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Change Arc Browser Icon

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A collection of commands that change the Arc Browser icon on macOS.

Commands

Theme Command
Candy Arc defaults write company.thebrowser.Browser currentAppIconName candy
Hologram defaults write company.thebrowser.Browser currentAppIconName hologram
Neon defaults write company.thebrowser.Browser currentAppIconName neon
Fluted Glass defaults write company.thebrowser.Browser currentAppIconName flutedGlass
Schoolbook defaults write company.thebrowser.Browser currentAppIconName schoolbook
Colorful defaults write company.thebrowser.Browser currentAppIconName colorful

Steps

  1. Copy one of the above commands
  2. Open Terminal.app
  3. Paste and run the command
  4. Open Settings, then click the Icon tab
  5. Click the new icon's radio button (it will already be selected, but clicking it will trigger the actual icon change) 1
  6. The icon should be updated!

Custom Icon

See @pv-g's comment.

Footnotes

  1. Thanks to @kotx for the tip to update without restarting Arc! ↩

@cinestl
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cinestl commented Sep 11, 2024

Tbh, Im pretty much fine with what Arc gives, just accessible) I absolutely love Glass one!

@johan-stenqvist
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First of all thank you for the effort put into this article!

But thinking out loud here, would there be a reason why not adding all icons into the availableAppIconNames list would work? I am not very well traveled when it comes to writing to the defaults, but I can clearly see my available icons running:
defaults read company.thebrowser.Browser availableAppIconNames

Maybe one of you guys who know what they are doing would know how if this is possible?
Thank you in advance!

@prth1234
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prth1234 commented Dec 6, 2024

Thanks, it works perfectly, Is there a way we can use our own icon????

@prth1234
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prth1234 commented Feb 2, 2025

Is there a way to add custom icon?

i dont think so

@joe-bro-1
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@prth1234 my reply higher up should do it; if theres a problem tell me.

@TheEighthDwarf
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TheEighthDwarf commented Oct 4, 2025 •
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Honestly amazing thread, thank you to everyone here, it works perfectly.

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