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Favicon Generator

Upload any image and generate favicons in all standard sizes. Download individually, as a ZIP package, or copy ready-to-use HTML link tags.

🖼️ 8 Standard Sizes 📦 ZIP Download 🔒 100% Client-Side
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Drag & drop or click to select — PNG, JPG, or SVG

🔒 Your image never leaves your browser — 100% private

About Favicon Generation

🎯 Why Favicons Matter

  • Improve brand recognition in browser tabs
  • Required for Progressive Web Apps (PWA)
  • Enhance bookmarks & home screen icons
  • Boost professional appearance of your site
  • Better user experience across all devices

🔒 Privacy First

  • All processing happens in your browser
  • No images uploaded to any server
  • Your designs stay 100% private
  • No registration or account required
  • Completely free — no limits

💡 Tips for Best Results

  • Use a square image (512×512 or larger)
  • Simple designs work best at small sizes
  • PNG with transparency is ideal
  • High contrast colors for visibility
  • Test your favicon at 16×16 for legibility

Frequently Asked Questions

A favicon (short for "favorites icon") is the small icon displayed in browser tabs, bookmarks, and address bars next to your website's name. Favicons help users quickly identify your site among multiple open tabs, improve brand recognition, and make your website look more professional. Modern browsers and devices require multiple favicon sizes for optimal display across desktops, tablets, and mobile home screens.

A complete favicon set includes: 16×16 (browser tab), 32×32 (taskbar/bookmark), 48×48 (Windows site icon), 64×64 (high-DPI tabs), 128×128 (Chrome Web Store), 180×180 (Apple Touch Icon for iOS), 192×192 (Android Chrome), and 512×512 (Progressive Web App splash screen). Our generator creates all these sizes automatically from a single uploaded image.

For best results, use a square PNG image at least 512×512 pixels with a transparent background. SVG files also work excellently as they scale without quality loss. JPG images work too but don't support transparency. Simple, bold designs with high contrast work best for favicons since they need to be recognizable at very small sizes like 16×16 pixels.

Add favicon link tags inside the <head> section of your HTML. Our generator provides ready-to-use HTML snippets. At minimum, include a 32×32 icon and a 180×180 Apple Touch Icon. Upload the generated favicon files to your website's root directory and paste the HTML code into your pages. For Progressive Web Apps, also include the 192×192 and 512×512 sizes in your web manifest.

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Everything You Need to Know About Favicons

🌐 Favicon Sizes for Every Platform

Different platforms require different favicon sizes. Desktop browsers use 16×16 and 32×32, iOS uses 180×180 for home screen icons, Android uses 192×192 and 512×512 for PWA splash screens. Our tool generates all sizes so your icon looks perfect everywhere.

📱 Apple Touch Icons Explained

When iPhone or iPad users save your site to their home screen, iOS uses the Apple Touch Icon (180×180). Without one, iOS takes a screenshot of your page instead. A proper Apple Touch Icon ensures your brand looks crisp on millions of Apple devices.

⚡ PWA Icons & Web Manifests

Progressive Web Apps need 192×192 and 512×512 icons defined in a web app manifest. These create the splash screen and app icon when users install your PWA. Our generator creates these sizes and provides the HTML tags you need for full PWA icon support.

🎨 Designing Effective Favicons

The best favicons are simple, bold, and recognizable at small sizes. Use your brand's primary color, a single letter or simple symbol. Avoid detailed images or text that becomes unreadable. Test at 16×16 — if it's still clear, you have a great favicon.

Complete Favicon Size Reference

Standard Favicon Sizes & Usage

  • 16×16: Classic browser tab favicon — the original favicon size
  • 32×32: Modern browser tabs, taskbar shortcuts, and bookmarks
  • 48×48: Windows site icon and older Android devices
  • 64×64: High-DPI displays and Retina browser tabs
  • 128×128: Chrome Web Store and extension icons
  • 180×180: Apple Touch Icon for iPhone and iPad home screens
  • 192×192: Android Chrome home screen and PWA icon
  • 512×512: PWA splash screen and high-resolution displays

Why Use Our Favicon Generator?

  • ✅ All Sizes at Once: Generate 8 standard sizes from a single image
  • ✅ HTML Snippets: Copy-paste ready link tags for your website
  • ✅ ZIP Download: Get all favicons in one convenient package
  • ✅ Customization: Add background color and border radius
  • ✅ Browser Preview: See exactly how each size looks
  • ✅ 100% Private: Everything processed in your browser — nothing uploaded
  • ✅ No Limits: Generate unlimited favicons completely free
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Why Favicons Are More Complicated Than One Tiny Image

The favicon started in 1999 as a single 16×16 favicon.ico; today "the favicon" is really a family of assets. Browser tabs want 16–32px icons; pinned iOS home-screen shortcuts use the 180×180 apple-touch-icon; Android and PWAs pull 192px and 512px icons from the web manifest; Windows tiles and Safari pinned tabs have their own formats. Miss one and that platform falls back to something generic — the gray globe, a letter, or nothing. A generator's job is to take one good source image and emit the whole set, correctly sized, plus the HTML tags that wire them up.

Design matters more at 16px than anywhere else in branding: whole logos with text turn to mush at tab size. What survives miniaturization is a single bold shape, high contrast, minimal detail — which is why the best favicons are simplified marks (one letter, one symbol) rather than shrunken logos. Test the result in an actual tab, against both light and dark browser themes, before shipping. Start from a square source of at least 512×512 (crop with the Image Cropper if needed, or render a crisp square from vector art via SVG to PNG).

More Questions Answered

Which files and tags do I actually need in 2026?

A practical modern set: favicon.ico (legacy + address-bar), a 32×32 PNG, apple-touch-icon.png at 180×180, and 192/512px PNGs referenced from site.webmanifest — each linked with its <link rel> tag in the page head. An SVG favicon on top gives infinite sharpness in browsers that support it.

Why doesn't my new favicon show up?

Browsers cache favicons aggressively — sometimes for weeks, independent of normal cache clearing. Force a refresh by loading /favicon.ico directly and hard-reloading, or version the filename (favicon-v2.png) in the link tag.

Does a favicon affect SEO?

Google displays favicons next to results on mobile and desktop, so a missing or broken icon costs credibility and click-through even though the icon itself isn't a ranking factor. It's also what makes your site recognizable among a user's twenty open tabs.

Is my logo uploaded when I generate?

No — resizing and ICO packaging happen in your browser. Unreleased branding stays private.

Should the favicon background be transparent?

Transparent PNGs adapt to both light and dark tab bars — usually the right choice — but ensure the mark itself has enough contrast against both. If your logo is near-black or near-white, a subtle filled background circle or rounded square is the standard fix.