How do I extract an icon from an EXE file?

Drop the EXE (or DLL) into the box. Every icon inside shows up as a card - press the download button on a card to save it as an ICO with all its sizes, or pick several and save them as ICO, PNG or one ZIP.

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How to extract icons from an EXE file

Add your files. Drop one or more EXE, DLL, OCX, SCR, CPL, SYS or MUN files into the box, or browse for them.
Look through the icons. Every icon and cursor shows up as a card. Open a card to see all of its sizes and colour depths.
Pick a format. Choose ICO (all sizes in one file), PNG for every size, only the largest PNG, or one sprite sheet.
Save. Save one icon, the ones you picked, or everything. More than two files come as one ZIP.

Want an icon from a picture instead? Use Image to ICO or the App Icon Generator.

Where Windows keeps its icons

What you want	File to drop here
Folders, drives, system icons	`C:\Windows\SystemResources\imageres.dll.mun`
Classic shell icons	`C:\Windows\SystemResources\shell32.dll.mun`
Devices and hardware	`C:\Windows\SystemResources\ddores.dll.mun`
Any installed program	Its main .exe in `C:\Program Files`
Store apps (Notepad, Paint...)	PNG files in the app's `Assets` folder

Copy the file to your Desktop first - Windows does not let browsers open files straight from system folders.

What you get

Every size and colour depth. From 16 x 16 up to 256 x 256, exactly as stored - nothing is resized.
Icons and cursors. Cursors are saved as .cur with their hotspot kept.
File details. Product name, company, version and the application manifest.
A favicon in one click. 16, 32 and 48 px in one favicon.ico - or build a full set with the Favicon Generator.
Batch. Up to 20 files, saved in one ZIP with a folder per file.
Private. Files are read in your browser - never uploaded, never run.

Need to check what is inside an icon? Open it in the ICO Analyzer.

Frequently Asked Questions

Drop the EXE (or DLL) into the box. Every icon inside shows up as a card.

Press the download button on a card to save that icon as an ICO with all its sizes, or pick several and save them as ICO, PNG or one ZIP.

Since Windows 10 version 1903 (and in every Windows 11 release), the system icons live in separate .mun files.

Copy C:\Windows\SystemResources\shell32.dll.mun or imageres.dll.mun to your Desktop and drop it here - every icon will show up.

On Windows 11 they are Microsoft Store apps, so the .exe has no icons inside. Their icons are PNG files in the app's Assets folder under C:\Program Files\WindowsApps.

Turn one into an icon with Image to ICO.

Yes. The file is only read, never run, and it never leaves your device - all the work happens in your browser.

ICO keeps every size of an icon in one file - what Windows shortcuts, apps and favicons want.

PNG gives you one picture per size, best for design tools, docs and websites. You can also turn an ICO into PNGs later with ICO to PNG.

Yes. Press Favicon and you get a favicon.ico with 16, 32 and 48 px sizes, made from the first icon or the one you picked.

For the full set of web icons use the Favicon Generator.

Yes. Drop up to 20 files together and switch between them with the tabs.

Pick icons from any of them and save everything in one ZIP with a folder per file.

No - Mac apps keep their icons as ICNS files inside the .app bundle. Open those with the ICNS File Viewer, or make one with PNG to ICNS.

How to extract icons from an EXE file

Where Windows keeps its icons

What you get

Frequently Asked Questions

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