Free SVG Icons for Email Templates

Email icon support is notoriously inconsistent across clients. Gmail strips embedded SVGs, Outlook has limited vector support, and many mobile clients ignore external image references. The safest approach is using simple, inline SVG icons with minimal path complexity, or falling back to well-optimised PNG exports at 2x resolution. This collection curates the packs best suited for email: clean monochrome icons with small file sizes and simple SVG structures that survive email client rendering or convert cleanly to inline images.

6 icon packs·10,019 total icons·Free & open source

Popular SVG Icons for Email Templates

A sample from this collection's icon packs. Click any icon to preview, copy, or download it.

Icon Packs

Lucide

1,856 iconsISC

Feather Icons

286 iconsMIT

Tabler Icons

6,220 iconsMIT

HeroIcons

1,288 iconsMIT

Simple line icons

189 iconsMIT

Mono Icons

180 iconsMIT

Common Use Cases

1Newsletter header and footer social icons

2Transactional email status indicators (checkmarks, alerts)

3Marketing email feature highlight icons

4Email signature contact method icons

5Notification email type indicators

Frequently Asked Questions

Can I use inline SVG in HTML emails?

It depends on the client. Apple Mail and some mobile clients render inline SVG well. Gmail strips SVG tags entirely. For maximum compatibility, export icons as small PNG images and embed them as inline images or use hosted image URLs with alt text fallbacks.

Which icon pack is safest for email templates?

Feather and Lucide produce the cleanest SVGs with minimal path data, making them ideal for PNG export at 2x. Simple Line Icons are also excellent for email because of their thin stroke and low complexity.

How do I optimize SVG icons for email?

Run icons through the SVG Optimizer tool on this site to strip metadata and reduce path complexity. Then export as 2x PNG for email embedding. Keep icon dimensions at 24-32px and use inline width/height attributes for consistent rendering.