Want to change the cart icon in the header section ( Shopify Dawn Theme )

Topic summary

A user wants to replace the default cart icon in the Shopify Dawn theme header with a custom icon (shown in an attached screenshot).

Current Issue:

  • The user cannot locate the {%- render 'icon-cart' -%} code in their sections/header.liquid file, which is typically where cart icon rendering occurs.

Proposed Solution:

  • Another participant suggests finding the class header__icon--cart in sections/header.liquid and directly updating the SVG icon code within that section (visual example provided in screenshot).

Status: The discussion remains open with one suggested approach provided but not yet confirmed as implemented or successful.

Summarized with AI on October 28. AI used: claude-sonnet-4-5-20250929.

Hello Everyone!

I am using Shopify dawn. I want to change the cart icon in the header section. I want to keep the cart icon as shown in the image below. Please help me. Thank you.

Store: https://blue-chic-clothes.myshopify.com/

Password: Admin

I don’t see this {%- render ‘icon-cart’ -%} code in the sections/header.liquid file.

Hi @dreamtechzone_5

let try to change the cart svg icon in sections/header.liquid as my attachment below,

find class header__icon–cart and update svg icon on that