Image to Favicon Converter
Upload a logo or image and instantly download the complete favicon package your website needs - all sizes, all platforms, zero uploads.
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Browse FilesBest results: Use a square image (equal width and height) with a transparent background (PNG format). Rectangular images will be centered and padded automatically.
Here is how your favicon will appear across different contexts and operating systems.
All sizes are generated locally in your browser using the Canvas API. Nothing leaves your device.
Your package includes all the icon files plus a site.webmanifest file for Android PWA support.
Paste these <link> tags inside the <head> section of every HTML page on your website. Upload all the icon files to your website's root directory first.
index.html file. For example, if your website is hosted at https://yourwebsite.com, the root directory is the folder your web host sees when someone visits that address. Most browsers look for favicon files there automatically.
The Ultimate Guide to Favicons and Browser Tab Icons
A favicon - short for "favorites icon" - is the small image that appears in your browser's tab, bookmark list, browser history, and on mobile device home screens when users save your website shortcut. Originally introduced by Internet Explorer 5 in 1999, favicons have become a universal web standard supported by every modern browser and operating system.
From a branding perspective, a favicon is one of the most underrated yet powerful touchpoints on the web. When a user has 20 tabs open, your favicon is the only visual element that remains visible - making it critical for instant recognition. Sites with a well-designed favicon look professional and trustworthy; sites without one display a generic gray globe icon, which signals neglect.
From an SEO perspective, while Google has stated that favicons are not a direct ranking factor, they influence click-through rates (CTR) in a meaningful way. Google Search results on mobile display your favicon next to your site name in the results - meaning a sharp, recognizable favicon can visually distinguish your listing from competitors and directly increase the number of people who click through to your site.
The old approach of a single 16x16 favicon.ico file worked when the web only needed to populate one tiny spot - the browser tab. The modern web is far more complex. Your icon needs to display sharply across browser tabs, bookmarks, taskbars, phone home screens, app install screens, Google Search results, and OS notification trays - all of which use different resolutions and aspect ratios.
Here is what each size is used for:
16x16 px - The classic browser tab favicon. The smallest standard size, displayed in the address bar and tab strip of desktop browsers like Chrome, Firefox, and Edge.
32x32 px - Used by Windows taskbar shortcuts and by some browsers that prefer a slightly sharper tab icon. Also the standard size included in a multi-resolution .ico file. This tool renames the 32x32 PNG to favicon.ico - a widely accepted modern approach that avoids the complexity of true multi-resolution ICO compilation in the browser.
180x180 px - The Apple Touch Icon. Used by iOS (iPhone and iPad) when users add your site to their home screen. Apple previously required this to be named apple-touch-icon.png and placed in your root directory. Modern practice is to declare it explicitly with a <link> tag.
192x192 px - The standard Android Chrome icon, required by the Web App Manifest specification for Progressive Web Apps (PWAs). Referenced in your site.webmanifest file.
512x512 px - A high-resolution icon used by Android on the PWA splash screen that appears while the app is loading. Also used by Google Search on some devices for rich results.
An Apple Touch Icon is a special high-resolution icon designed specifically for Apple iOS devices (iPhone and iPad). When a user visits your website in Safari and taps "Add to Home Screen," iOS saves a shortcut that looks just like a real native app on the device's home screen. This shortcut uses the Apple Touch Icon as its app image.
The key differences from a standard 16x16 favicon are size and treatment. The Apple Touch Icon must be 180x180 pixels (for modern Retina displays). iOS automatically adds rounded corners and a subtle gloss effect to the icon, so you should supply a flat, square image without pre-applied rounded corners. If you do not provide an Apple Touch Icon at all, iOS will generate a screenshot thumbnail of your webpage instead - which almost always looks terrible compared to a proper icon.
You declare your Apple Touch Icon in your HTML <head> using: <link rel="apple-touch-icon" sizes="180x180" href="/apple-touch-icon.png">. The icon should be placed in the root directory of your website so Apple devices can find it even without the explicit link tag (though the explicit tag is strongly recommended).
A Web App Manifest (typically named site.webmanifest) is a simple JSON-format text file that tells browsers and Android devices metadata about your website when it is installed as a Progressive Web App (PWA). Think of it as the "app store listing" information for your website-as-an-app.
The manifest file specifies your app's name, short name, background color, display mode (whether it opens in a browser frame or full-screen), and - most importantly - the icon files to use at each size. Android Chrome reads this file to decide which icon to show on the home screen and splash screen when a user installs your PWA.
The favicon package generated by this tool includes a pre-configured site.webmanifest file with the correct icon paths and recommended default settings. You simply upload it to your root directory alongside your icon files, and then reference it in your HTML with: <link rel="manifest" href="/site.webmanifest">. The HTML snippet generator above produces this line for you automatically.
Even if you are not building a full PWA, including a manifest is considered best practice in modern web development. It signals to browsers that your site is a well-maintained, professionally structured web property.
Installing a favicon is a two-step process: uploading the files to your web server and adding the <link> tags to your HTML. Here is the complete process:
Step 1 - Download and unzip your package. After clicking the Download button above, you will receive a file named favicon-package.zip. Unzip it to reveal the individual icon files and the site.webmanifest file.
Step 2 - Upload files to your root directory. Using your FTP client (such as FileZilla), your hosting provider's file manager (like cPanel), or your CMS's media manager, upload all the files from the ZIP directly into the root directory of your website. The root directory is the top-level folder - the same one that contains your main index.html file. Do not place them in a subfolder.
Step 3 - Add the HTML link tags. Copy the HTML code snippet provided above (the dark code block) and paste it into the <head> section of every HTML page on your site. If you use a CMS like WordPress, this typically goes in your theme's header.php file, or via a plugin like "Insert Headers and Footers." Most page builders also have a dedicated field for custom head code.
Step 4 - Test it. Hard-refresh your browser (Ctrl+Shift+R on Windows, Cmd+Shift+R on Mac) after uploading to clear the browser cache and see your new favicon appear in the tab. You can also use tools like realfavicongenerator.net's checker or simply add your site to your phone's home screen to verify the Apple Touch Icon.
WordPress shortcut: If you are using WordPress, go to Appearance - Customize - Site Identity and upload your image directly there. WordPress handles the icon file generation automatically without requiring manual file uploads or code changes.
Privacy First: This tool processes and resizes your images entirely within your local browser. Your logo is never uploaded, stored, or transmitted to any external servers. All image processing happens using the HTML5 Canvas API on your own device. Once you close or refresh the page, no trace of your image remains.