The tiny icon in the browser tab is often the first piece of branding anyone sees — and the easiest to get wrong. A free favicon generator turns your logo into the complete, correct set of files every browser and device expects: a multi-size favicon.ico, PNG icons for tabs and home screens, a web manifest for Android, and the HTML snippet to wire it all up. Upload once, download a ZIP, done in under a minute.
What is a favicon and why does it matter?
A favicon is the small icon shown in browser tabs, bookmarks, history and mobile home screens. Sites without one show a generic blank icon, which looks unfinished and makes your tab harder to spot among dozens of open pages. It is a small trust signal: users subconsciously associate the little icon with a legitimate, cared-for website.
What favicon sizes do you actually need in 2026?
Modern browsers are forgiving, but the safe complete set is: favicon.ico containing 16, 32 and 48px versions (covers tabs and legacy browsers), 180×180 PNG as the Apple touch icon (iOS home screen), 192×192 and 512×512 PNGs for Android and progressive web apps, plus a site.webmanifest listing them. This tool generates exactly that set — no more, no less — so you are covered everywhere without bloat.
How to install your favicon
- Upload your logo — square PNG or JPG at 512px or larger works best; SVG works too.
- Adjust padding and background — a little padding keeps the mark from touching the icon edges; transparent backgrounds look cleanest.
- Download the ZIP and extract all files into your website's root folder (where your homepage lives).
- Copy the HTML snippet (button above) and paste it inside the
<head>section of your pages. - Hard-refresh (Ctrl+Shift+R) — browsers cache favicons aggressively, so a normal refresh may not show it.
The snippet looks like this:
<link rel="icon" href="/favicon.ico" sizes="any"> <link rel="icon" href="/favicon-32x32.png" type="image/png"> <link rel="apple-touch-icon" href="/apple-touch-icon.png"> <link rel="manifest" href="/site.webmanifest">
Design tips for tiny icons
- Simplify ruthlessly: at 16×16 pixels, fine detail vanishes. A single bold letter or simple mark beats a full logo.
- Test at 16px: use the live preview above — if you cannot recognize it at the smallest size, simplify the source.
- Mind the background: transparent works on any theme; a solid brand color makes the tab icon pop.
- Start from a square, high-resolution source — downscaling from 1024px looks far crisper than upscaling a small image.
Private by design
Your logo is resized, packaged and zipped entirely in your browser — nothing is uploaded to any server. Need just a single-size Windows icon instead? Our PNG to ICO converter does that. Converting a vector logo first? Try SVG to PNG, and shrink large sources with the PNG compressor.