Favicon Generator — Create a Favicon from an Image Free

For broad browser and device coverage, common targets include 16×16 and 32×32 browser icons, a 48×48 Windows icon, a 180×180 Apple touch icon, and 192×192 plus 512×512 Android/PWA icons. The generator produces these plus favicon.ico and site.webmanifest from an image, initials or an emoji or symbol.

Modern browsers support PNG icons, but favicon.ico remains a useful compatibility fallback. The downloaded pack includes a multi-resolution favicon.ico as well as the modern PNG sizes, so you do not need a second conversion.

A web app manifest is a JSON file that tells Android, Chrome and Edge how your site should look when installed as a progressive web app — icon, name, theme color and display mode. Our generator includes a starter manifest pointing at the Android Chrome icons; you only need to edit the name and theme_color.

Use a square image at 512×512 or larger, one to three bold initials with strong contrast, or one simple emoji or symbol. Avoid fine detail that disappears at 16×16. The live source preview helps you judge the lettermark or emoji before generating the pack.

Uploaded logos are sent over HTTPS when you choose Generate. Initials and emoji sources are first rendered locally in your browser, then that generated source image is sent to create the pack. Server-processed files follow the Security policy; nothing is uploaded merely by editing the local preview.

Unzip the download into your site's /public (or web root) folder, then add the included HTML snippet to your <head>: link tags for the PNG icons plus a link to site.webmanifest. Hard refresh your site (Cmd+Shift+R) — browsers cache favicons aggressively, so you may need to clear the cache for the new icon to appear.

The pack supplies the 192×192 and 512×512 icons and a starter manifest used by installable web apps. Icons alone do not make a site installable; your app must also satisfy the browser's current manifest, HTTPS and service-worker requirements.

Yes. Preview and download the clean favicon ZIP without creating an account. The icon set is rendered on our servers, so free use has an allowance and Premium removes the cap.

A favicon is the small icon shown in browser tabs, bookmarks and history, with related icon sizes used for home-screen and installed-app shortcuts. Start here with a logo image, initials or an emoji or symbol and download the icon set plus site.webmanifest in one ZIP.

Yes. Choose Create from initials to enter one to three characters, a text style and foreground/background colors, or choose Create from emoji for a symbol and background. The relevant design panel opens automatically, the source is previewed locally, and nothing is generated until you choose the favicon action.

Yes — the uploader accepts PNG, JPEG, WebP and SVG source files, not just PNG. SVG is worth using if you have it: because it's vector, every output size from 16 up to 512 is rendered fresh from the vector data instead of being scaled up from a raster, so edges stay crisp even at 512×512. JPEG and WebP work fine too, though you should flatten any transparency onto a background first since JPEG can't hold an alpha channel.

Choose Use an image or logo, upload the PNG and generate the pack. It includes a multi-resolution favicon.ico, PNG sizes, Apple and Android icons, site.webmanifest and an HTML snippet in one ZIP. You can also start from JPEG, WebP or SVG, or switch modes to design a lettermark from initials or use an emoji or symbol.

Yes — Pixoate supports batch and bulk processing. Switch to Batch mode, add up to 60 source images on Premium or 200 on Pro, set your options once, and every source image is processed with the same settings before you download one ZIP containing a complete favicon-pack archive per source image. Bulk processing is a Premium feature; the output uses the same quality and settings as single mode.

Yes — with bulk processing you configure the settings a single time and they apply to every item in the batch — up to 60 source images on Premium or 200 on Pro. There is no need to repeat the setup per item, and Temporary uploaded and generated files are processed securely and deleted automatically.

Almost always one of three things. The file is over the 20 MB free upload limit — Premium takes 50 MB and Pro 120 MB. The format is not one this tool accepts, so check the list shown on the upload panel. Or the file is not really the format its name says: renaming a file does not change what is inside it, and that is the reason a valid-looking file gets refused.

Yes — adjust the inputs and generate again as many times as you need; nothing is locked in until you download. Check the result at the size it will actually be used, because something that reads clearly on screen can fail once it is printed small or shown on a phone.

Favicon Generator supports free standard use within the published processing allowances. Free downloads are clean — no watermark. No signup is required for standard tool use. Photo effects and AI edits have a web-size limit on Free, with the original-resolution result available through Premium or one credit. Crop, resize, rotate, compress and convert stay full size. Premium supports batches of up to 60 files, with the applicable plan limits shown before processing.

No — Favicon Generator runs in the browser on desktop and phone. There is nothing to install, no trial to start, and no license to buy before you can see whether it does what you need. Try it on the file you are actually stuck with rather than a sample.