Paperclip

The paperclip icon represents a paperclip, a device used to attach papers together. It originated from the concept of office supplies and is commonly used to convey a sense of attachment, file sharing, or document management.

In real-world applications, the paperclip icon appears in office software, file sharing platforms, and document management systems. For example, it can be found in word processing software like Microsoft Word, file sharing platforms like Google Drive, and document management systems like Dropbox.

From a UX perspective, the paperclip icon communicates the idea of attachment, file sharing, or document management. It helps users understand that a feature or resource is related to attaching or sharing files.

Paperclip is one of 787 icons in Streamline Emojis, made by Streamline and released under CC BY 4.0. It is drawn on a 48 × 48 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 PaperclipIcon to components/icons/streamline-emojis-paperclip.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 PaperclipIcon 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 Paperclip icon, or any of 787 Streamline Emojis icons, and install it from a prompt.

It's multicolor, so it keeps its own colors.

Set width and height on the component, or a class like size-6. It's drawn on a 48 × 48 grid, so it stays sharp at any size. Customize also sets the size it exports at, its padding and rotation.

Yes. It keeps its own colors in light and dark mode, so check it against both backgrounds. 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="Paperclip", so screen readers say what it does.

Yes. PaperclipIcon passes every SVG prop to the svg element, so <PaperclipIcon 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 (Streamline) 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 Streamline, 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 Paperclip. 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 file, document, productivity, tool, office and attachment. Each tag page lists the icons that carry it from every library, which is the quickest way to find a match for Paperclip in another set.