# Favicon Generator

Turn your logo into every icon a website needs: the favicon.ico browsers look for, PNG icons, the iPhone home-screen icon and Android app icons, with a ready-made manifest and the lines to paste into your page.

_Source: https://sharelargefilesfree.com/tools/favicon-generator · Updated 2026-09-29_

## How to use it

1. Choose a square logo or image, ideally 512 × 512 pixels or larger.
2. Choose how to handle a non-square image, a background and padding.
3. Press Create favicons.
4. Download all as a ZIP, upload the files to your site's root and paste the HTML into .

## What you get

| File | Size | Used by |
| --- | --- | --- |
| `favicon.ico` | 16, 32, 48 px | All browsers, Windows, bookmarks |
| `favicon-16x16.png`, `favicon-32x32.png` | 16, 32 px | Browser tabs |
| `apple-touch-icon.png` | 180 px | iPhone and iPad home screen |
| `android-chrome-192x192.png`, `-512x512.png` | 192, 512 px | Android home screen, installable web apps |
| `site.webmanifest` | | Name, icons and colours for Android and PWAs |

## Designing for 16 pixels

A favicon is tiny. Use a bold symbol or one or two letters rather than a full logo with a tagline, and high contrast. Small icons are made by scaling down in halving steps from a large working copy, which keeps edges crisp. Padding gives a logo that touches the edges some breathing room, and rounded corners or a circle match app-icon styles. The iPhone icon always gets a solid background because iOS shows transparent areas as black.

## A real ICO file

The `favicon.ico` is written here byte by byte as a genuine multi-size icon file (PNG-compressed entries, supported by every current browser and by Windows since Vista), not a renamed PNG. Nothing is uploaded: your logo is processed in your browser. To edit the image first, for example to crop it square, use the [image editor](https://sharelargefilesfree.com/tools/image-editor). Need a QR code for your site too? Try the [QR code generator](https://sharelargefilesfree.com/tools/qr-code-generator).

## Frequently asked questions

### What size should my favicon image be?

Square and at least 512 × 512 pixels, so the large Android icon stays sharp. Smaller images work but are upscaled.

### Where do I put the files?

In the root folder of your website (next to index.html), then paste the HTML shown with the results into the head of your pages.

### Is favicon.ico still needed?

Yes. Browsers and many tools request /favicon.ico automatically, even without a link tag.

### Can I make a favicon from a photo?

Yes, choose Crop the centre, but a simple logo or letter is much easier to recognise at 16 pixels.

### Is my logo uploaded?

No. The icons are created on your device.