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Favicon Checker

Is your icon published for every device?

How it works

Check that your favicon shows up in every browser, tab and phone

Enter your domain and we fetch the homepage, read every <link rel="icon">, apple-touch-icon and manifest it declares, then request /favicon.ico and /apple-touch-icon.png directly, the way browsers do when a page says nothing. You see which icons exist, their type, size and bytes, and what is missing for Safari pinned tabs, iPhone home screens, Android and Google search results. A missing or broken icon makes a brand-new domain look abandoned; this fixes it in one pass.

Results appear here after you click Check favicon.

How this works

1
Fetch the homepage
Our server loads https://yourdomain, follows redirects and keeps the HTML head, like a browser's first request.
2
Read and request icons
Every <link rel=icon>, apple-touch-icon, mask-icon and manifest is parsed, then each file plus /favicon.ico is fetched to confirm it is a real image.
3
Score platform coverage
Points are awarded for legacy .ico, modern PNG/SVG, iOS, Android/Google and Safari icons, with a snippet for whatever is missing.

Frequently asked questions

Why is my favicon not showing in Chrome?: Most often the file path in <link rel="icon"> is wrong, the server returns an HTML 404 page with a 200 status, or Chrome is still showing a cached blank icon. Confirm the file loads directly in a tab, then test in a private window or clear the site data.
What size should a favicon be?: Ship several: a .ico with 16, 32 and 48 px, a 180×180 PNG for Apple touch icons, a 192×192 and 512×512 PNG for Android and the web manifest, and ideally an SVG. Google Search wants an icon that is a multiple of 48 px.
Do I still need favicon.ico if I use PNG or SVG?: Yes. Browsers and many tools (feed readers, bookmark services, some email clients) request /favicon.ico without reading your HTML. Keep a small .ico at the root even if your <link> tags point at better formats.
How long does it take for a new favicon to appear?: Immediately for new visitors, but browsers cache favicons aggressively, sometimes for weeks. Add a version query to the href (/favicon.ico?v=2) to force a refresh, and give Google a few days to recrawl before the icon changes in search results.
Does a favicon affect SEO?: Not rankings, but Google shows favicons next to results on mobile and desktop, so a missing or broken icon lowers click-through. Google requires the icon to be publicly crawlable, at least 8×8 and a multiple of 48 px, on the same host as the homepage.

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