About ICO Creator

A favicon is the small square that identifies your site in a browser tab, a bookmark list and a phone home screen. Creating one means producing a square icon that stays legible at very small sizes.

How to use it

1. Upload a square image to use as the icon.
2. Generate the ICO file.
3. Download it and place it in your site root.

Worth knowing

Favicons are seen at around 16 to 32 pixels. Anything with fine detail or small text turns to mush — a single letter, mark or simple shape is what actually works.

Common questions

What size should the source be?

Square and generously large. Starting from a big square and scaling down beats scaling a small image up.

Where does the file go?

Usually the site root as favicon.ico, or referenced from a link tag in your page head.