Any way to change the Vivaldi icon itself?

[dozens]

I really just kinda can't stand it, no offense. I like the more flat icon on this page up top-left. Any way to change it?

[Pathduck]

@dozens Hello and Welcome to the Vivaldi Community

You can find logos in various formats here:
https://vivaldi.com/press/
https://duckduckgo.com/?kae=t&t=vivaldi&q=vivaldi+logo&iax=images&ia=images

Then you can use this guide to change it:
https://appleinsider.com/articles/21/01/06/how-to-change-app-icons-on-macos

I don't have macOS so can't really give any more help than that

[HandyMac]

See New Vivaldi app icon looks dirty for discussion of this issue, and solution.

I presume you are using a pre-BigSur version of macOS? The icon change is to match other Big Sur icons (well, except for the 5-o'clock shadow look, which is unique to Vivaldi); see above link for examples.

There are two solutions: change the app.icns file inside the app, or paste a .png of the previous icon onto the app. The latter is simpler, works fine (changes the icon in the Dock as well), and given either procedure has to be done every time Vivaldi is updated, it's a lot less trouble.

I keep Vivaldi in a folder in /Applications, and keep the .png file there also for easy access.

[StarTrekka420]

@dozens The simple solution of changing the icon is not that difficult as the others are failing to explain.

Once you find the icon you wish to use simply open your Applications folder. Find Vivaldi and click on it. Then Get Info or simply press Cmd+i on your keyboard and it opens the info panel. Click and drag the icon on top of the current icon at the top of this window.

[HandyMac]

@startrekka420 Thanks for the tip; all these years I never knew I could just drag the desired icon rather than copy & paste. However, this only works with .icns files; with graphic image files like .png, what I get is the Finder icon for that file type (see below). Since I'm usually using a graphic image of some kind to paste over the icon, copy & paste must be used, as described in New Vivaldi app icon looks dirty.

[shifte]

I love the Pocket feel of Vibvalldi's icon.