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Free File & Document Icons
for Web Projects (2026)

File and document icons are essential for any application that handles uploads, downloads, attachments, or file management. This category includes icons for generic files, specific file types like PDF and image, folder structures, upload and download actions, and document management operations.

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COMMON ICONS IN THIS CATEGORY

filefile-textfolderfolder-openuploaddownloadpaperclipfile-pdf

COMMON USE CASES

File upload areasDocument managersAttachment listsDownload buttonsFile type indicators

RECOMMENDED FOR FILE & DOCUMENT ICONS

★ TOP PICK

Lucide Icons

⭐ 12,000◆ 1,960 iconsISC

A clean, consistent open-source icon library with 1960+ icons, forked from Feather Icons with active maintenance and TypeScript support.

Full Guide →✓ TypeScript✓ Tree-shakable
#2

Tabler Icons

⭐ 18,000◆ 6,147 iconsMIT

Over 6100 free MIT-licensed high-quality SVG icons. One of the largest free icon libraries available for web projects.

Full Guide →✓ TypeScript✓ Tree-shakable
#3

Phosphor Icons

⭐ 8,000◆ 1,533 iconsMIT

Flexible icon family with 6 weights including thin, light, regular, bold, fill and duotone. Over 1500 icons available.

Full Guide →✓ TypeScript✓ Tree-shakable

ALL LIBRARIES WITH FILE & DOCUMENT ICONS

Heroicons

MIT
⭐ 21,000◆ 324

Remix Icon

Apache 2.0
⭐ 6,000◆ 3,229

Feather Icons

MIT
⭐ 24,000◆ 287

Bootstrap Icons

MIT
⭐ 7,000◆ 2,078

Radix Icons

MIT
⭐ 5,000◆ 318

Font Awesome

Mixed (CC BY 4.0 free icons, MIT code)
⭐ 76,500◆ 2,058

React Icons

MIT
⭐ 11,500◆ 52,000

Material Icons

MIT
⭐ 98,300◆ 2,100

Iconify

MIT (framework) — icon sets retain their original licenses
⭐ 5,162◆ 350,000

Simple Icons

CC0 1.0 (Public Domain)
⭐ 25,047◆ 3,200

Iconoir

MIT
⭐ 5,200◆ 1,384

IonIcons

MIT
⭐ 17,200◆ 1,300

Octicons

MIT
⭐ 10,400◆ 280

Ant Design Icons

MIT
⭐ 8,700◆ 840

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