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Free Favicon Generator

Free Favicon Generator Convert Any Image to favicon

Upload your logo or icon and instantly generate all favicon sizes: 16×16, 32×32, 48×48, and 180×180 Apple touch icon. Download as a ZIP with favicon.ico and an HTML snippet entirely in your browser, no server uploads.

All Sizes at Once

Generates 16×16, 32×32, 48×48, 180×180 and favicon.ico in one click

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Canvas API resizes images on your device — nothing ever uploads to a server

ZIP + HTML Snippet

Download all files in one ZIP, including a ready-to-paste HTML implementation

Generate Your Favicon in Seconds

Upload any image — PNG, JPG, SVG, or WEBP. Our tool resizes it to every standard favicon dimension and packages everything into a ready-to-deploy ZIP.

Favicon Generator

Drop your logo or icon here

or click to browse

PNG, JPG, SVG, WEBP — Max 10 MB

Tip: Use a square image at 512×512px or larger for best quality

Everything You Need in One Favicon Package

Browser Favicons

  • 16×16 — standard browser tab icon
  • 32×32 — retina / HiDPI tab icon
  • favicon.ico for maximum compatibility

Mobile Icons

  • 180×180 Apple touch icon (iOS)
  • 48×48 Windows pinned site icon
  • Works for Android home screen bookmarks

Developer Ready

  • HTML snippet ready to copy-paste
  • ZIP with correct filenames for /public
  • Lossless PNG output, no compression

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Everything You Need to Know About Favicons

What Is a Favicon?

A favicon (short for "favorite icon") is the small image that browsers display in the tab next to your page title, in bookmark lists, browser history, and on mobile home screens when someone saves your site. The name comes from Internet Explorer 5, which introduced the feature in 1999 and stored the icons in a browser's "Favorites" menu.

Despite its tiny size — typically 16×16 pixels in browser tabs — the favicon is one of the most visible brand touchpoints on the web. Every time someone opens a tab to your site, the first thing they see is your favicon. It's the icon that helps users identify your tab among dozens of others. A missing or generic favicon is an immediately noticeable signal of an unfinished or low-quality website.

Why Favicons Matter for Your Website

Favicons serve three practical purposes that directly affect your website's success:

  • Brand recognition in crowded tab bars — Users who work with many browser tabs open rely on favicons to navigate. A distinctive, recognizable icon keeps your site top of mind and reduces the friction of switching back to your page.
  • Trust signals and professionalism — A missing favicon sets off a subtle red flag for users. It signals the site is unfinished or low-quality. The favicon is one of the cheapest, fastest trust signals you can add to any website.
  • Home screen and bookmark identity — When users save your site to their iOS or Android home screen, the 180×180 Apple touch icon becomes the app-like icon. Without it, browsers use a low-quality screenshot. A proper apple-touch-icon makes your site feel like a native app.

Favicon Sizes Explained

Browsers and operating systems request different favicon sizes depending on where they display them. Here's exactly what each size does:

16×16favicon-16x16.png

Standard browser tab icon. The most commonly requested size across all browsers. Keep this one sharp — it's what people see 90% of the time.

32×32favicon-32x32.png

HiDPI / Retina display tab icon. Chrome and Firefox request this on high-resolution screens. Doubles the pixel density of the 16×16 for crisp display on modern monitors.

48×48favicon-48x48.png

Windows taskbar and pinned sites. Internet Explorer and Edge use this size when a user pins your site to the Windows taskbar or creates a website shortcut on the desktop.

180×180favicon-180x180.png

Apple touch icon for iOS. Used when someone adds your site to their iPhone or iPad home screen. Without this, iOS takes a low-quality screenshot of your page.

The favicon.ico file is a legacy format that can contain multiple sizes embedded in a single file. Modern browsers prefer PNG, but favicon.ico in the root of your site ensures compatibility with older browsers and tools that request it automatically — including feed readers, crawlers, and password managers.

