Get App Icon

Quickly save or copy an app's icon in multiple sizes and formats.

How It Works

The command lists all installed macOS applications (sorted alphabetically) in a list or grid view.

Icons are extracted using macOS NSWorkspace, which resolves the correct icon for every app — including those using Asset Catalogs — just like Finder does.

Each app gets its own folder under the configured output path, with format-specific subdirectories (PNG, JPEG, ICNS).

Preferences

• Default View: Choose whether to display applications as a list or grid. You can also toggle views on the fly with ⌘G / ⌘L.
• Output Folder: Base folder to store exported icons. Defaults to ~/Downloads/.
• Export Formats: Choose between PNG (default), JPEG, or ICNS (original .icns file). Multiple formats can be enabled at once.
• Export Icon Sizes: Enable the sizes you want exported (16, 32, 48, 64, 128, 256, 512, 1024 px). If none are selected, 512px is used.

Actions

Export

• Export Icons (⌘E): Exports all enabled sizes to the app's folder in the configured formats.
• Export All Sizes (⌘⇧E): Exports every size (16–1024) regardless of preferences, as a one-off.

Copy

• Copy Icon (⌘⇧C): Copies the app icon at the largest enabled size to the clipboard as an image. You can paste it directly into design tools, documents, or chat apps.
• Copy Icon Size…: Opens a submenu to pick a specific size, then copies that icon to the clipboard.
• Copy App Path (⌘.): Copies the full path to the .app bundle.
• Copy App Name (⌘⇧.): Copies the app's display name.
• Copy Bundle Identifier: Copies the app's bundle ID (e.g. com.apple.Safari).

View

• View as Grid (⌘G) / View as List (⌘L): Toggle between list and grid views. Your choice is remembered across sessions.

App

• Show in Finder (⌘↩): Reveals the app in Finder.
• Show Info in Finder (⌘I): Opens the Finder info window for the app.
• Show Export Folder in Finder (⌘F): Opens the app's export folder in Finder (if icons have been exported).

Limitations

• ICNS export is not available for all apps. Some modern macOS apps use Asset Catalog icons (Assets.car) instead of traditional .icns files. PNG and JPEG export works for all apps, but ICNS export requires the original .icns file to be present in the app bundle.
• Upscaling may occur. When exporting at sizes larger than the app's native icon resolution, the extracted icon may appear blurry.