In short: A favicon generator turns an image or a few letters into the set of small icons browsers and phones use for a website — favicon.ico, 16–48px PNGs, a 180px Apple touch icon and 192/512px Android icons.
About Favicon Generator
A modern website needs only a handful of icons: a favicon.ico for browsers and bookmarks, a 180×180 apple-touch-icon.png for iPhone home screens, and 192×192 and 512×512 PNGs referenced from a web app manifest for Android and installable web apps. This generator creates all of them from one image — or from a letter, initials or an emoji on a colored background.
The .ico file contains 16, 32 and 48 pixel PNG images in one file, which every current browser supports. The ZIP also includes a ready-made site.webmanifest, and the HTML snippet shows exactly which tags to add to your page.
How to use Favicon Generator
- Choose a square image, or switch to From text and pick text, colors and shape.
- Check the previews at each size.
- Download the ZIP, upload the files to your site’s root folder and paste the HTML into your
<head>.
Examples
A 1024×1024 PNG logo produces favicon.ico, favicon-16/32/48.png, apple-touch-icon.png and android-chrome-192/512.png.
Text AB, white on blue, rounded — a clean icon for a personal site in seconds.
Frequently asked questions
Do I still need favicon.ico?
It is the most compatible option: browsers request /favicon.ico automatically, and some tools only read that file. PNG and SVG favicons are also supported by modern browsers.
What if my image is not square?
It is centered on a transparent square canvas so nothing is cropped.
Why does my favicon not update?
Browsers cache favicons aggressively. Hard-refresh, open the icon URL directly, or add a version query such as ?v=2.
Is my image uploaded?
No. All icons are generated in your browser. You can check this yourself: open your browser’s developer tools, switch to the Network tab and use the tool — no request carries your input.
Updated November 2026 · Free, no signup · How we build and test tools