Terminal command to remove custom icon from file (HFS+)

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In Mac OS X / macOS you can select a file in the Finder, click Informations then click the icon, and paste any image/icon that is in the clipboard. Now this file has a custom icon made of this image.



To remove it, the usual way is to select the file, click Informations, select the custom icon then hit delete and it removes the custom icon, restoring the default one.



Question



Is there a way to remove these custom icons from these files without having to open a Finder window? For example with a Terminal command?



Why



A file has a corrupted custom icon, opening the Finder in this folder causes the Finder to beachball and the HDD to freak out. But I still can access the folder content, and this file, from the command line, if I don't first open a Finder window. So I'm thinking that I "just" need to access the metadata differently to remove the custom icon.






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    Context



    In Mac OS X / macOS you can select a file in the Finder, click Informations then click the icon, and paste any image/icon that is in the clipboard. Now this file has a custom icon made of this image.



    To remove it, the usual way is to select the file, click Informations, select the custom icon then hit delete and it removes the custom icon, restoring the default one.



    Question



    Is there a way to remove these custom icons from these files without having to open a Finder window? For example with a Terminal command?



    Why



    A file has a corrupted custom icon, opening the Finder in this folder causes the Finder to beachball and the HDD to freak out. But I still can access the folder content, and this file, from the command line, if I don't first open a Finder window. So I'm thinking that I "just" need to access the metadata differently to remove the custom icon.






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      Context



      In Mac OS X / macOS you can select a file in the Finder, click Informations then click the icon, and paste any image/icon that is in the clipboard. Now this file has a custom icon made of this image.



      To remove it, the usual way is to select the file, click Informations, select the custom icon then hit delete and it removes the custom icon, restoring the default one.



      Question



      Is there a way to remove these custom icons from these files without having to open a Finder window? For example with a Terminal command?



      Why



      A file has a corrupted custom icon, opening the Finder in this folder causes the Finder to beachball and the HDD to freak out. But I still can access the folder content, and this file, from the command line, if I don't first open a Finder window. So I'm thinking that I "just" need to access the metadata differently to remove the custom icon.






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      share|improve this question













      Context



      In Mac OS X / macOS you can select a file in the Finder, click Informations then click the icon, and paste any image/icon that is in the clipboard. Now this file has a custom icon made of this image.



      To remove it, the usual way is to select the file, click Informations, select the custom icon then hit delete and it removes the custom icon, restoring the default one.



      Question



      Is there a way to remove these custom icons from these files without having to open a Finder window? For example with a Terminal command?



      Why



      A file has a corrupted custom icon, opening the Finder in this folder causes the Finder to beachball and the HDD to freak out. But I still can access the folder content, and this file, from the command line, if I don't first open a Finder window. So I'm thinking that I "just" need to access the metadata differently to remove the custom icon.






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          For files with custom icon, use the following command:



          xattr -d com.apple.ResourceFork /path/to/filename


          For folders with custom icon, in Terminal, change directory to the folder containing the custom icon, e.g.:



          cd /path/to/foo


          Once in the directory, use the following command to remove the custom icon:



          rm Icon?





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          • Thanks, but in my case I have files (not folders) with custom icons, so I can't do that, right?
            – Moritz
            1 hour ago










          • @Moritz, I've updated my answer to cover files instead of folders however, I left to original part of the answer as I believe it will also be helpful to others.
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            57 mins ago






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            Exactly what I needed. Thank you!
            – Moritz
            52 mins ago










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          For files with custom icon, use the following command:



          xattr -d com.apple.ResourceFork /path/to/filename


          For folders with custom icon, in Terminal, change directory to the folder containing the custom icon, e.g.:



          cd /path/to/foo


          Once in the directory, use the following command to remove the custom icon:



          rm Icon?





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          • Thanks, but in my case I have files (not folders) with custom icons, so I can't do that, right?
            – Moritz
            1 hour ago










          • @Moritz, I've updated my answer to cover files instead of folders however, I left to original part of the answer as I believe it will also be helpful to others.
            – user3439894
            57 mins ago






          • 1




            Exactly what I needed. Thank you!
            – Moritz
            52 mins ago














          up vote
          2
          down vote



          accepted










          For files with custom icon, use the following command:



          xattr -d com.apple.ResourceFork /path/to/filename


          For folders with custom icon, in Terminal, change directory to the folder containing the custom icon, e.g.:



          cd /path/to/foo


          Once in the directory, use the following command to remove the custom icon:



          rm Icon?





          share|improve this answer






















          • Thanks, but in my case I have files (not folders) with custom icons, so I can't do that, right?
            – Moritz
            1 hour ago










          • @Moritz, I've updated my answer to cover files instead of folders however, I left to original part of the answer as I believe it will also be helpful to others.
            – user3439894
            57 mins ago






          • 1




            Exactly what I needed. Thank you!
            – Moritz
            52 mins ago












          up vote
          2
          down vote



          accepted







          up vote
          2
          down vote



          accepted






          For files with custom icon, use the following command:



          xattr -d com.apple.ResourceFork /path/to/filename


          For folders with custom icon, in Terminal, change directory to the folder containing the custom icon, e.g.:



          cd /path/to/foo


          Once in the directory, use the following command to remove the custom icon:



          rm Icon?





          share|improve this answer














          For files with custom icon, use the following command:



          xattr -d com.apple.ResourceFork /path/to/filename


          For folders with custom icon, in Terminal, change directory to the folder containing the custom icon, e.g.:



          cd /path/to/foo


          Once in the directory, use the following command to remove the custom icon:



          rm Icon?






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          • Thanks, but in my case I have files (not folders) with custom icons, so I can't do that, right?
            – Moritz
            1 hour ago










          • @Moritz, I've updated my answer to cover files instead of folders however, I left to original part of the answer as I believe it will also be helpful to others.
            – user3439894
            57 mins ago






          • 1




            Exactly what I needed. Thank you!
            – Moritz
            52 mins ago
















          • Thanks, but in my case I have files (not folders) with custom icons, so I can't do that, right?
            – Moritz
            1 hour ago










          • @Moritz, I've updated my answer to cover files instead of folders however, I left to original part of the answer as I believe it will also be helpful to others.
            – user3439894
            57 mins ago






          • 1




            Exactly what I needed. Thank you!
            – Moritz
            52 mins ago















          Thanks, but in my case I have files (not folders) with custom icons, so I can't do that, right?
          – Moritz
          1 hour ago




          Thanks, but in my case I have files (not folders) with custom icons, so I can't do that, right?
          – Moritz
          1 hour ago












          @Moritz, I've updated my answer to cover files instead of folders however, I left to original part of the answer as I believe it will also be helpful to others.
          – user3439894
          57 mins ago




          @Moritz, I've updated my answer to cover files instead of folders however, I left to original part of the answer as I believe it will also be helpful to others.
          – user3439894
          57 mins ago




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          Exactly what I needed. Thank you!
          – Moritz
          52 mins ago




          Exactly what I needed. Thank you!
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          52 mins ago

















           

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