Does my logo get uploaded?

No. Your browser decodes the image, resizes it, and writes every file on your device — the download comes from your own machine, not from us. A logo is often the first asset a company has and frequently unreleased when someone is setting up a site, which is a good reason for it not to travel.

What exactly do I get?

Seven files: favicon.ico containing 16, 32 and 48 pixel versions; favicon-96x96.png; apple-touch-icon.png at 180 pixels for iOS home screens; two manifest icons at 192 and 512 pixels for Android; site.webmanifest; and a text file with the markup. The same markup is shown on screen so you can copy it straight into your pages — the files on their own do nothing until the browser is told where they are.

Do I still need favicon.ico at all?

Barely, but it costs nothing to include. Modern browsers take the PNG and SVG icons from your markup. The one case where the old file still earns its place is when someone opens a PDF on your domain: the browser asks for /favicon.ico directly and shows whatever it finds. So we build it, and we build it the compatible way — the three sizes are stored as plain uncompressed bitmaps, the format every reader has understood since the 1990s, rather than the newer compressed form that would save about 12 KB on a file your visitors download once.

Why didn't I get a favicon.svg?

Because you uploaded a photo or a PNG, and an SVG made from one of those is not really a vector — it is the same picture wrapped in an SVG tag, no sharper at any size and several times larger. We only write favicon.svg when you upload an actual vector file, and then we include your file unchanged rather than re-encoding it. If you do upload an SVG, the markup we give you links it; if you don't, it doesn't, so nothing points at a file that isn't there.

My logo isn't square, or it's quite small. What happens?

If it isn't square we add transparent padding and centre it — we never crop, because a crop quietly removes part of your logo and you cannot see what went missing. If it's smaller than one of the sizes we enlarge it and tell you which sizes were enlarged and by how much, since enlarging cannot invent detail. Below 96 pixels we say plainly that the source is too small to make a sharp favicon. A square image of 512 pixels or more needs none of this.

Why does my icon have a black background on iPhone?

Because iOS fills transparent areas of the home-screen icon with black — it does not leave them clear. This is the most common way a correct favicon package still looks broken on a real phone, so if your image has any transparency we say so before you download and let you pick a background colour for the Apple icon. The other icons keep their transparency.

Is anything added to my images?

No. We checked the bytes: the PNGs we produce contain only the image data and nothing else — no software tag, no timestamp, no author field. That is worth knowing because it is not the norm. The most popular favicon generator writes its own name into every PNG it makes and into the SVG as well, and turning that off is a checkbox you have to find. There is nothing to turn off here.

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Favicon Generator

Turn one logo into the complete set: favicon.ico, the PNG icons, the Apple touch icon, a web app manifest, and the HTML to paste into your pages. Everything is generated inside your browser — the image is never uploaded. Free, no account, no email.

Frequently asked questions

Does my logo get uploaded?: No. Your browser decodes the image, resizes it, and writes every file on your device — the download comes from your own machine, not from us. A logo is often the first asset a company has and frequently unreleased when someone is setting up a site, which is a good reason for it not to travel.
What exactly do I get?: Seven files: favicon.ico containing 16, 32 and 48 pixel versions; favicon-96x96.png; apple-touch-icon.png at 180 pixels for iOS home screens; two manifest icons at 192 and 512 pixels for Android; site.webmanifest; and a text file with the markup. The same markup is shown on screen so you can copy it straight into your pages — the files on their own do nothing until the browser is told where they are.
Do I still need favicon.ico at all?: Barely, but it costs nothing to include. Modern browsers take the PNG and SVG icons from your markup. The one case where the old file still earns its place is when someone opens a PDF on your domain: the browser asks for /favicon.ico directly and shows whatever it finds. So we build it, and we build it the compatible way — the three sizes are stored as plain uncompressed bitmaps, the format every reader has understood since the 1990s, rather than the newer compressed form that would save about 12 KB on a file your visitors download once.
Why didn't I get a favicon.svg?: Because you uploaded a photo or a PNG, and an SVG made from one of those is not really a vector — it is the same picture wrapped in an SVG tag, no sharper at any size and several times larger. We only write favicon.svg when you upload an actual vector file, and then we include your file unchanged rather than re-encoding it. If you do upload an SVG, the markup we give you links it; if you don't, it doesn't, so nothing points at a file that isn't there.
My logo isn't square, or it's quite small. What happens?: If it isn't square we add transparent padding and centre it — we never crop, because a crop quietly removes part of your logo and you cannot see what went missing. If it's smaller than one of the sizes we enlarge it and tell you which sizes were enlarged and by how much, since enlarging cannot invent detail. Below 96 pixels we say plainly that the source is too small to make a sharp favicon. A square image of 512 pixels or more needs none of this.
Why does my icon have a black background on iPhone?: Because iOS fills transparent areas of the home-screen icon with black — it does not leave them clear. This is the most common way a correct favicon package still looks broken on a real phone, so if your image has any transparency we say so before you download and let you pick a background colour for the Apple icon. The other icons keep their transparency.
Is anything added to my images?: No. We checked the bytes: the PNGs we produce contain only the image data and nothing else — no software tag, no timestamp, no author field. That is worth knowing because it is not the norm. The most popular favicon generator writes its own name into every PNG it makes and into the SVG as well, and turning that off is a checkbox you have to find. There is nothing to turn off here.

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