Is there anyway to bring back the black background for the figma icon?
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Figma Icon in the macOS dock changed to white
Best answer by Gayani_S
Hey everyone, thanks for confirming your macOS versions!
Our app icon has both a light and a dark version, and macOS switches between them based on your Mac's overall Appearance setting (System Settings > Appearance), not anything inside Figma itself. Set to Dark, you'll see our darker icon; set to Light, you'll see the newer, lighter version from our recent icon refresh, which is the intended design rather than a bug.
That's also why the in-app Theme setting didn't change anything for
- Switch your whole Mac to Dark mode (System Settings > Appearance) to get Figma's dark variant along with everything else that supports it.
- If you'd rather stay in Light mode, macOS Tahoe's Icon & widget style setting (same Appearance panel) has a Dark option that forces a darker treatment across your compatible app icons. But that applies system-wide, not just to Figma.
- The manual Finder step-around I shared above still works if you only want Figma's icon changed, though it can reset with app updates.
I don't have a timeline for a Figma-specific option here, but I've made sure this thread's feedback is in front of the team that owns our app icon. I'll keep this open and update it as soon as I hear more, appreciate the detail everyone's given me.
Hey
Settings > Appearance should be the place to make any custom adjustment there.
Same here. After update the icon is set to white. Now it’s too similar to photos/slack. And no, changing 100% of icons to be hardcoded dark versions is not a solution. I just want icon to be what it was yesterday
The in-app appearance settings only has the Theme and when set to Dark it still keeps the app icon white
Hey everyone, thanks to everyone else who's chimed in here! I’m stepping in on behalf of
I want to get you an accurate answer on the dark mode question rather than guess, since it looks like results might vary. Would you both mind sharing which macOS version you're on? That'll help me figure out whether this is tied to a specific OS version rather than something else.
I don't have a fix or a timeline to share yet on bringing back the darker icon, but I've made sure this feedback. Including how often it's coming up here and elsewhere, is in front of the team that owns our app icon.
In the meantime, if you'd like to restore the old icon just on your own machine, you can do this manually through Finder:
- Find Figma in your Applications folder and select it.
- Press Cmd+I to open the Get Info window.
- Drag or paste an image of the previous icon onto the small icon thumbnail in the top-left corner.
Just know that's a system-level customization outside of Figma, so it can reset when the app updates, and you'll need an image of the older icon on hand to use for it.
I'll keep this thread open and update it as soon as I know more, thanks for your patience while I sort out what's going on with the dark mode behaviour.
Im on 26.6.2 Tahoe FYI
All of my designers are asking for the dark icon since the light one returned. Can you guys not adhere to the Apple design standards for including both versions that get used depending on the system setting for Dark or Light?
Third-party applications require developers to supply native dark or tinted variants.
I also have to scan now to find the new light Figma icon in my tray. Not a fan. The dark one was so much more recognizable and did not blend in with the other app icons in my tray.
Hey everyone, thanks for confirming your macOS versions!
Our app icon has both a light and a dark version, and macOS switches between them based on your Mac's overall Appearance setting (System Settings > Appearance), not anything inside Figma itself. Set to Dark, you'll see our darker icon; set to Light, you'll see the newer, lighter version from our recent icon refresh, which is the intended design rather than a bug.
That's also why the in-app Theme setting didn't change anything for
- Switch your whole Mac to Dark mode (System Settings > Appearance) to get Figma's dark variant along with everything else that supports it.
- If you'd rather stay in Light mode, macOS Tahoe's Icon & widget style setting (same Appearance panel) has a Dark option that forces a darker treatment across your compatible app icons. But that applies system-wide, not just to Figma.
- The manual Finder step-around I shared above still works if you only want Figma's icon changed, though it can reset with app updates.
I don't have a timeline for a Figma-specific option here, but I've made sure this thread's feedback is in front of the team that owns our app icon. I'll keep this open and update it as soon as I hear more, appreciate the detail everyone's given me.
The manual Finder step-around is helpful but you must have admin rights -- which I don’t for work. I was able to change the icon on my personal macbook but my work one still has the white version that gets lots with all the Microsoft icons on white!
Please allow for us to go back to the dark icon. This update is way too similar to Slack and it’s very confusing as I switch back and forth between applications.
The light version of the icon confused me so much that I spent several seconds looking for the app in my Dock and completely overlooked it. I honestly thought I might have accidentally deleted the app, and I only found it by searching for it.
For now, I’ve manually changed the app icon back to the dark version, but it gets reverted after an update, which is not ideal.
It would be great if you could add an option in the settings to choose whether the app icon should be dark or light.
Appreciate that detail,
I just marked
sorry if im repeating others - but yeah, the issue is my OSX appearance IS set to dark mode, but its still showing the white icon.
Feels like its a figma bug - it should be showing the dark mode icon given my whole mac is set to dark mode?
on an older OS 15.7.9 (24G830)
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