External
The external icon represents a link or connection to an external resource or website.
Exports at 24 × 24 px
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In any framework. Customize it above, and the code follows.
export const ExternalIcon = (props: React.SVGProps<SVGSVGElement>) => (
<svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" width="24" height="24" viewBox="0 0 24 24" fill="none" stroke="currentColor" {...props}>
<g fill="none" stroke="currentColor"><path d="M15 3.5h5.5m0 0V9m0-5.5l-8 8"/><path strokeLinecap="round" d="M11.5 5.5h-4a2 2 0 0 0-2 2v9a2 2 0 0 0 2 2h9a2 2 0 0 0 2-2v-4"/></g>
</svg>
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FAQ
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What the External icon means and where it's used, then how to install, style, label and license it.
The external icon represents a link or connection to an external resource or website. It signifies that the user will be redirected to a different location or platform. The icon's design typically features a simple, recognizable symbol that conveys the idea of external linking.
In real-world applications, the external icon appears in various software platforms, such as web browsers like Google Chrome, social media platforms like Twitter, and online documentation tools like GitHub. It allows users to access external resources, websites, or APIs.
From a UX perspective, the external icon communicates the idea of navigating to a different location or platform, helping users understand the functionality and potential consequences of clicking the link. The icon's simplicity and consistency across different applications help users quickly recognize and utilize the external linking feature.
External is one of 1,544 icons in Lets Icons, made by Leonid Tsvetkov 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 ExternalIcon to components/icons/lets-icons-external.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 ExternalIcon 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.
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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, and its stroke.
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="External", so screen readers say what it does.
Yes. ExternalIcon passes every SVG prop to the svg element, so <ExternalIcon 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 (Leonid Tsvetkov) 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 Leonid Tsvetkov, 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.
7 other libraries draw an icon called External. 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 UI, navigation, action, connection, link and external. Each tag page lists the icons that carry it from every library, which is the quickest way to find a match for External in another set.
Lets Icons draws many icons in several styles: Light, Duotone, Fill and Line next to the default. Open the library and pick a style above the grid to see External's siblings in it.
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