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[`MenuItem`](MenuItem) › [`setIcon`](MenuItem/setIcon)
## MenuItem.setIcon() method
**Signature:**
```typescript
setIcon(icon: IconName | null): this;
```
## Parameters
| Parameter | Type | Description |
| --- | --- | --- |
| <code>icon</code> | [`IconName`](IconName)<code> | null</code> | ID of the icon, can use any icon loaded with [addIcon()](addIcon) or from the built-in lucide library. |
**Returns:**
`this`