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Change Arc Browser Icon

arc

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! ↩

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prth1234 commented Dec 6, 2024

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

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prth1234 commented Feb 2, 2025

Is there a way to add custom icon?

i dont think so

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