Search tips

Searching on Iconfinder is simple but by knowing how Iconfinder works, you will be able to find the icons you are looking more effectivily.

Basic search

You can use both a single keyword e.g. ' computer ' or multiple keywords such as ' red folder '. The results are sorted by how well the entered keyword matches the tags for each icon. So if you have two icons, one with the tag ' computer game ' and another with the tag ' computer ', then the second one will be ranked higher when you do a search for ' computer ', but both icons will show up in the search results. Besides the matching of tags to the search string, the icons are also ranked by their rating given by the users as well as the number of times the icon have been downloaded.

Search for icon sets

All icons are grouped in icon sets. You can search for icon sets by using ' iconset: ... '. Try it out here: ' iconset:discovery '. The best way to find the icon set you need is by probably be using the browse page. When you click an icon set while browsing you are taken to a ' iconset: ... ' search result page. If you find multiple icon sets you like you can search all of these by separating them with a comma like this: ' iconset:drf,fatcow,discovery '.

Search within a specific icon sets

A useful feature is to search within an icon set. You can do that by typing in keywords after you the iconset: keyword e.g. ' iconset:silk2 user '

Refining search

After typing in one or more keywords and hitting the search button, you will see the search results page. On this page you have some options for manipulating the search results. The first option is the number of icons that are shown per page. The second option changes the background color of the icons. The third option is a slider that limits the sizes of the icons in pixels. So if you drag the left end of the slider to 24 and the right end to 48 you will only search for icons in the sizes between 24 to 48 pixels. The last options removes all icons that can not be used commercially from the search results. There can still be some restrictions to these icons so pay attention to the licenses.

Related searches

Every time you do a search, Iconfinder looks at the tags for each icon in the search results and finds out if they share some tags. These tags often represents searches that are similar to what you have searched for. They are shown as links right above the first row of icons. By clicking these links you are taken to the search results for the given tag. If you search for ' disk ', then the related searches are ' save ' , ' floppy ' and ' write '.

Help improving the search results

If you find icons in search results that you think does not fit what you searched for, you can click the Info link in the right hand corner of the icon. In the info menu you can see and change the tags for this icon. By deleting and adding tags, you can help make the search results better for everybody.

Further help

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