The Favicon (Favorite Icon) is that tiny logo seen in browser tabs, bookmark bars, and history lists. It's the most viewed visual asset of your brand.
In the past, you just needed one file: favicon.ico. Today, the landscape is complex. You need different icons for Retina displays, iPhone Home Screens, Android Chrome Tabs, and Windows Tiles unless you want your logo to look blurry or distorted.
The Favicon Generator takes your high-res logo (e.g., 500x500 PNG) and automatically crops and resizes it into all the necessary standards.
The Required Formats
1. The Classic (favicon.ico)
Still required for legacy browsers and tools. It usually contains multiple sizes (16x16, 32x32, 48x48) packed into one file.
2. Apple Touch Icon (180x180)
When a user taps "Add to Home Screen" on an iPhone or iPad, iOS looks for apple-touch-icon.png. If this is missing, iOS takes a screenshot of your webpage, which looks terrible as an app icon.
3. Android Chrome (192x192 & 512x512)
Android devices use these high-res PNGs defined in a site.webmanifest file. They appear in the app drawer when your site is installed as a PWA (Progressive Web App).
4. Favicon PNG (32x32)
Modern browsers prefer a simple PNG over the ICO format for the tab icon.
How to Install Your Favicon
Once you download our ZIP package, extract it to your website's root directory and add this code to your <head>:
<link rel="apple-touch-icon" sizes="180x180" href="/apple-touch-icon.png">
<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="manifest" href="/site.webmanifest">
Why Use This Generator?
- Sharpness: We use high-quality resampling algorithms (Lanczos3) to ensure your 16x16 icon isn't a blurry mess.
- Speed: Done in seconds.
- Completeness: We don't just give you a PNG; we generate the manifest code too.