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Icon image
File type: Bitmap image file, Graphics file
Files with ico extension can be typically found as icons, most notably program icons for Windows executables. A single .ico file contains one or more icons in different pixel sizes.
File type category:
Bitmap image file
Graphics file
Date updated: June 23, 2025
File extension ico is used for an icon graphic file format that contains icons at various sizes (16x16, 32x32, 64x64, 128x128, 512x512 pixels etc.) and various numbers of colors (16 colors, 32, 64, 128, 256, 16-bit etc.).
ICO file format is frequently used to change icons for files, folders or programs interface icons of graphical user interface (GUI) of modern operating systems.
MIME types:
image/x-icon
Pretty much any graphics editor nowadays can be used to open or edit various icon formats, including .ico.
Use any icon graphic editor software to export *.ico files to another graphic file format
Software applications that can open ico files:
Microsoft Windows
Apple macOS / Mac OS X
Linux/Unix
On-line services
Software applications that can edit ico files:
Microsoft Windows
Revelation Natural Art
Apple macOS / Mac OS X
Linux/Unix
On-line services
Software capable of saving ico files:
Microsoft Windows
Revelation Natural Art
Apple macOS / Mac OS X
Linux/Unix
On-line services
Programs for viewing ico files:
Microsoft Windows
Apple macOS / Mac OS X
Linux/Unix
Multiplatform
Software apps that create ico files:
Microsoft Windows
Revelation Natural Art
Apple macOS / Mac OS X
Linux/Unix
Software apps that convert ico files:
Microsoft Windows
Apple macOS / Mac OS X
Linux/Unix
Multiplatform
On-line services
Software apps that import ico files:
Microsoft Windows
Multiplatform
Software apps that export ico files:
Microsoft Windows
Software apps that extract ico files:
Microsoft Windows
Software apps that print ico files:
Microsoft Windows
Apple macOS / Mac OS X
Linux/Unix
Multiplatform
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