---
title: "Cut animated icon"
description: "Cut animated icon (Everyday controls). The scissors snip and the cut runs ahead of them. Light: the blades open and snap shut, a cut line draws out up between them as they close and fades, then a smaller second snip. Strong: three decaying snips, wider, and the cut extends further with each of the first two."
canonical: https://generativeicons.com/icons/cut/
---

# Cut animated icon

The scissors snip and the cut runs ahead of them. Light: the blades open and snap shut, a cut line draws out up between them as they close and fades, then a smaller second snip. Strong: three decaying snips, wider, and the cut extends further with each of the first two.

- Id: `cut`
- Category: Everyday controls
- Search terms: scissors, snip, snipping, ctrl x, cmd x, cut text, cut selection, cut and paste, shears
- One action, back to rest
- Styles: outline, solid, duotone; outline weights 1.5, 2, 2.5 (any from 1 to 3); motion light or strong
- File: https://generativeicons.com/assets/cut.lottie (dotLottie, 3281 bytes, sha256 1d3898d904434233963e30fdcb30f2deace7e95eb7bbf27273496cf1ccd53d30)
- License: MIT

## Install

```sh
npm install @lottiefiles/generative-icons-runtime
npx generative-icons init
npx generative-icons add cut
```

## React

```tsx
// npm install @lottiefiles/generative-icons-react
'use client';
import { AnimatedIcon } from '@lottiefiles/generative-icons-react';
import icon, { src } from './generative-icons/cut.mjs';

export function CutIcon() {
  return <AnimatedIcon icon={icon} src={src} size={32}
    color="#ffffff" variant="outline" weight={2}
    motion="light" theme="dark" />;
}
```

## JavaScript

```js
import { createIcon } from '@lottiefiles/generative-icons-runtime';
import icon, { src } from './generative-icons/cut.mjs';

const handle = await createIcon(canvas, {
  icon, src,
  color: '#ffffff', style: 'outline', weight: 2,
  motion: 'light', theme: 'dark'
});
button.addEventListener('click', () => handle.play());
// On removal: handle.destroy();
```

More: https://generativeicons.com/icons/cut/ · https://generativeicons.com/api/icons/cut