svg). Each of these are used in different scenarios. For example, .ico files are used to apply icons on shortcuts or folders in the Windows operating system or as a site's favicon (the icon that appears next to the page's title on a tab), while .png and .svg files allow images to be used in any size, allowing more freedom on what they can be used for.

By default, downloading an individual icon from the icon set's page downloads the icon as the file type specified. However, .svg and .png files can be downloaded in another format. To do so, go to the file's page by clicking on the icon's tile, then select your file type under the Download section.

Using icon (.ico) files

This only applies to icon (.ico) files. These steps will not work with any other image file. See above for downloading image files as Icon files.
Icons can be used to customize shortcuts, folders or USB sticks.
Here's how to apply icons on shortcuts (assuming you have Windows 7 or newer):

1. Right click a shortcut of your choice (signified by the shortcut icon on the bottom left of the icon) and click Properties in the pop-up menu.
2. A window titled "{shortcut name} Properties" should show up. Click on Change Icon...
3. In the Change Icon window, click Browse to locate your specified .ico file. Click OK in the window once it is selected.
4. To apply the icon to the shortcut, click OK or Apply. The icon should now show up on that specified shortcut.

For applying icons on Folders:

1. Right click a folder of your choice and click Properties in the pop-up menu.
2. In the {folder name} Properties window, click the Customize tab and click Change Icon... under Folder icons.
3. Click Browse in the change icon window and locate the specified .ico file.
4. Click OK when done and click either OK or Apply to apply the icon.

For applying icons on drives, see this page.