How to Generate a Favicon: Step-by-Step

  • 1Prepare your source image — Start with a square PNG or SVG at least 512×512px. Logos with simple, bold shapes work best at small sizes. Avoid fine details that disappear at 16×16.
  • 2Upload to the generator above — Drag and drop your image or click to browse. The tool immediately processes your file using the HTML5 Canvas API directly in your browser.
  • 3Preview all sizes — Check the browser tab preview to see exactly how your favicon will appear to visitors. Review each generated size in the preview grid.
  • 4Download the ZIP — Click "Download All (ZIP)" to get all PNG files, favicon.ico, and a ready-to-use HTML snippet in one package.
  • 5Deploy to your site — Upload the files to your website's root directory (or /public in Next.js) and paste the HTML snippet into your <head>.

HTML Implementation Example

After downloading your favicon package, place all files in your website root (or /public directory in Next.js / Nuxt), then add this to the <head> of every page:

HTML — paste inside <head>

<head>
  <title>Your Page Title</title>

  <!-- Standard favicon.ico for legacy browser support -->
  <link rel="icon" type="image/x-icon" href="/favicon.ico" />

  <!-- PNG favicons for modern browsers -->
  <link rel="icon" type="image/png" sizes="16x16" href="/favicon-16x16.png" />
  <link rel="icon" type="image/png" sizes="32x32" href="/favicon-32x32.png" />
  <link rel="icon" type="image/png" sizes="48x48" href="/favicon-48x48.png" />

  <!-- Apple touch icon — used when saving to iOS/iPadOS home screen -->
  <link rel="apple-touch-icon" sizes="180x180" href="/favicon-180x180.png" />

</head>

For Next.js App Router, you can place favicon.ico directly in the /app directory and Next.js will automatically serve it. For the other sizes, use the metadata API or place them in /public and reference them in a custom layout.js.

Favicon Design Best Practices

Do

  • Use a square source image at 512×512px or larger
  • Keep designs simple — bold shapes and single letters work best
  • Test at 16×16 actual size before finalizing
  • Use transparent PNG backgrounds where possible
  • Include both favicon.ico and PNG formats for full compatibility
  • Deploy all files to the website root directory

Don't

  • Use complex logos with fine text at small sizes
  • Use the same horizontal logo without cropping to square
  • Skip the apple-touch-icon — iOS users will see a screenshot
  • Forget to clear browser cache when testing favicon changes
  • Use JPEG — it doesn't support transparency
  • Only provide favicon.ico without PNG alternatives

Frequently Asked Questions

What image format should I use as my favicon source?+

PNG is the best source format — it supports transparency and lossless compression. Start with a PNG at 512×512px or larger. SVG also works well if your browser version supports it. Avoid JPEG because it doesn't support transparent backgrounds, which leaves your favicon with an ugly white rectangle in browsers that use a dark theme.

Do I need a favicon.ico file or is PNG enough?+

You need both for maximum compatibility. Modern browsers (Chrome, Firefox, Safari) prefer PNG files because they offer better quality control and transparency. However, favicon.ico remains essential for backward compatibility — it's what many RSS readers, link scrapers, and older enterprise tools automatically request from your domain root. This generator creates both formats for you.

Why does my favicon not update after I change it?+

Browsers aggressively cache favicons — sometimes for days. To force an update during development, open DevTools (F12), go to the Network tab, check "Disable cache", and hard-reload the page (Ctrl+Shift+R on Windows, Cmd+Shift+R on Mac). In production, you can bust the cache by adding a version query string to your favicon links, such as href="/favicon.ico?v=2".

What is the Apple touch icon and do I need it?+

The Apple touch icon (apple-touch-icon) is the 180×180 image that iOS and iPadOS use when a user adds your website to their home screen. Without it, Apple devices fall back to taking a screenshot of your full page and scaling it down, which looks terrible. If any of your users are on iPhones or iPads, you need this icon. This generator always creates it automatically.

Does this favicon generator upload my images to a server?+

No — your images never leave your device. This tool uses the HTML5 Canvas API to resize your image entirely inside your browser tab. There is no server involved in the processing step. The only network request is loading this web page itself. This makes the tool completely private and also much faster than server-based alternatives since there is no upload or download round-trip.

Whether you're launching a new website, refreshing a brand identity, or building your hundredth Next.js project — you need a proper favicon. Skip the Photoshop workflow, the command-line ImageMagick commands, and the paid subscriptions. Upload your image above and download a complete, production-ready favicon package in under 10 seconds.

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