.icns file: how to open it on Windows

11 Windows apps register the .icns extension. Install one of them to open the file with a double-click.

About the format

Format: MacOS X icon
MIME type: image/x-icns
PRONOM identifier: fmt/1185

Format data: freedesktop.org shared-mime-info and PRONOM (The National Archives, UK).

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