System Icons

iOS provides lots of small icons—representing common tasks and types of content—for use in navigation bars, tab bars, toolbars, and Home screen quick actions. It’s a good idea to use these built-in icons as much as possible because they're familiar to people.

Provide alternative text labels for icons. Alternative text labels aren’t visible onscreen, but they let VoiceOver audibly describe what's onscreen, making navigation easier for people with visual impairments.

Tip You can use text instead of icons to represent items in a navigation bar or toolbar. For example, Calendar uses “Today,” “Calendars,” and “Inbox” in the toolbar. You can also use a fixed space element to provide padding between navigation and toolbar icons.

Icon	Button name	Function
	Action	Shows a modal view containing share extensions, action extensions, and tasks, such as Copy, Favorite, or Find, that are useful in the current context.
	Add	Creates a new item.
	Bookmarks	Shows app-specific bookmarks.
	Camera	Takes a photo or video, or shows the Photo Library.
Cancel	Cancel	Closes the current view or ends edit mode without saving changes.
	Compose	Opens a new view in edit mode.
Done	Done	Saves the state and closes the current view, or exits edit mode.
Edit	Edit	Enters edit mode in the current context.
	Fast Forward	Fast-forwards through media playback or slides.
	Organize	Moves an item to a new destination, such as a folder.
	Pause	Pauses media playback or slides. Always store the current location when pausing, so playback can resume later.
	Play	Begins or resumes media playback or slides.
Redo	Redo	Redoes the last action that was undone.
	Refresh	Refreshes content. Use this icon sparingly, as your app should refresh content automatically whenever possible.
	Reply	Sends or routes an item to another person or location.
	Rewind	Moves backwards through media playback or slides.
Save	Save	Saves the current state.
	Search	Displays a search field.
	Stop	Stops media playback or slides.
	Trash	Deletes the current or selected item.
Undo	Undo	Undoes the last action.

For implementation details, see UIBarButtonItem.

Tab Bar Icons

Icon	Button name	Function
	Bookmarks	Shows app-specific bookmarks.
	Contacts	Shows the person’s contacts.
	Downloads	Shows active or recent downloads.
	Favorites	Shows the person’s favorite items.
	Featured	Shows content featured by the app.
	History	Shows recent actions or activity.
	More	Shows additional tab bar items.
	Most Recent	Shows the most recent items.
	Most Viewed	Shows the most popular items.
	Recents	Shows content or items recently accessed within a specific period of time.
	Search	Enters a search mode.
	Top Rated	Shows the highest-rated items.

For implementation details, see UITabBarItem.

Quick Action Icons

Icon	Button name	Function
	Add	Creates a new item.
	Alarm	Sets or displays an alarm.
	Audio	Denotes or adjusts audio.
	Bookmark	Creates a bookmark or shows bookmarks.
	Capture Photo	Captures a photo.
	Capture Video	Captures a video.
	Cloud	Denotes, displays, or initiates a cloud-based service.
	Compose	Composes new editable content.
	Confirmation	Denotes that an action is complete.
	Contact	Chooses or displays a contact.
	Date	Displays a calendar or event, or performs a related action.
	Favorite	Denotes or marks a favorite item.
	Home	Indicates or displays a home screen. Indicates, displays, or routes to a physical home.
	Invitation	Denotes or displays an invitation.
	Location	Denotes the concept of location or accesses the current geographic location.
	Love	Denotes or marks an item as loved.
	Mail	Creates a Mail message.
	Mark Location	Denotes, displays, or saves a geographic location.
	Message	Creates a new message or denotes the use of messaging.
	Pause	Pauses media playback. Always store the current location when pausing, so playback can resume later.
	Play	Begins or resumes media playback.
	Prohibit	Denotes that something is disallowed.
	Search	Enters a search mode.
	Share	Shares content with others or to social media.
	Shuffle	Indicates or initiates shuffle mode.
	Task	Denotes an uncompleted task or marks a task as complete.
	Task Completed	Denotes a completed task or marks a task as not complete.
	Time	Denotes or displays a clock or timer.
	Update	Updates content.

For implementation details, see UIApplicationShortcutIcon.

System Icons

Navigation Bar and Toolbar Icons

Tab Bar Icons

Quick Action Icons