---
title: "Access the icon for an item"
slug: "access-the-icon-for-an-item"
abstract: "How to access the icon for an item using Sitecore.Data.Items.Item.Appearance.Icon property."
---
# Access the icon for an item

You can use the `Sitecore.Data.Items.Item.Appearance.Icon` property to access the icon for an item. If the icon contains a themed image, you can use the `Sitecore.Resources.Images.GetThemedImageSource` method to convert the relative path to a full path. For example, to determine the full path of the icon for the `/Sitecore/Content/Home` item in the *Master* database:

```csharp
Sitecore.Data.Database master = Sitecore.Configuration.Factory.GetDatabase("master");

Sitecore.Data.Items.Item home = master.GetItem("/sitecore/content/home");

string icon = home.Appearance.Icon;

if (icon.StartsWith("~"))
{
    icon = Sitecore.StringUtil.EnsurePrefix('/', icon);
}

else if (!(icon.StartsWith("/" ) && icon.Contains(":")))
{
    icon = Sitecore.Resources.Images.GetThemedImageSource(icon);
}

```

You can use the `Sitecore.Data.Items.Item.Appearance.Icon` property to set the icon for an item. For example, to set the icon for the `/Sitecore/Content/Home` item in the *Master* database to the themed image `network/16x16/home.png`:

```

Sitecore.Data.Database master = Sitecore.Configuration.Factory.GetDatabase("master");

Sitecore.Data.Items.Item home = master.GetItem("/sitecore/content/home");

home.Editing.BeginEdit();

home.Appearance.Icon = "network/16x16/home.png";

home.Editing.EndEdit();

```