Favicon Checker
Paste the HTML of a page to list each favicon, Apple touch icon and manifest link, then add the icon files to confirm their real sizes and formats match.
Browser tool
Page HTML
Paste Page HTML or upload a file. Everything is checked on your device; no website is contacted.
Resolves relative icon paths to full URLs for the report.
Declarations are read from the markup; whether each file is actually served at its URL is not checked. Upload the icon files to verify formats and pixel sizes against the declared sizes.
About Favicon Checker
The favicon is the smallest brand asset and the one most often broken, because it is declared in several formats for several contexts and nothing complains when one of them 404s. It also appears beside your result on mobile search. Free to use online, and it wants no email from you. The check runs in this page rather than on a server you have to trust.
How to use Favicon Checker
- Provide the pageEvery icon the page declares is listed with its type and stated size.
- Confirm each one resolvesA declared icon that does not exist is worse than none: the browser tries, fails, and falls back to a blank square.
- Check the set covers what you needA classic .ico, an SVG for modern browsers, and an apple-touch-icon for iOS home screens.
Why one icon is not enough
Different contexts want different things: a browser tab wants something legible at 16 pixels, an iOS home screen wants 180 pixels with no transparency, and search results want a square at least 48 pixels that is a multiple of 48. A single large PNG technically works and looks poor small, because detail that reads at 512 pixels becomes mud at 16.
What it does not do
- This reads what a page declares. Browsers also try /favicon.ico by convention even when nothing declares it, so a site can have a working icon that appears nowhere in the markup.
- Search engines cache favicons for a long time. A corrected icon may take weeks to appear beside a result.
Favicon Checker: questions people ask
- Why does my favicon not show in search results?
- Most often because it is not a square at least 48 pixels on a side, or the URL changed and the old one is still cached. Google also requires the icon to be crawlable — one blocked by robots.txt will not be used.
- Do I still need a .ico file?
- It remains the most broadly supported format and costs almost nothing to include. Modern browsers prefer an SVG or PNG where one is declared, so the usual approach is to offer both.
- Can I check a website's favicon by typing in its URL?
- No, it does not visit the site, so paste its source code or upload a saved copy of the page instead. The optional Site URL only turns relative icon paths into full links in the report. Add the icon files themselves and it compares their real sizes and formats with what the tags declare.
Questions about ToolsVerse itself — privacy, cost, what happens to your files — are answered in the frequently asked questions.
Related tools
The tools people most often need alongside Favicon Checker.
Can’t find the tool you need?
Tell us what you’re looking for and we’ll consider adding it.