Entwickler·4 Min. Lesezeit·17. Oktober 2026

How to Make a Favicon for Your Website, Free

Create a simple letter or emoji favicon, choose the sizes you need and download PNG files for your site.

What a favicon is

A favicon is the small icon shown in browser tabs, bookmarks and search results. A clear, simple icon helps people find your tab among many open ones.

Create the icon

Open the Favicon Generator and type one or two characters, which can be a letter or an emoji. Pick a background color, a text color and a corner radius, and check the live preview.

Choose the sizes

Tick the sizes you want from 16, 32, 48, 64, 128, 180, 192 and 512 pixels. A common set is 16 and 32 for browser tabs, 180 for the Apple touch icon, and 192 and 512 for web app icons. One size downloads as a PNG and several download together as a ZIP.

Add it to your site

Upload the files to your site and link them in the head of your page, for example with a link tag using rel="icon" and type="image/png". Modern browsers accept PNG favicons.

What it does not do

The generator makes icons from typed characters only, so you cannot upload a logo, and it exports PNG files, not an .ico file. If you need either, design the icon elsewhere and convert it. Everything runs in your browser, so nothing is uploaded.

Tool öffnen: Favicon-Generator