Paperclip
The paperclip icon represents a method of attaching or clipping a file to a message, document, or email.
Exports at 24 × 24 px
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Paperclip in your framework
In any framework. Customize it above, and the code follows.
export const PaperclipIcon = (props: React.SVGProps<SVGSVGElement>) => (
<svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" width="24" height="24" viewBox="0 0 21 21" fill="none" stroke="currentColor" {...props}>
<path fill="none" stroke="currentColor" strokeLinecap="round" strokeLinejoin="round" d="m16.5 11.5l-5 5q-3.781 4.144-7 1q-3.22-3.145 1-7l5-5q2.878-3.122 5-1c2.122 2.122 1.08 3.08-1 5l-5 5Q8.082 16.082 7 15c-1.082-1.082-.555-1.555.5-2.5l5-5"/>
</svg>
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Paperclip in 8 more libraries
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What the Paperclip icon means and where it's used, then how to install, style, label and license it.
The paperclip icon represents a method of attaching or clipping a file to a message, document, or email. This icon is commonly used in digital interfaces to denote the action of adding an attachment.
In real-world applications, the paperclip icon can be found in various software and web platforms, such as email clients, messaging apps, and file sharing platforms.
From a UX perspective, the paperclip icon communicates to users that they can add an attachment to a message or document.
Paperclip is one of 430 icons in System UIcons, made by Corey Ginnivan and released under Unlicense. It is drawn on a 21 × 21 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/system-uicons-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.
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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 21 × 21 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="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.
System UIcons is released under Unlicense. The full terms are in the license, linked on this page.
No. Unlicense gives the icons to the public domain, so no credit and no notice is required. Icons installed with the shadcn CLI still start with a comment naming System UIcons, Corey Ginnivan 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 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 UI, interface, design, UX, file 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.
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