

If you want to revert a file or folder to its default icon, open its Get Info panel again, click the icon in the panel to select it, and choose Edit -> Cut or use the keyboard shortcut Command-X. Click the red traffic light to close the Info panel, and you're done.Choose Edit -> Paste from the menu bar, or use the keyboard shortcut Command-V.Click the icon in the top left of the Info panel to select it.Next, right-click (or Ctrl-click) the file or folder whose icon you want to change and select Get Info from the contextual menu.Choose Edit -> Copy in Preview's menu bar, or use the keyboard shortcut Command-C.Choose Edit -> Select All in Preview's menu bar, or use the keyboard shortcut Command-A.Double-click the picture or icon you want to use to open it in your Mac's built-in Preview app.icns format, you can drag these icon types directly onto the icon in a file or folder's Info panel, thereby skipping the Preview steps described below. Alternatively, there are a wealth of icon libraries hosted online, so you could try a web search for free icon pack downloads for Mac. To customize a file or folder icon, simply follow the steps below.
