Download

The download icon represents the action of saving a file or resource from a digital platform to a local device. It is commonly used in software applications, websites, and mobile apps to indicate the option to download content. The icon is often used in conjunction with other UI elements, such as buttons or links, to facilitate the download process. The download icon is widely recognized and understood across different digital platforms.

In real-world applications, the download icon appears in various software and platforms, including file-sharing services like Dropbox, Google Drive, and OneDrive. It is also commonly used in web browsers, such as Google Chrome, Mozilla Firefox, and Safari, to indicate the option to download files from the internet. Additionally, the download icon is used in mobile apps, like WhatsApp and Telegram, to allow users to save files and media.

From a UX perspective, the download icon communicates the functionality of saving a file or resource to a user's local device. It helps users understand that they can save content for offline access or future reference. The icon's visual design and placement within an interface can influence user behavior, encouraging users to download content that is relevant to their needs.

Download is one of 241 icons in NRK Core Icons, made by Norsk rikskringkasting 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 DownloadIcon to components/icons/nrk-download.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 DownloadIcon 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 Download icon, or any of 241 NRK Core Icons 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="Download", so screen readers say what it does.

Yes. DownloadIcon passes every SVG prop to the svg element, so <DownloadIcon 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 (Norsk rikskringkasting) 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 Norsk rikskringkasting, 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 Download. 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, interface, action, file, download and save. Each tag page lists the icons that carry it from every library, which is the quickest way to find a match for Download in another set.