Favicon Generator

Create a favicon from text, emoji or an image — download as PNG or ICO instantly.

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What is a Favicon?

A favicon (short for "favourite icon") is the small icon displayed in browser tabs, bookmarks, and address bars. It's one of the first visual elements users associate with your website — a tiny but important branding element. Browsers look for a file named favicon.ico at the root of your site, though modern sites also link to PNG and SVG variants for sharper rendering on high-DPI screens.

This tool lets you create a favicon in seconds without any design software. Type a letter, number, or paste an emoji to generate a clean icon with a custom background colour and shape. Or upload an existing image and let the tool crop and resize it to standard favicon dimensions: 16×16, 32×32, and 48×48 pixels.

Everything runs in your browser — no file is sent to any server. Download as individual PNGs or as a combined .ico file.

How to Use

  1. Choose Text / Emoji to type initials or an emoji, or Upload Image to use your own graphic.
  2. Customise the background colour, text colour, and shape (square, rounded, or circle).
  3. Preview updates instantly in 16×16, 32×32, and 48×48 sizes.
  4. Download individual PNG sizes or a single favicon.ico containing all three sizes.
  5. Place favicon.ico in the root of your website, or add <link> tags for the PNG files.

Frequently Asked Questions

The classic favicon.ico format supports multiple sizes in a single file — 16×16 (browser tab), 32×32 (taskbar / higher-DPI tab), and 48×48 (Windows site icon) are the most common. Modern browsers also accept PNG favicons linked via <link rel="icon" type="image/png" href="favicon-32x32.png" sizes="32x32">. For Apple devices you may also want a 180×180 apple-touch-icon.png.

Place favicon.ico in the root of your web server (same level as index.html). Most browsers will find it automatically. For explicit control, add these tags inside your <head>: <link rel="icon" href="/favicon.ico" sizes="any"> and optionally <link rel="icon" type="image/png" sizes="32x32" href="/favicon-32x32.png">.

No. This tool runs entirely in your browser. Any image you upload is processed locally using the Canvas API and is never sent to any server, never logged, and never stored. Closing the tab removes all data immediately.
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