Cog

The cog icon represents a settings or configuration symbol, often used to indicate adjustment, control, or management of a system or application. It is a widely recognized symbol in the tech industry. The cog icon has its roots in mechanical systems, where gears and cogs were used to control and adjust machinery. Over time, the icon has evolved to become a standard representation of settings and configuration.

The cog icon appears in various software and platforms, including system settings, control panels, and configuration screens. It is commonly used in operating systems like Windows, macOS, and Linux, as well as in web applications and mobile apps. In addition, the cog icon is often used in conjunction with other icons or elements to provide a clear visual hierarchy and guide the user's attention.

From a UX perspective, the cog icon communicates that the user is about to interact with settings or configuration-related functionality. It helps users understand that they can adjust or control various aspects of the system or application, and it sets expectations for the type of actions they can perform. The cog icon is often used in conjunction with other icons or elements to provide a clear visual hierarchy and guide the user's attention.

Cog is one of 85 icons in Web Symbols Liga, made by Just Be Nice studio and released under Open Font License. It is drawn on a 1000 × 1000 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 CogIcon to components/icons/websymbol-cog.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 CogIcon 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 Cog icon, or any of 85 Web Symbols Liga 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 1000 × 1000 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="Cog", so screen readers say what it does.

Yes. CogIcon passes every SVG prop to the svg element, so <CogIcon 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. The Open Font License allows commercial use; the icons can't be sold on their own. The full terms are in the license, linked on this page.

No visible credit is required: Open Font License 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 Web Symbols Liga, Just Be Nice studio 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 Cog. 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 control, management, settings, configuration, system and administration. Each tag page lists the icons that carry it from every library, which is the quickest way to find a match for Cog in another set.