# How to choose icons for links in custom section

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**Category:** UX\
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**Created:** [February 5, 2024, 5:55pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-choose-icons-for-links-in-custom-section/294219 "2024-02-05T17:55:11Z")\
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**Author:** ![Arkshine](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/arkshine/32/298682_2.png) [@Arkshine](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Arkshine)\
**Post date:** [February 5, 2024, 8:40pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-choose-icons-for-links-in-custom-section/294219/2 "2024-02-05T20:40:12Z")

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I agree; this is not the best experience!

I believe, currently, what you can do is to go to [Find the Perfect Icon for Your Project in Font Awesome 5 | Font Awesome](https://fontawesome.com/v5/search?o=r&m=free), then add the icon to the `svg icon subset ` setting:

 ![image](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/meta/original/4X/8/9/c/89cd09c608f46e2a0489ec5888feb069b563749d.png)

 ![image](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/meta/original/4X/3/9/c/39ce82f6a3f716336c0c81589b4ecaa2e1d2f2a4.png)

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