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Favicon Downloader – Download Any Website Favicon in All Sizes

Free Tool · WritoryBuzz

Fetch, preview, and download the favicon from any website. See it rendered at multiple sizes and run a quick quality check against Google's search display requirements.

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Web Basics

Favicon Sizes and Best Practices

A favicon is the small icon shown in a browser tab, bookmark list, and next to your site name in Google's mobile search results. Getting the sizes right affects how consistent your brand looks across browsers and devices.

SizeUse CasePriority
16x16Browser tab, address barRequired
32x32Windows taskbar, high-DPI tabsRequired
180x180Apple Touch Icon, iOS home screenRequired
192x192Android Chrome, PWARequired
512x512PWA splash screen, app storesRecommended

Google Search Favicon Requirements

Google shows your favicon next to your site name in mobile search results. To qualify, your favicon must be at least 48x48 pixels, square, accessible to Googlebot, and not the default globe placeholder. Google caches favicons and may take a few days to reflect a change.

How This Tool Fetches Favicons

Most sites do not allow another domain to fetch their favicon.ico directly due to CORS restrictions, so this tool uses Google's public favicon service to retrieve an image reliably for any domain, then renders it at each standard size for preview and download. This is disclosed here rather than presented as pulling straight from the target site's own file, since that would not work reliably in a browser for most domains.

Usage note: favicons are brand assets belonging to their owners. Use downloaded favicons for research, competitive analysis, or reference only. Do not reuse another brand's favicon as your own.


Frequently Asked Questions

What is a favicon?+
A favicon is the small icon shown in a browser tab, bookmarks, and search results next to a site's name. It is typically defined in the HTML head using a link tag with rel="icon".
What size should a favicon be?+
Provide at minimum 16x16 and 32x32 for browser tabs, 180x180 for Apple Touch Icon, and 192x192 for Android Chrome. SVG favicons are scalable and can cover every size with one file.
Why does a site show a blank or default favicon?+
Usually the site never defined a favicon in its HTML, the file path is broken, or the server returns a 404 for the favicon request.
Can I use a downloaded favicon on my own site?+
Favicons are copyrighted brand assets. You can download them for research or reference, but you cannot reuse another brand's favicon as your own or redistribute it commercially.
How do I add a favicon in WordPress?+
Go to Appearance, then Customize, then Site Identity, and use the Site Icon option. WordPress recommends a square image of at least 512x512 pixels and generates the smaller sizes automatically.