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title: "Discussion on \"The Hidden Bloat in Every Exported SVG (And What's Actually Safe to Remove)\" | Hashnode"
description: "Discussion on \"The Hidden Bloat in Every Exported SVG (And What's Actually Safe to Remove)\". Export an icon from Figma, Illustrator, or Sketch and open the resulting SVG file. Odds are it's several times larger than it has any right to be — for a shape that might amount to a circle and a rect"
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# [The Hidden Bloat in Every Exported SVG (And What's Actually Safe to Remove)](https://resizehub.hashnode.dev/the-hidden-bloat-in-every-exported-svg-and-what-s-actually-safe-to-remove?utm_source=hashnode&utm_medium=feed)

Export an icon from Figma, Illustrator, or Sketch and open the resulting SVG file. Odds are it's several times larger than it has any right to be — for a shape that might amount to a circle and a rect

Jul 31 · 5 min read · resizehub.hashnode.dev  
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