--- title: Moving away from @expo/vector-icons | daily.dev description: Expo is recommending developers migrate from @expo/vector-icons to the newer @react-native-vector-icons scoped packages. The original package was a convenience... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/moving-away-from-expo-vector-icons-ofjkfwsrn twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Moving away from @expo/vector-icons | daily.dev og:description: Expo is recommending developers migrate from @expo/vector-icons to the newer @react-native-vector-icons scoped packages. The original package was a convenience... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/moving-away-from-expo-vector-icons-ofjkfwsrn og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/OfjKfWSRn.png og:image:alt: Moving away from @expo/vector-icons 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. # Moving away from @expo/vector-icons **[Expo Blog](https://daily.dev/sources/expo-blog)** · 4 min read · 29 upvotes · 1 comments ## Summary Expo is recommending developers migrate from @expo/vector-icons to the newer @react-native-vector-icons scoped packages. The original package was a convenience wrapper that added aliasing complexity and doesn't align with Expo's core focus. The new packages integrate directly with expo-font and work in all contexts including Expo Go. Migration can reduce app bundle size by ~4 MB. A codemod (npx @react-native-vector-icons/codemod) automates the import updates, and expo doctor can verify the old packages are removed. Around 60% of EAS Build apps currently use @expo/vector-icons, so @expo/vector-icons will be maintained during a transition period before being deprecated in a future Expo SDK release. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: --- Tags: [#mobile](https://daily.dev/tags/mobile), [#react-native](https://daily.dev/tags/react-native) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/moving-away-from-expo-vector-icons-ofjkfwsrn) ```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":"Moving away from @expo/vector-icons","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/moving-away-from-expo-vector-icons-ofjkfwsrn","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/moving-away-from-expo-vector-icons-ofjkfwsrn"},"datePublished":"2026-06-09T13:41:05.717Z","dateModified":"2026-06-09T16:20:07.413Z","description":"Expo is recommending developers migrate from @expo/vector-icons to the newer @react-native-vector-icons scoped packages. The original package was a convenience...","image":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/f_auto,q_auto/v1/posts/0617e1e9ea42184e9f37564dec90b88d?_a=AQAEuop","thumbnailUrl":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/f_auto,q_auto/v1/posts/0617e1e9ea42184e9f37564dec90b88d?_a=AQAEuop","isAccessibleForFree":true,"articleSection":"Expo Blog","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":"Expo Blog","logo":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/s--E7LK6L3y--/f_auto,q_auto/v1774179051/logos/expo-blog?_a=BAMAMiWQ0","url":"https://daily.dev/sources/expo-blog"},"commentCount":1,"discussionUrl":"https://daily.dev/posts/moving-away-from-expo-vector-icons-ofjkfwsrn","interactionStatistic":[{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"LikeAction"},"userInteractionCount":29},{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"CommentAction"},"userInteractionCount":1}],"keywords":"mobile,react-native","timeRequired":"PT4M"} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https://daily.dev"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Expo Blog","item":"https://daily.dev/sources/expo-blog"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"Moving away from @expo/vector-icons"}]} ```