Question 1

What does the Archive Box Arrow Down icon mean?

Accepted Answer

The archive-box-arrow-down icon represents the active motion of archiving content and moving items into long-term storage. Featuring a storage box with a downward arrow, this symbol clearly communicates the directional action of transferring active content into archived status, making the archiving process visually explicit in digital interfaces.

Question 2

Where is the Archive Box Arrow Down icon used?

Accepted Answer

In applications like Dropbox's file archiving or Basecamp's project archiving features, you'll see this icon triggering the specific action of moving content to archive. It appears in email clients when users explicitly archive messages, or in content management systems like WordPress when moving posts from published to archived status with clear directional indication.

Question 3

What does the Archive Box Arrow Down icon tell users?

Accepted Answer

From a user experience perspective, the downward arrow addition communicates more than just archiving - it specifically indicates active transfer motion, directional content movement, and the intentional act of storing items away. This visual language helps users understand they're performing an action rather than simply viewing archived content.

Question 4

Can I download the Archive Box Arrow Down icon as SVG or PNG?

Accepted Answer

Yes. Open Get icon, then Download file: SVG for code or design tools like Figma; PNG, WebP or JPEG at 512px; or an ICO favicon with 16, 32 and 48px inside. Each one uses what you set in Customize.

Question 5

How do I install the Archive Box Arrow Down icon with the shadcn CLI?

Accepted Answer

Sign in (it's free), then open Get icon, Install with shadcn CLI, and pick your package manager to copy the command. It adds the icon to components/icons/heroicons-archive-box-arrow-down.tsx.

Question 6

How do I use the Archive Box Arrow Down icon in Next.js or React?

Accepted Answer

Copy it as React (from Get icon, or the Code section): a typed ArchiveBoxArrowDownIcon component you paste into your project, with no package to install. It works in Next.js and any React app.

Question 7

How do I use the Archive Box Arrow Down icon in Vue, Svelte or Angular?

Accepted Answer

Open Get icon, then Copy as code, and pick Vue, Svelte, Angular, Solid or Preact; the Code section shows each one too. Every version is one self-contained component with the SVG inside.

Question 8

Can my AI agent install it for me?

Accepted Answer

With Pro, the shadcn.io MCP server lets Claude Code, Cursor or any MCP client find the Archive Box Arrow Down icon, or any of 1,288 HeroIcons icons, and install it from a prompt.

Question 9

Can I use the Archive Box Arrow Down icon in commercial projects?

Accepted Answer

Yes. MIT allows commercial use; keep the license notice when you ship the icons' source files. The full terms are in the license, linked on this page.

Question 10

Is the Archive Box Arrow Down icon free?

Accepted Answer

Yes. Copying and downloading it is free, and the shadcn CLI install only needs a free account.

Question 11

How do I change the color of the Archive Box Arrow Down icon?

Accepted Answer

It's drawn in currentColor, so it takes the text color wherever you use it. To bake a color in, set one in Customize before you copy.

Question 12

How do I change the size of the Archive Box Arrow Down icon?

Accepted Answer

Set width and height on the component, or a class like size-6. It's drawn on a 24 × 24 grid, so it stays sharp at any size. Customize also sets the size it exports at, its padding and rotation, and its stroke.

Question 13

How do I make the Archive Box Arrow Down icon accessible?

Accepted Answer

Next to a visible label it's decoration: add aria-hidden="true" so screen readers skip it. Standing alone, as in an icon button, give the button a name instead, like aria-label="Archive Box Arrow Down", so screen readers say what it does.

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