Question 1

What does the Hard Drive Outline icon mean?

Accepted Answer

The hard-drive-outline icon represents a computer's hard drive, a non-volatile storage device that holds data and programs. It is a crucial component of a computer system, allowing users to store and retrieve data. The hard drive is commonly used in desktops, laptops, and servers to store operating systems, applications, and user data.

Question 2

Where is the Hard Drive Outline icon used?

Accepted Answer

In real-world applications, the hard-drive-outline icon appears in file explorers, disk management tools, and system settings. For example, in Windows, the File Explorer uses a hard-drive icon to represent the user's local disk. Similarly, in macOS, the Disk Utility app uses a hard-drive icon to represent the user's startup disk.

Question 3

What does the Hard Drive Outline icon tell users?

Accepted Answer

From a UX perspective, the hard-drive-outline icon communicates the idea of storage and data management. It helps users understand that they can store and retrieve files, and that the device is a repository for their data. The icon also implies that the device is a physical component that can be managed and configured.

Question 4

Can I download the Hard Drive Outline 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 Hard Drive Outline 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/material-symbols-hard-drive-outline.tsx.

Question 6

How do I use the Hard Drive Outline icon in Next.js or React?

Accepted Answer

Copy it as React (from Get icon, or the Code section): a typed HardDriveOutlineIcon 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 Hard Drive Outline 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 Hard Drive Outline icon, or any of 15,862 Material Symbols icons, and install it from a prompt.

Question 9

Can I use the Hard Drive Outline icon in commercial projects?

Accepted Answer

Yes. Apache 2.0 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 Hard Drive Outline 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 Hard Drive Outline 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 Hard Drive Outline 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.

Question 13

How do I make the Hard Drive Outline 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="Hard Drive Outline", so screen readers say what it does.

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