--- title: Is It Ever OK to Use Icons Without Labels in Mobile Design? description: This post discusses the scenarios in which it might be acceptable to use icons without labels in mobile app design, such as when the average user uses the app... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/is-it-ever-ok-to-use-icons-without-labels-in-mobile-design--hzoaal7uj twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Is It Ever OK to Use Icons Without Labels in Mobile Design? | daily.dev og:description: This post discusses the scenarios in which it might be acceptable to use icons without labels in mobile app design, such as when the average user uses the app... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/is-it-ever-ok-to-use-icons-without-labels-in-mobile-design--hzoaal7uj og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/HZoAAL7uj.png og:image:alt: Is It Ever OK to Use Icons Without Labels in Mobile Design? og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Is It Ever OK to Use Icons Without Labels in Mobile Design? **[Telerik](https://daily.dev/sources/telerik)** · 9 min read · 1 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary This post discusses the scenarios in which it might be acceptable to use icons without labels in mobile app design, such as when the average user uses the app every day, when there is a primary action button, and when the app's functionality is greatly simplified. However, it emphasizes the importance of user testing to determine if a label-free icon design is effective for your specific app. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: --- Tags: [#ux](https://daily.dev/tags/ux), [#user-testing](https://daily.dev/tags/user-testing), [#mobile-design](https://daily.dev/tags/mobile-design) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/is-it-ever-ok-to-use-icons-without-labels-in-mobile-design--hzoaal7uj) ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180},"sameAs":["https://twitter.com/dailydotdev","https://github.com/dailydotdev","https://www.linkedin.com/company/daily-dev-ltd"]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https://daily.dev/#website","url":"https://daily.dev","name":"daily.dev","publisher":{"@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization"},"potentialAction":{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https://daily.dev/search?q={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"TechArticle","headline":"Is It Ever OK to Use Icons Without Labels in Mobile Design?","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/is-it-ever-ok-to-use-icons-without-labels-in-mobile-design--hzoaal7uj","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/is-it-ever-ok-to-use-icons-without-labels-in-mobile-design--hzoaal7uj"},"datePublished":"2024-01-05T09:02:14.605Z","dateModified":"2024-01-05T09:02:12.357Z","description":"This post discusses the scenarios in which it might be acceptable to use icons without labels in mobile app design, such as when the average user uses the app...","image":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/f_auto,q_auto/v1/posts/dfd022f8bfe2f1fb583e83fc50b0f910?_a=AQAEufR","thumbnailUrl":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/f_auto,q_auto/v1/posts/dfd022f8bfe2f1fb583e83fc50b0f910?_a=AQAEufR","isAccessibleForFree":true,"articleSection":"Telerik","inLanguage":"en","publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180}},"author":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Telerik","logo":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/t_logo,f_auto/v1/logos/5ee6d4bef8ac4f84886d06f5881963e7","url":"https://daily.dev/sources/telerik"},"commentCount":0,"discussionUrl":"https://daily.dev/posts/is-it-ever-ok-to-use-icons-without-labels-in-mobile-design--hzoaal7uj","interactionStatistic":[{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"LikeAction"},"userInteractionCount":1},{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"CommentAction"},"userInteractionCount":0}],"keywords":"ux,user-testing,mobile-design","timeRequired":"PT9M"} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https://daily.dev"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Telerik","item":"https://daily.dev/sources/telerik"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"Is It Ever OK to Use Icons Without Labels in Mobile Design?"}]} ```