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Free Favicon Generator

Generate favicon.ico and PNG favicons from any image instantly.

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Upload your logo

PNG, JPG or SVG. Ideally 512x512px or larger.

About this tool

A favicon (short for favorite icon) is the small icon that appears next to your website's title in a browser tab. Having a custom favicon is essential for professional web design and brand recognition. When users have many tabs open, your favicon is often the only visual cue helping them find your site. While legacy browsers required a specific `.ico` file format, all modern web browsers perfectly support standard PNG files for favicons. In fact, PNG is the recommended format for modern web development, particularly when combined with Web App Manifests for Android and Apple Touch Icons for iOS. This free Favicon Generator takes any image (JPG, PNG, SVG) and instantly crops and scales it into the exact dimensions required for a complete, modern favicon set. It generates a 16x16 standard icon, a 32x32 high-resolution icon, a 180x180 Apple Touch Icon for iOS home screens, and a massive 512x512 icon for Android Progressive Web Apps (PWAs). Everything happens entirely in your browser using the HTML5 Canvas API. Your original image is never uploaded to any server, guaranteeing speed and complete privacy.

How to use

Step 1: Click the Upload Image area to select a source image from your device (PNG or JPG recommended, ideally a square logo).
Step 2: The tool will instantly process your image into four standard sizes.
Step 3: A preview of each size is displayed. The tool automatically center-crops non-square images.
Step 4: Click the Download button next to the sizes you need, or download the whole set to put in your website's root directory.

Frequently Asked Questions

Modern web standards have moved away from the legacy .ico format. All modern browsers (Chrome, Firefox, Safari, Edge) fully support PNG favicons. PNGs offer better compression, transparency support, and are easier to work with in modern build pipelines.

When a user saves your website to their iPhone or iPad home screen, iOS looks for a specific 180x180 pixel image named apple-touch-icon.png. Providing this ensures your site looks like a native app on their device.

Place the downloaded images in the root directory of your website. Then add these tags to the <head> of your HTML: <link rel='icon' type='image/png' sizes='32x32' href='/favicon-32x32.png'> <link rel='icon' type='image/png' sizes='16x16' href='/favicon-16x16.png'> <link rel='apple-touch-icon' sizes='180x180' href='/apple-touch-icon.png'>

A high-resolution PNG with a transparent background is ideal. The tool will preserve the transparency when scaling down. The source image should ideally be a perfect square, otherwise it will be center-cropped.

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