Tip
Last updated on
Jun 11, 2026
Learn about the formatting and tagging standards for submitting single icons and icon sheets to Adobe Stock.
Follow the best practices to help customers find and use your icons for marketing materials, layouts, interfaces, and animations. To make icons and icon sheets practical and easy to use across different projects, upload single icons in larger dimensions than typically needed, and keep consistent transparent spacing around each icon in a sheet.
Required practices
Apply these standards to all icon submissions:
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Tag glyphs, symbols, and simple SVG vectors as single icons. |
Use the icon checkbox in the Contributor Portal to identify the content appropriately. |
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Tag sheets of icons as icon sheets. |
Group related icons and label them as icon sheets to improve discoverability. |
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Include transparent backgrounds. |
Ensure background and negative space remain transparent for flexible placement. |
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Merge icons into single shapes. |
For single icons, use single merged shapes with outlined strokes. |
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Create compound shapes. |
For icon sheets, use individual compound shapes with outlined strokes and text. |
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Outline text as paths. |
Convert all text elements to vector paths before submission. |
Practices to avoid
Avoid including elements that reduce icon usability and may result in refusal:
- Don't submit collage elements, text assets, or other creative components, as they're not accepted as icon submissions. Only glyphs, symbols, and simple shapes qualify as icons.
- Don't include marketing, descriptive, or title text within the asset. Keep icon artwork clean and use metadata for all descriptive information.
- Don't include raster images or embedded photos. Icons must be fully vector-based.
- Don't include logos, trademarks, company names, or brand names.
