Edit

The edit icon represents a pencil, typically used to indicate the action of editing or modifying content. The visual design consists of a simple, yet recognizable shape, often used across various digital platforms. This symbol originates from the early days of writing and editing, where it was used to represent the act of modifying text.

The edit icon appears in various software and platforms, such as word processing tools like Microsoft Word, Google Docs, and Apple Pages. It is also commonly used in graphic design tools like Adobe Photoshop, Illustrator, and Sketch.

From a UX perspective, the edit icon communicates the action of modifying or editing content, providing users with a sense of control and flexibility. It helps users understand that they can make changes to the content to suit their needs.

Edit is one of 715 icons in coolicons, made by Kryston Schwarze and released under CC BY 4.0. It is drawn on a 24 × 24 grid.

Sign in (it's free), then open Get icon, Install with shadcn CLI, and pick your package manager to copy the command. It adds EditIcon to components/icons/ci-edit.tsx: one file, a size prop (24 by default) and every SVG prop, with no icon package.

Copy it as React (from Get icon, or the Code section): a typed EditIcon component you paste into your project, with no package to install. Only the icons you import reach your bundle. It works in Next.js and any React app.

Open Get icon, then Copy as code, and pick Vue, Svelte, Angular, Solid or Preact; the Code section shows each one too. Every version is one self-contained component with the SVG inside, and SVG and data URL copies are there for plain HTML and CSS.

With Pro, the shadcn.io MCP server lets Claude Code, Cursor or any MCP client find the Edit icon, or any of 715 coolicons icons, and install it from a prompt.

It's drawn in currentColor, so it takes the text color wherever you use it: a class like text-primary recolors it. To bake a color in, set one in Customize before you copy.

Set width and height on the component, or a class like size-6. It's drawn on a 24 × 24 grid, so it stays sharp at any size. Customize also sets the size it exports at, its padding and rotation.

Yes. It follows the text color, so with text-foreground (or any theme token) it changes with your light and dark themes. The icon is a vector, so it needs no separate dark asset.

Next to a visible label it's decoration: add aria-hidden="true" so screen readers skip it. Standing alone, as in an icon button, give the button a name instead, like aria-label="Edit", so screen readers say what it does.

Yes. EditIcon passes every SVG prop to the svg element, so <EditIcon aria-hidden="true" /> works, and so do role="img" with aria-label, or a title child, when it carries meaning on its own.

Yes. Open Get icon, then Download file: SVG for code or design tools like Figma; PNG, WebP or JPEG at 512px; or an ICO favicon with 16, 32 and 48px inside. Each one uses what you set in Customize.

Yes, with credit: CC BY 4.0 asks you to credit the author (Kryston Schwarze) where you use the icons. The full terms are in the license, linked on this page.

Yes. CC BY 4.0 asks you to credit the author where you use the icons, for example "Icons by Kryston Schwarze, CC BY 4.0" on an about or credits page.

Yes. Copying and downloading it is free, and the shadcn CLI install only needs a free account.

8 other libraries draw an icon called Edit. The Other libraries section on this page shows each one, so you can compare them and open the one that fits your style.

Its tags are text, edit, writing, modify and pencil. Each tag page lists the icons that carry it from every library, which is the quickest way to find a match for Edit in another set.