---
title: "Download Windows 11 Folder Icons"
description: "Free Windows 11 folder icons in .ico format, including custom Dropbox, Google Drive, Steam, and Adobe folders, plus how to install them or design your own."
published: 2024-06-24T00:00:00.000Z
updated: 2026-11-04T00:00:00.000Z
tags: ["tech","windows","customization"]
url: "https://davidvkimball.com/posts/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](https://www.dropbox.com/sh/0coxspof4zzwoqh/AAB2wc-jI-Um2ceZ8oXUriWja?dl=1)** (a .zip, about 2.4 MB). If you want every default Windows 11 icon too, [here's the full set as of July 2021](https://www.mediafire.com/file/8wgpw2ee3jt6lmk/Windows_11_Icons_as_of_7-7-2021.zip/file). Still on Windows 10? [I've got you covered there as well](https://davidvkimball.com/posts/download-windows-10-icons).

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:

1. [Download the .zip](https://www.dropbox.com/sh/0coxspof4zzwoqh/AAB2wc-jI-Um2ceZ8oXUriWja?dl=1) and extract its contents to a permanent location you can find later.
2. Locate your user folder by navigating to C:\Users\[YOUR-USERNAME].
3. Either find the folder that you'd like to customize or create a new folder.
4. Right click the target folder and select "Properties."
5. Under the "Customize" tab, select "Change Icon...".
6. 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](https://www.elevenforum.com/t/448/)

### Folder 11 and Windows App

![Folder11 folder icon](https://davidvkimball.com/posts/download-windows-11-folder-icons/folder11-folder-icon.webp)
My thread has grown to a community-supported [GitHub repository of icons](https://github.com/icon11-community/Folder11), check it out. That repository holds .svg files, so if you want them ready for Windows, grab the [.ico version of the whole set](https://github.com/icon11-community/Folder-Ico/archive/refs/heads/main.zip). It's over 1,700 icons and about 60 MB, so expect a much bigger download than mine.

```embed
https://github.com/icon11-community/Folder11
```

Thanks to [jbcarreon123](https://github.com/jbcarreon123), a Windows 11 app has been created to easily create custom folder icons based on my icon set. Check it out!

```embed
https://github.com/customWin/customIcons
```

## 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](https://winfolders.davidvkimball.com/): check it out!


![Windows Folder Designer app screenshot.](https://davidvkimball.com/posts/download-windows-11-folder-icons/windows-folder-designer-screenshot.webp)

> [!Warning] Warning
> This app is currently in alpha, so tread carefully! You may lose your work.

<a href="https://winfolders.davidvkimball.com/" class="no-styling no-underline" target="_blank"><button class="btn-large" name="button">Windows Folder Designer</button></a>

```embed
https://github.com/davidvkimball/windows-folder-designer
```

## If These Helped

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