56 Free Arrow Symbols & Icons

Professional edited free vector arrow symbols & icons for personal and/or commercial usage. This collection of arrow symbols can help you in your art & design. Arrows are often used in Signage and Wayfinding design to guide a visitor in the right direction. All 56 arrows are drawn by Sander Baumann with Adobe Illustrator and can be used in many different ways.

Preview the Vector Arrow Symbols & Icons

Free download vector Arrow symbols and icons

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When designing signage for wayfinding it is important to choose a high contrast for the placement of the arrow, in the example below I’ve created small squares to put in the arrow. This gives a great constrast and good readability.

Example Signage Design with Arrow Symbol

Signage Design with arrow symbol

Detailed information

The 56 free vector Arrow Symbols & Icons are created under Creative Commons Attribution 3.0, meaning the vector images can be used either for personal or commercial purposes and may be changed to your own ideas, if you will credit my work or the website it will be highly appreciated.

Download file in Adobe Illustrator 8.0 (.ai)


Download Arrow Symbols for Adobe Illustrator (.ai)

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137 Responses to “56 Free Arrow Symbols & Icons”

Richie
May 21st, 2008

very nice work!

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Sander Baumann
May 22nd, 2008
designworkplan admin

Hi Richie, thank you for your comment! Good luck with the arrow symbols & icons.

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Jon-Paul LeClair
May 23rd, 2008

Thanks… Very handy!

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David Lano
May 23rd, 2008

Totally Awesome! Thanks! :D

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Skammer
May 23rd, 2008

Prachtig!

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mesiu
May 24th, 2008

thanks a lot!

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KK
May 24th, 2008

It’s great work!
If you can possible, please provide us font format.

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Sander Baumann
May 24th, 2008
designworkplan admin

Thank you all and smashingmagazine, coliss, garcya and many many more for the huge support!

Have fun and great design usability with the Symbols & Icons!

KK: Do mean putting the Symbols & Icons into a Windows/Mac font? Actually a very good idea, will work on that next week. Thank you for the mention.

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free icons
May 24th, 2008

Nice icons, Can u submit your icons to our icons showcase center freeiconsdownload.com

Thanks

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Webdesign Oelde
May 25th, 2008

Very nice and useful work! Thank you very much! :)

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United Voices
May 25th, 2008

Beauty in Simplicity. Cool mate.

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Alberto
May 26th, 2008

Muchas gracias por compartir tu buen trabajo!

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QVectors
May 27th, 2008

great pack, ill differently be showcasing this at qvectors.com.

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Kate
May 28th, 2008

Whoa, great arrow symbol and icons. Thank you

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Michi
May 29th, 2008

Great icons! Thank you for the work.

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あおぞら
May 29th, 2008

Very nice work!!
Thank you!

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KK
May 29th, 2008

> KK: Do mean putting the Symbols & Icons into a Windows/Mac font? Actually a very good idea, will work on that next week.

Yeah. Thank you so much.
I will expect to your next work.

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Michael Martin
June 15th, 2008

Great resource. Thanks for sharing!

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Sevenupcan
June 20th, 2008

Great stuff. Totattly useful. Thanks

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Shaggy
June 27th, 2008

muy chevere gracias….=)

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KRISHNA PRSAD tALLA
July 8th, 2008

wonderful super duper
 thanku

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Muchas gracias!

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Dutchy
July 18th, 2008

This file is way the best I’ve ever found! Just as good as the invention of the Wheel, maybe even better for all web developers and designers. Keep up the good work!

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Lucia
July 23rd, 2008

Heel erg bedankt! :-)

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Jonas
July 23rd, 2008

Thank you very much!

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Sase
July 24th, 2008

i am astonished, it is perfect work. thanks lollll…

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Rick Huby
July 25th, 2008

Excellent icons, cheers.

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noi
August 1st, 2008

Thank you

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Stephanie
August 5th, 2008

Thank you! very helpful

Awesome work :)

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yumiang
August 6th, 2008

Great icons!
Thanks so much!

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sentaku
August 8th, 2008

thanks Great icons!

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suicidalsam
August 15th, 2008

wow, that is a great arrow icons. thanks for making it. I will be using it on my new gambling blog. :D

looking forward to more free icons and vectors from you.

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Gary
September 11th, 2008

I was looking for some clean, simple arrows, and these are sweet =)

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marie
September 24th, 2008

you rock! Thank you.

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Kathy Moore
September 24th, 2008

Thanks for these shapes! These will work perfectly for the logo I need to create for my health care network! I can’t credit you on the site, but wanted to leave a comment and thank you for this resource!

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Rich Davis
October 8th, 2008

Awesome! Thank you! These will come in handy!

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cyhung
October 9th, 2008

thanks! the vector files are very handy! nice variety here.

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pelin ece
October 17th, 2008

thanks alot

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tsenfine
October 23rd, 2008

thanks a lot!Great icons!

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Shirley
October 27th, 2008

EXACTLY what I needed. Thank you!

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matsushita
October 30th, 2008

really nice work!Thank you!

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Gfx-Dzine
November 10th, 2008

Thanks! :D

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Josef Go-Oco
November 24th, 2008

Good work – thanks!

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Online Hry Zdarma
December 4th, 2008

Very Good Work, boys!

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Minami
December 9th, 2008

thank you!!!!!!!!

