By that do you mean how to set icons for certain folders irrespective of theme? You need to use the gio command gio set folder-name metadata::custom-icon-name icon-name # In your case it would be something like gio set Games/ metadata::custom-icon-name folder-games Not only does this make it so that no matter what icon theme you use the icon will change according to the theme, but you also do not have to go icon hunting in a bunch of directories.