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Favicon Checker

Check whether a website has a favicon set up correctly and see exactly where it's loading from.

Enter a domain below to check whether it has a favicon set up correctly, and see exactly where it's loading from.

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What Is the Favicon Checker?

A favicon is the small icon shown in browser tabs, bookmarks and sometimes next to your site in Google results. This tool reads a page's icon link tags (icon, apple-touch-icon and similar), falls back to /favicon.ico, and checks that the icon actually loads.

When to Use It

When your icon does not appear in the browser tab or search results.
After a redesign or rebrand.

How to Use It

Enter the domain.
See which icon files are declared and whether they load.

Understanding the Result

Ideally a site declares a 32x32 icon and a 180x180 apple-touch-icon. If no link tag is found, browsers request /favicon.ico automatically.

Limitations

Browsers and Google cache favicons for a long time, so a correct new icon can take days to appear. Create icon files with the Favicon Generator.

Frequently Asked Questions

The most common causes are a missing or incorrect <link rel="icon"> tag in your page's <head>, an aggressively cached old favicon in the visitor's browser, or the favicon file itself returning a 404.

A 32x32px or 16x16px .ico or .png file works for most browsers and tabs. For better support across devices (including Apple touch icons), consider also adding a 180x180px PNG.

Not strictly - modern browsers respect a <link rel="icon"> tag pointing to any image path or format (including .png and .svg). The /favicon.ico location is only used as a fallback if no link tag is found.

A missing favicon is not a direct ranking factor, but it can appear in Google search results next to your listing on mobile, so a missing one can make your site look less polished and trustworthy to searchers.