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Umit
December 22nd, 2008

Excellent stuff — much appreciated!

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alon
December 25th, 2008

thinks!

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Emma Evans
January 22nd, 2009

just the job, lovely, thanks.

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Aditya
January 24th, 2009

Thank you :)

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WEBMASTER FORUM
January 25th, 2009

AMAZIN

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armano
February 14th, 2009

Nice job, thanks.

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web guy
March 6th, 2009

thank you for sharing

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Martin
March 11th, 2009

Thanks a lot! Exactly what i was looking for!

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wiwi isnaini
April 3rd, 2009

i found your whole information very useful. it’ worth a knowledge.
thank you

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Yesi
April 4th, 2009

Realmente gracias (really thankz :) i need it ).

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BORABORA
April 5th, 2009

Very interesting and nice collection!
Thanks for putting all this up together!
Best wishes
 BORABORA

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Panos
April 16th, 2009

Fantastic. It’s exactly what I was looking for! :)

Thank you, great site.

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Pixel Salsa
May 14th, 2009

Good one - made my job easier!

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MIke
May 15th, 2009

Great-Thanks for these..

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darshini
May 28th, 2009

Mr. Baumann

i m designing signages for the India Habitat Centre, New Delhi, India
your collection of arrows is a paradise.
and as you have mentioned, the credits to you and your site will be mentioned for sure

i would infact like to hear more from you on signage and wayfinding (i am not a graphic designer, but on a graphic project)

i am into spaces and retail.
thanks n rgds

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tatiana dutra e mello
May 29th, 2009

Great — I always wanted to find a good source for interesting symbols. Thanks for sharing!

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Flexativity, Inc.
June 2nd, 2009

Thank you! You’ve taken the time to do something that has SAVED me a lot of time - and I really appreciate it!

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christy
June 4th, 2009

Thank you! It’s always great to share ;)

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Alex White
June 9th, 2009

Cool sets!!!

Who wants another nice set of high quality icons, please welcome!)))
Here is one nice set of FREE LED Icons:

h t t p ://led24.de/iconset/
It`ll be good if you put it to your collection!
And for all: enjoy it! I`ll be glad!
Best wishes!

P.S. It`ll be great if you save my link to LED Icons ;)

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bogumil
June 14th, 2009

great stuff!!
but how to do arrow head on both ends?
thanks!
 b..

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Alper
June 21st, 2009

Thanks for this amazing set…
This set is life saver i think ;)

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Nicole
July 11th, 2009

Hi,

Just wanted to say thank you for the arrows. Appreciate it very much. x

nicole

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heidi
July 27th, 2009

very point-a-licious. thanks

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Evulgo Media
July 28th, 2009

Bedankt. Heel mooie set.

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Aaron Riddle
August 6th, 2009

Very nice. Thanks for sharing!

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Const
August 17th, 2009

Thanks for the arrows! We palne to rebuilt http://www.consys.com.ua so there will be fine to get the email logo and the phone logo. Hope I will find them al on your blog!

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Laurent Bugnion
September 1st, 2009

Hey Sander,

I converted your icons collection to XAML (a language used to create user interface in Windows Presentation Foundation and Silverlight, two technologies by Microsoft). The XAML arrows are available at http://blog.galasoft.ch/archive/2009/08/31/56-vector-arrows-in-xaml.aspx

Thanks for your work,
 Laurent

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Greeg
September 8th, 2009

gj! many thanks :)

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David Radovanovic
September 11th, 2009

Thank you for providing a very professional set of arrow symbols!

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aero
September 12th, 2009

What a great collection! It’s a huge work.

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Arunprasad
September 28th, 2009

Thank you so much. Great Collection! I love it…

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ferrer
October 6th, 2009

excellent work!!! It shows that y’all are very profesional. thanx

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Zookii
October 7th, 2009

Very nice work! Thanks!

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Eddie Fleming
October 9th, 2009

thanks for the arrows!

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jun
October 14th, 2009

thanks for the arrows!
good luck~~

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snow
October 16th, 2009

Thanks so much! I’ve been making my own ugly arrows for far too long and these are a great set to point me in the right direction. ;) I will attribute whenever I can and will definitely tell other designers about your good work.

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SE
October 23rd, 2009

Classy. Thx for sharing.

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Anil Kullarwar
November 4th, 2009

Your idea of sharing your work itself is great. We are into signage designing & fabrication & presently working on a project for a multinational company after their identity change. These arrows will really come handy while working. Would actually like to share our designs & seek your expert advice…. if possible.
 Thanks

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Jazio
December 14th, 2009

I am very often in need of something like this and needs to dig to find the needle in the hay. Thanks for inspiration. Very useful.

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Ivan
December 18th, 2009

Simple, effective and perfect! Thanks for sharing

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David
January 23rd, 2010

amazing collection, really is perfect for what i need!.

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Cara
January 26th, 2010

Exactly what I needed. Yeah!

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AHMET DAGLILAR
January 30th, 2010

Thanks for sharing.
Best regards.

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Marc
February 28th, 2010

Thanks so much, these are very useful.

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Niket
March 4th, 2010

Hi, there seems some problem downloading the vector file. Please advice.

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Sander Baumann
March 4th, 2010
designworkplan admin

Hi Niket - I’ve just checked the download and everything works for me. For your convenience I will also send the file to your email. Good luck.

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