AI Favicon
Favicon Generator — site icon and full pack in a minute
Describe a brand or bring a ready mark — get favicon.ico, all PNG sizes, apple-touch-icon for iOS, Android maskable and an SVG favicon in one archive.
Marks that read at favicon size
A good favicon is a simple text-free mark, recognizable even at 16×16. Here are fitting examples.
Features
A full favicon pack, not a single image
Everything a modern site needs — at once, in one archive. Better and faster than slicing sizes by hand.
favicon.ico + all PNG
favicon.ico (16/32/48 in one file) and separate PNGs 16, 32, 48, 192, 512 — for any browser, old and new.
iOS and Android
apple-touch-icon 180×180 for the iOS Home screen and a maskable icon with a safe zone for Android adaptive shapes.
SVG favicon
A vector favicon.svg — crisp on any screen and in dark mode. Most generators skip this.
Code and manifest
Ready site.webmanifest and HTML for <head> — just paste and link. Plus a readme.
Tuning and preview
Color, gradient, transparent background, padding and rounding — with a live browser-tab, iOS and Android preview.
FAQ
Favicon FAQ
What a favicon is, which sizes you need, and how to install it.
What is a favicon and why do I need one?
Which favicon sizes are needed in 2026?
How to make a favicon from a logo?
How is ICO different from PNG and SVG?
How do I install the favicon?
Is it free?
Favicon generator online: a site icon for every platform
A favicon is small but important: it helps users find your tab, recognize your site in bookmarks and on the phone Home screen. Our generator handles the routine: takes a mark, removes the background, slices all sizes and packs one archive.
Unlike simple "png to ico" converters, we build a full modern pack: favicon.ico for legacy browsers, PNG 16–512, apple-touch-icon for iOS, an Android maskable icon and a vector SVG favicon crisp on any screen. Plus site.webmanifest and <head> code.
All with a live preview: the icon in the browser tab (light and dark), the rounded iOS icon and the Android circle. Recolor to a solid or gradient, toggle a transparent background, tune padding and rounding — and see it instantly.
What is in the favicon pack:
- favicon.ico — 16, 32 and 48 px in one file
- PNG icons: 16, 32, 48, 192, 512
- apple-touch-icon 180×180 for iOS
- maskable icon 512×512 for Android
- favicon.svg — vector icon for modern browsers
- site.webmanifest and ready <head> code
See also: AI Logo Generator.
A favicon for your site: why it matters and how to do it right in 2026
A favicon is that tiny site icon sitting in the browser tab next to the page title. The detail is small, but it is exactly how a user finds your tab among a dozen open ones and recognizes your brand in bookmarks. Let us cover where a favicon appears, which sizes and formats you actually need today, how to make a good mark from a logo, and how to install it without mistakes.
What a favicon is and where it appears
A favicon (short for favorite icon) is a small square image that represents a site across the browser and system interface. It shows up in far more places than it first seems, and everywhere it works as a visual signature for your brand.
- Browser tabs — the icon to the left of the page title
- Bookmarks and the favorites bar
- History and address-bar suggestions
- The phone Home screen, when the site is added as a shortcut
- Mobile search results — next to the site name
Why a favicon matters for brand and clicks
A favicon does not directly move your ranking — a search engine does not rank a site higher just for having an icon. But the indirect effect is real. In mobile search a favicon sits right next to your link, and a clean, recognizable icon helps your result stand out and reads as more trustworthy, which means more clicks.
Inside the browser the effect is even clearer. When someone has a dozen tabs open, they find the right one by the icon, not the text. A crisp branded favicon makes a site recognizable, while a blurry or missing one reads as a sign of an unfinished or unserious project.
Which sizes and formats you need today
The days when a single 16-pixel favicon.ico was enough are over. A modern site is opened on desktop, iOS, Android and in PWA mode, and each platform needs its own size and format. A sensible minimum set for 2026 looks like this:
- favicon.ico with 16, 32 and 48 versions — for the address bar and legacy browsers
- PNG up to 512 pixels — for crisp rendering across screens
- apple-touch-icon 180×180 — the icon on the iOS Home screen
- A maskable icon for Android and PWA — with a safe zone for adaptive shapes
- An SVG favicon — vector, crisp on any screen, with dark-mode support via media
- site.webmanifest — the manifest where the 192 and 512 icons are declared for install-as-app
Maskable icon and SVG: two things people forget
A maskable icon is a 512×512 version whose important artwork stays inside a central safe zone (roughly a circle about 80% of the square). Android crops the icon to its own shape — a circle, a rounded square, a squircle — and if the mark runs to the very edges, the corners simply get cut off. The safe zone prevents that.
The SVG favicon is the second commonly forgotten detail. Vector stays perfectly crisp on any screen and any pixel density, and through an embedded media query an SVG can switch color to match the system dark theme. To a user on a dark theme the icon looks adapted rather than a dark blob on a dark background.
How to make a good favicon from a logo
The main principle: a favicon is not a shrunken logo but a separate mark. At 16×16 pixels small text and thin details turn to mush and cannot be read. So take the most recognizable part of the logo — a monogram, a symbol, an initial — and keep only that.
A simple shape, large elements, tangible contrast with the background and a little breathing room at the edges — that is the recipe for an icon that works both in the tab and on the phone screen. If the logo is complex, make a separate simplified version for the favicon so the mark stays recognizable even at the smallest size.
How to install a favicon on your site
Installation is simpler than it looks and comes down to two steps. First, put the icon files in the site root — the same place your home page lives. Then paste a few lines into the <head> tag that tell the browser where to find each format and link the manifest.
From there the browser picks the right variant itself: SVG for modern ones, ICO for old ones, apple-touch-icon for iOS, and the manifest icons for install on Android. Our generator ships ready <head> code alongside the files, so you just copy the snippet and paste it into your template.
Common mistakes and how to test the result
The usual slip-ups repeat from project to project: small text unreadable at 16 pixels; no apple-touch-icon, so iOS shows a vague screenshot instead of an icon; a forgotten maskable version whose corners Android cuts off; and dark mode ignored entirely.
Testing is easy. Open the site in the browser and look at the tab in both light and dark appearance. Add the site to the Home screen on an iPhone and on Android — the icon should be whole and crisp. If something did not update, clear the cache: browsers like to hold on to an old favicon longer than you would want.
Build a favicon for your site
A site icon and the full pack of all sizes — in a minute, no manual slicing.