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.
Favicon generator at a glance
| Price | Free, no sign-up, no watermark, no daily limit |
|---|---|
| Accepts | JPG · PNG · WebP · HEIC |
| Largest file | 20 MB per file |
| Where it runs | In your browser: files are never uploaded |
| Works on | Any modern browser on iPhone, Android, Windows, Mac and Linux |
| Send the result | Download it, or send it free with a link or by email (up to 20 GB) |
How to use the favicon generator
- Choose a square logo or image, ideally 512 × 512 pixels or larger.
- Choose how to handle a non-square image, a background and padding.
- Press Create favicons.
- Download all as a ZIP, upload the files to your site's root and paste the HTML into <head>.
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. Need a QR code for your site too? Try the QR code generator.
How this compares
| This tool | Online converters (e.g. TinyPNG, iLoveIMG or CloudConvert) | Desktop apps (e.g. Photoshop) | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Your file is uploaded | No | Yes, to their servers | No |
| Install or account | None | Account for some features | Install needed |
| Watermark or daily limits | None | Common on free plans | Depends on the app |
Plans of other services change; check their sites. More image tools.
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.
Need to send a big file?
Send files up to 20 GB with a download link or by email. Free, no account needed, original quality.
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