File Left Icon

Q: When should I use it instead of a similar icon?

Use it for return to author actions in approval and signing flows that send a document back for edits; and dual pane file managers and sync tools, moving the selected document into the left pane. For forwarding a document to the next approver or step in a flow, use the File Right icon. For a back button in a document viewer header that returns to the list, use the Arrow Left icon. For rolling a document back to an earlier saved version, use the Circle Arrow Anticlockwise Clock icon.

Document page with a folded corner and a left arrow inside, for moving, returning and sending files back. Available in 4 styles (outline, solid, duotone and filled) as a React component you install with the shadcn CLI.

Preview

File Left icon in outline, solid, duotone and filled styles

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Install and code

pnpm dlx shadcn@latest add @reui/icons/default/filled/file-left

Writes reui/icons/default/filled/file-left.tsx

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File Left icon in shadcn/ui components

Button

Icon button

Button group

Badge

ReturnedReturnedReturned

Dropdown menu

Input group

File Left icon FAQ

What does this icon show?

Document page with a folded corner and a left arrow inside, for moving, returning and sending files back. Typical uses: return a document to the previous step, move a file to the left panel and send a draft back for edits.

When should I use it instead of a similar icon?

Use it for:

Return to author actions in approval and signing flows that send a document back for edits
Dual pane file managers and sync tools, moving the selected document into the left pane

For forwarding a document to the next approver or step in a flow, use the File Right icon. For a back button in a document viewer header that returns to the list, use the Arrow Left icon. For rolling a document back to an earlier saved version, use the Circle Arrow Anticlockwise Clock icon.

Which styles does it come in?

4 styles: Outline, Solid, Duotone and Filled. Every style is drawn on the same 24 by 24 grid and installs as its own file, so you can switch styles without touching the layout.

How do I install it with the shadcn CLI?

Copy the install command from the panel above, in the style you want, and run it in your project. The shadcn CLI adds the icon as a React component that you import and render like any other. It draws in the current text color, so your text color and size classes style it. Icon installs need a ReUI Ultimate license.

What icons go well with it?

Icons from the same family and the Files set: File, File Added, File Deleted, File Down, File Right and File Search.

When was it added?

It joined the ReUI icon library on June 30, 2026.

For AI Agents

Hand your agent this brief or the ReUI MCP, not a screenshot. Installs with a ReUI Ultimate license.

When to use

Return to author actions in approval and signing flows that send a document back for edits
Dual pane file managers and sync tools, moving the selected document into the left pane

When not to use

Forwarding a document to the next approver or step in a flow: use the File Right icon
A back button in a document viewer header that returns to the list: use the Arrow Left icon
Rolling a document back to an earlier saved version: use the Circle Arrow Anticlockwise Clock icon

Agent notes

Name an icon-only button with its label, "Return to author", as the aria-label

Markdownhttps://reui.io/icons/preview/file-left.md

MCPget_icon("file-left")

Installnpx shadcn@latest add @reui/icons/default/duotone/file-left

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