Favicon Checker
Audit any website's favicon setup in seconds
🔒 100% free · no signup · files never leave your device
A favicon that works on your laptop can still be broken everywhere else. The setup spans at least five different conventions: the legacy /favicon.ico at the root that browsers request even without any markup, PNG icons declared with link tags, the 180×180 apple-touch-icon that iOS uses for home-screen shortcuts, Android Chrome's icons inside site.webmanifest, and the modern SVG favicon. Miss one piece — or point a link tag at the wrong path — and some visitors see a generic globe instead of your brand.
This favicon checker audits any website in seconds: type a URL and it reads the page's HTML, extracts every icon declaration, and then actually fetches each file to confirm it exists and reports its size. You get a pass/fail checklist for the five essentials (favicon.ico, PNG icon, apple-touch-icon, high-resolution icon, web manifest), a table of every discovered file with live previews, and mockups of how the icon renders in a browser tab, in Google search results and on the iOS home screen — the three places your audience notices it most.
Why use Favicon Checker
Verifying a fresh deployment
You just shipped a new favicon package — run the checker to confirm every file is reachable from the live domain, not just your dev server.
Hunting a 'missing favicon' bug
If your icon shows in one browser but not another, the per-file status table reveals exactly which asset 404s or which declaration is missing.
Auditing a client's site
Before a redesign handover, check the checklist and send a concrete fix list instead of a vague 'favicon looks off' note.
Confirming PWA installability
The manifest and 192px+ icon checks are exactly what Android requires before it offers an install prompt for your site.
Pro tips
- Hard-refresh first: browsers cache favicons aggressively, so a 'still broken' icon is often just a stale cache — the checker fetches fresh every time.
- Keep /favicon.ico in the site root even when you declare PNG icons; browsers request it implicitly when viewing PDFs and in some legacy contexts.
- An apple-touch-icon should be a solid PNG (no transparency) — iOS fills transparent pixels with black, which ruins dark logos.
- If the 192px+ check fails but 32px passes, your icon set is fine for tabs but will look blurry on Android home screens and in Google results.
- Run the checker after changing CDN or asset paths — moved files are the most common favicon regression after a migration.
How to use Favicon Checker
- 1Enter any website URL
- 2Click Check favicon
- 3Review the checklist and the found files
- 4See how the icon looks in tabs, Google results and the iOS home screen
Frequently Asked Questions
Why is my favicon not showing up?▾
Usually one of three reasons: the files are missing (or return 404), the link tags point to wrong paths, or your browser cached the old icon. This tool shows exactly which files are reachable and which are missing.
What exactly gets checked?▾
Every icon declared in the HTML (rel=icon, apple-touch-icon, mask-icon), the linked web app manifest, and the implicit /favicon.ico at the site root. Each file is fetched to confirm it exists and its size is reported.
Can I check any website?▾
Yes — any public website. For privacy, private/local addresses are blocked. The page is fetched once from our server because browsers block cross-site HTML reads (CORS).
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