# Social media icons

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Add the **Social media icons** section to display links to your social media pages.

## Set up section

Add this section to any template (except Checkout) and use the drag-and-drop handles to re-order its position. You can add this section multiple times with different content and settings.

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<summary><mark style="color:blue;"><strong>STEPS</strong></mark></summary>

In your theme editor (**Customize**):

1. Select a **Template** to edit from the dropdown menu in the top bar.

   > Learn how to use templates in our [Templates guide](/context/general/editing-themes/using-templates.md).
2. Under **Template**, click **(+) Add section** and select **Social media icons**.
3. Click and hold the drag-and-drop handles **`⋮⋮`** to re-order your sections.

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## Add social media blocks

To display social icons, you will need to copy and paste the URL of your social media accounts to their respective blocks. Social icons are available for: Facebook, Pinterest, X (Twitter), Instagram, LinkedIn, TikTok, Tumblr, Vimeo, Youtube, and Snapchat.

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<summary><mark style="color:blue;">STEPS</mark></summary>

In your theme editor (**Customize**):

1. Click **+Add block** to select a social icon block and/or click on that block to open the settings.
2. Paste the URL of your social media account.
3. (*Optional*.) Click and hold the drag handles **`⋮⋮`** to rearrange the blocks:

   ![](/files/gQ4LkwMZ73CD47A2ezot)

   > Click **Remove block** in the block settings to delete a block.

   > Click the **Eye icon** to hide or unhide a block.
4. Click **Save**.

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## Section heading and style

Change the **heading** text and choose to use the **outline section** style.

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<summary><mark style="color:blue;">STEPS</mark></summary>

In your theme editor (**Customize**):

1. Click the **Social media icons** section to open the settings.
2. Add a **Heading**.

   > This appears above the social media icons.
3. (*Optional*.) Choose to enable the **Outline section** style for an alternate look.

   > This option removes the section background and adds a border around the section, which uses your store's border color setting.
4. Click **Save**.

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## Settings reference

Click the **Social media icons** section to find the following settings.

| Setting         | Description                                                                                                                            |
| --------------- | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| Heading         | Add text to display as a heading for the section.                                                                                      |
| Outline section | Enable this option to remove the section background and add a border around the section, which uses your store's border color setting. |

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> **Related links**
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> [Text columns with images](/context/sections/theme-sections/text-columns-with-images.md)


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