Favicon Generator
Generate and download all required favicon sizes, including ICO and Apple Touch formats, for your website in one click.
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What is This Tool
This free favicon generator takes any image you upload and instantly produces every icon file a modern website needs — from the legacy favicon.ico bundle to high-resolution PNG files for Android home screens and Apple Touch Icons for iPhone and iPad. Everything runs in your browser using the Canvas API, so your image never leaves your device.
Most favicon tutorials tell you to generate a handful of sizes and call it done, but real-world deployment across Chrome, Safari, Firefox, Edge, iOS, and Android requires at least seven distinct files in specific formats. This tool handles all of them in one pass and gives you a ready-to-deploy ZIP plus the exact HTML snippet to paste into your <head>.
How to Use
- Upload a square image — SVG or PNG works best. Aim for at least 512x512px so the downscaled sizes stay crisp. Non-square images will be fit into a square canvas.
- All seven assets generate instantly. Check the size preview strip to see how each size looks, and use the theme test tiles to verify visibility on both light and dark backgrounds.
- Review the browser tab and iOS home screen mockups to confirm your icon reads clearly in real-world contexts.
- Copy the HTML snippet from the right panel and paste it into the
<head>of your site. - Click "Download Favicon Kit" to get a ZIP file with all assets ready to drop into your project's root directory.
Key Features
- Generates a proper multi-resolution
favicon.icocontaining 16x16, 32x32, and 48x48 layers in a single file — not just a renamed PNG. - Produces all PNG sizes required by modern browsers, Android Chrome manifests, and Apple's home screen guidelines: 16, 32, 48, 180, 192, and 512px.
- Live mockups show your favicon inside a realistic browser tab and an iOS home screen before you download anything.
- Light and dark background preview tiles flag contrast issues that only appear in certain browser themes.
- A ready-to-use HTML snippet is generated alongside the files so you know exactly what to add to your
<head>. - Individual file download buttons let you grab just the size you need without downloading the whole pack.
- All processing happens entirely in your browser — nothing is uploaded to any server.
Common Use Cases
- Setting up a new website or web app and need all platform icons in one shot without opening Photoshop or Figma.
- Replacing the default framework favicon (that generic globe or React logo) during project setup.
- Generating the 192x192 and 512x512 PNG files required by a
manifest.jsonfor a Progressive Web App. - Quickly testing how different logo concepts hold up at 16px before committing to a final design direction.
- Refreshing brand assets site-wide when a company rebrand or logo update rolls out.
Frequently Asked Questions
Why do I still need a .ico file in 2026?
Most modern browsers will happily use a PNG favicon linked in your HTML, but the browser still makes an automatic request to /favicon.ico in your root directory regardless. Without it you get a 404 in your server logs. Older browsers and some desktop environments also only recognize the ICO format. Keeping a favicon.ico at the root is the safest default.
What is the Apple Touch Icon and when is it used?
When a user on iOS adds your site to their home screen via Safari's Share menu, iOS looks for an Apple Touch Icon — specifically a 180x180px PNG. Without one it falls back to a screenshot of the page, which looks bad. The 180px size targets Retina displays on iPhone and iPad.
Does the generator support transparent backgrounds?
Yes. PNG and SVG files with alpha transparency are preserved throughout the generation process. Transparent favicons look great on light-themed browsers. For dark mode, check the dark background tile in the preview to make sure your icon still has sufficient contrast.
What happens if my image isn't square?
The tool fits your image into a square canvas using object-fit contain logic, which adds empty space on the shorter sides. For the cleanest result, crop your image to a 1:1 ratio before uploading — most design tools and even the built-in Photos app on Mac and iPhone can do this in seconds.
Why does my logo look blurry at 16x16?
Complex logos with fine details, gradients, or thin lines don't survive aggressive downscaling. The standard practice is to create a simplified "mark" version of your logo — typically just your brand's initial letter, a single icon shape, or a filled monogram — specifically for favicon use. Many well-known brands maintain a separate favicon mark that differs from their full logo.
The favicon I just updated isn't changing in my browser. Why?
Browsers aggressively cache favicons, often ignoring normal cache-clearing. The fastest fix is to append a version query string to your favicon URL in the HTML: href="/favicon.ico?v=2". Increment the version number each time you update the icon.
Advanced Tips
- Keep
favicon.icoin your website root directory even if you link it explicitly in HTML. Some tools and crawlers bypass your HTML and request it directly from the root path. - For PWAs, add the 192x192 and 512x512 PNGs to your
manifest.jsonwith"purpose": "any maskable"if your icon design works within the safe zone (the central 80% of the canvas). - Test against both light and dark browser themes. An icon that's invisible on a dark tab bar is a common oversight, especially for logos that use pure black or near-black colors.
- SVG is the best source format. The browser renders it at native resolution before downscaling, which produces sharper results than upscaling a small PNG.
- After deploying new favicons, open your site in an incognito window. Incognito skips the favicon cache and shows the updated icon immediately.