--- title: "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 source_url: https://www.telerik.com/blogs/is-it-ever-ok-use-icons-without-labels-mobile-app-design type: article source: "Telerik" published: 2024-01-05T09:02:14.605Z updated: 2024-01-05T09:02:12.357Z tags: ["ux", "user-testing", "mobile-design"] reading_time: 9 upvotes: 1 comments: 0 language: 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: ## Similar posts on daily.dev - [Don’t just attend KubeCon \+ CloudNativeCon, Merge Forward your experience\!](https://daily.dev/posts/don-t-just-attend-kubecon-cloudnativecon-merge-forward-your-experience--l0rpp73x8) · CNCF · 0 upvotes · 0 comments - [Announcing H2 2026 KCDs](https://daily.dev/posts/announcing-h2-2026-kcds-m96goajm1) · CNCF · 1 upvotes · 0 comments - [Two months of Open Community Groups](https://daily.dev/posts/two-months-of-open-community-groups-asf52zhbs) · CNCF · 0 upvotes · 0 comments --- 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)