Pause
The pause icon represents a media control button used to pause the playback of audio or video content.
Exports at 24 × 24 px
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In any framework. Customize it above, and the code follows.
export const PauseIcon = (props: React.SVGProps<SVGSVGElement>) => (
<svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" width="24" height="24" viewBox="0 0 256 256" {...props}>
<path fill="currentColor" d="M200 32h-40a16 16 0 0 0-16 16v160a16 16 0 0 0 16 16h40a16 16 0 0 0 16-16V48a16 16 0 0 0-16-16m0 176h-40V48h40ZM96 32H56a16 16 0 0 0-16 16v160a16 16 0 0 0 16 16h40a16 16 0 0 0 16-16V48a16 16 0 0 0-16-16m0 176H56V48h40Z"/>
</svg>
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FAQ
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What the Pause icon means and where it's used, then how to install, style, label and license it.
The pause icon represents a media control button used to pause the playback of audio or video content. It is a widely recognized symbol in digital media players and streaming services. The pause icon originates from the Phosphor Icons library, which provides a range of icons for UI and graphic design.
The pause icon appears in software and platforms like video players, music streaming services, and online multimedia platforms. For example, it can be used in a video player to pause or resume playback.
From a UX perspective, the pause icon communicates a sense of control and interactivity, helping users manage their media playback experience. Its presence provides a clear visual cue for pausing or resuming content.
Pause is one of 9,161 icons in Phosphor, made by Phosphor Icons and released under MIT. It is drawn on a 256 × 256 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 PauseIcon to components/icons/ph-pause.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 PauseIcon 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.
Yes, if your project has @phosphor-icons/react: Pause is `Pause` there, used as <Pause />. The shadcn.io MCP server answers with that import when it finds the package. Without it, copy the icon from here.
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 256 × 256 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="Pause", so screen readers say what it does.
Yes. PauseIcon passes every SVG prop to the svg element, so <PauseIcon 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. MIT allows commercial use; keep the license notice when you ship the icons' source files. The full terms are in the license, linked on this page.
No visible credit is required: MIT only asks that you keep the license notice if you ship the icons' source files. Icons installed with the shadcn CLI already start with a comment naming Phosphor, Phosphor Icons and the license.
Yes. Copying and downloading it is free, and the shadcn CLI install only needs a free account.
8 other libraries draw an icon called Pause. 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 media, control, video, audio, player and phosphor. Each tag page lists the icons that carry it from every library, which is the quickest way to find a match for Pause in another set.
Phosphor draws many icons in several styles: Bold, Light, Thin, Duotone and Fill next to the default. Open the library and pick a style above the grid to see Pause's siblings in it.
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