A genuine multi-image .ico
The download is a real ICO container holding the 16, 32 and 48 pixel renders, so browsers pick the right size automatically instead of scaling one image down to mush.
Favicon Generator
Turn any image into a favicon.ico plus the PNG sizes a website needs.
- Upload
- Single file · 25 MB max
- Privacy
- Nothing is uploaded
- Cost
- Free · no sign-up · no watermark
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Processed entirely on your device
Your file is read, transformed and re-encoded inside this browser tab using JavaScript. There is no upload endpoint — nothing leaves your machine, nothing is stored, and the result is created as a local object URL that disappears when you close the page.
Overview
About the Favicon Generator
Generate a favicon free online — export 16, 32, 48 and 180 px PNGs plus a real multi-size favicon.ico, centre-cropped in your browser. No upload.
What a favicon is for
A favicon is the small icon shown in the browser tab, in bookmarks, in history and on the taskbar. It is a recognition cue rather than a piece of artwork: at 16 pixels across, only a bold, simple shape survives. The job of this tool is to take whatever logo you have and produce the exact set of files those contexts expect.
Why multiple sizes beat one
If you supply a single large image, the browser scales it down, and scaling a 512 px logo to 16 px destroys the detail that made it recognisable. Rendering each target size separately — 16, 32 and 48 — and packing them into one .ico lets the browser choose the closest match, so the tab icon is drawn from a version made for that exact size.
The .ico container
An ICO file is a small header, a directory entry per image, and then the image bytes. Modern ICO allows those bytes to be PNG, which keeps edges crisp and the file small. This tool writes that container directly in your browser: no server, no BMP conversion, no third party handling your logo.
Beyond the tab
The 180 px PNG is the apple-touch-icon size iOS uses when someone saves your site to their home screen, and the 32 and 48 px renders cover Windows shortcuts and higher-density displays. Generating all of them from one drop means the icon stays consistent everywhere it appears.
Step by step
How to use the Favicon Generator
Drop a logo or icon onto the upload area — a square source works best.
The tool centre-crops it and renders 16, 32, 48 and 180 pixel versions.
Preview each size on a checkerboard to check it stays legible when small.
Download the individual PNGs, or the combined multi-size favicon.ico.
Why use it
Benefits and common use cases
What this tool is good for, and what it deliberately does not try to do.
Apple touch icon included
A 180 px PNG is generated alongside the favicons, which is the size iOS wants for the home-screen icon, so one drop covers the browser tab and the phone.
Centre-cropped and local
Non-square sources are cropped from the centre so the icon is never distorted, and everything is encoded on your device with no upload.
Questions
Frequently asked questions
Short, honest answers about quality, limits and privacy.
What sizes does a favicon actually need?
The browser tab uses 16 px, taskbars and shortcuts often ask for 32 px, and some contexts want 48 px. The multi-size .ico here contains all three. Add the 180 px PNG as an apple-touch-icon and you cover phones too.
Is a PNG-in-ICO file valid?
Yes. Since Windows Vista the ICO format allows PNG payloads, and every current browser and Windows version reads them. It keeps small icons sharp and the file compact without a lossy BMP conversion.
Why does my icon look blurry in the tab?
Usually because a single large image was scaled down. Supplying true 16 and 32 pixel renders, as the .ico here does, lets the browser use the exact size. Keep the design simple — thin detail disappears at 16 px.