---
title: "External link animated icon"
description: "External link animated icon (Everyday controls). The link leaves. Light: the arrow winds back a touch, shoots out through the open corner and fades before the edge, then a new arrow glides in from inside the window and settles at rest. Strong: it leaves farther with a speed trail that retracts into the corner behind it, and the returning arrow overshoots toward the corner and rebounds. The window never moves."
canonical: https://generativeicons.com/icons/external-link/
---

# External link animated icon

The link leaves. Light: the arrow winds back a touch, shoots out through the open corner and fades before the edge, then a new arrow glides in from inside the window and settles at rest. Strong: it leaves farther with a speed trail that retracts into the corner behind it, and the returning arrow overshoots toward the corner and rebounds. The window never moves.

- Id: `external-link`
- Category: Everyday controls
- Search terms: new tab, new window, open externally, outbound link, leave site, visit website, go to website, pop out, redirect, open link
- 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/external-link.lottie (dotLottie, 3401 bytes, sha256 3e3f02318f97e12cfee553abdaea210b606aafadc3874f555d9accad973cad7a)
- License: MIT

## Install

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

## React

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

export function ExternalLinkIcon() {
  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/external-link.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/external-link/ · https://generativeicons.com/api/icons/external-link