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Free Favicon Generator Online (ICO & PNG Sizes)

Generate website favicons from any logo or image online for free. Preview the icon in a browser tab mockup and download ICO plus 16x16, 32x32 and Apple Touch PNGs.

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favicon.ico ICO container

Universal root browser icon (32x32)

Generated Multi-Size PNG Favicons

HTML <head> favicon links

      

Privacy guarantee: your image is processed directly in your browser and is not uploaded to our server.

Step-by-step guide

How to Use the Favicon Generator

Follow these three steps to process your assets directly in the browser.

1

Upload a logo or type a monogram

Load a PNG, JPG, WebP or SVG mark, or use the built-in monogram studio with your own colours.

2

Check the browser-tab mockup

See how the icon reads at 16x16 and 32x32 in both light and dark browser chrome.

3

Download the icon set

Get favicon.ico, 16x16, 32x32, 48x48, 180x180, 192x192 and 512x512 PNGs plus the HTML head snippet.

Capabilities

Key Features of the Favicon Generator

Real binary .ico output

A standards-compliant favicon.ico container is assembled in your browser alongside the PNG icons.

Interactive tab preview

Test legibility in light and dark themes before you deploy to production.

Corner radius and padding controls

Add rounding, inner padding or a transparent background so the mark sits well at small sizes.

Ready-to-paste HTML

Copy clean link rel=icon tags for plain HTML, WordPress, Shopify or any PHP template.

Technical deep dive

How the favicon generator works and best practices for modern web projects.

Which favicon sizes does a modern site need?

A favicon appears in browser tabs, bookmark bars, Google search results and home-screen shortcuts. Different platforms request different resolutions:

  • favicon.ico (32x32): the universal fallback requested automatically from your domain root.
  • 16x16 and 32x32 PNG: standard and Retina desktop browser tab icons.
  • 48x48 PNG: recommended by Google so your site icon can appear beside your URL in search results.
  • 180x180 PNG (apple-touch-icon.png): used by iPhone and iPad when a visitor saves your site to the home screen.
  • 192x192 and 512x512 PNG: required by Android Chrome and Progressive Web App manifests.

Designing a favicon that stays legible

At 16x16 pixels a detailed logo with a full company name becomes an unreadable blur. Use a simplified mark, a geometric symbol or a bold one to two letter monogram with strong contrast against its background.

Always test the dark-tab preview: a dark logo on a transparent background disappears against dark browser chrome, so add a solid background tile when needed.

FAQ

Favicon Generator — Frequently Asked Questions

Yes. Alongside the PNG sizes it builds a valid binary ICO container in your browser, so you can place favicon.ico in your website root.

Put favicon.ico and the PNG files in your public root directory (public_html on cPanel, htdocs on XAMPP) and paste the generated link tags inside the HTML head.

Google requires favicons to be a square multiple of 48px, such as 48x48 or 96x96, before they are eligible to display in search results.