Download Windows 11 Folder Icons
These are the folder icons that come with Windows 11 in .ICO format, including custom folder icons.
Download the icons (a .zip, about 2.4 MB). If you want every default Windows 11 icon too, here’s the full set as of July 2021. Still on Windows 10? I’ve got you covered there as well.
I made the custom ones myself, starting from the folder icon in Windows 11’s imageres.dll and tuning each size in IcoFX. They’re for personal use, since Microsoft owns the folder art and the logos belong to their companies.
Examples of custom folder icons that display at any size include:
- Dropbox
- Google Drive
- Podcasts
- Default (No Shadow)
- MEGA.nz
- Adobe
- Steam
These custom folder icons only show at the largest size:
- TV
- Settings
- HTML
- Backup
- Software
- Batch
- JPG
- PNG
- PSD
- Meetings
- Powershell
- Screenshots
- Projects
- Registry
- USB
How to Install:
- Download the .zip and extract its contents to a permanent location you can find later.
- Locate your user folder by navigating to C:\Users[YOUR-USERNAME].
- Either find the folder that you’d like to customize or create a new folder.
- Right click the target folder and select “Properties.”
- Under the “Customize” tab, select “Change Icon…”.
- Navigate to your custom .ico file and select it, and click Apply.
- Note: it’s recommended to find a permanent place to store your custom .ico files so they don’t get moved.
Check out my ongoing collection of custom folder icons here: Custom Icons for Windows 11 Thread
Folder 11 and Windows App
My thread has grown to a community-supported GitHub repository of icons, check it out. That repository holds .svg files, so if you want them ready for Windows, grab the .ico version of the whole set. It’s over 1,700 icons and about 60 MB, so expect a much bigger download than mine.
Windows 11-like custom directory icon.
Thanks to jbcarreon123, a Windows 11 app has been created to easily create custom folder icons based on my icon set. Check it out!
Sophisticated Windows 10/11 icon changer
Design Your Own Windows 11 Folder Icons
I have built an app that helps you design your own custom Windows 11 folder icons, Windows Folder Designer: check it out!
This app is currently in alpha, so tread carefully! You may lose your work.
Design and save custom folders icons for Microsoft Windows.
If These Helped
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