How it works
The Favicon Extractor fetches and displays all favicon images associated with any website URL — from the classic 16×16 ICO to modern 512×512 PNG app icons and SVG favicons. Enter a domain, and the tool checks all standard favicon locations and the HTML link tags.
Favicons are used in browser tabs, bookmarks, history, OS taskbars (when added to home screen), and search engine results. Modern web apps define favicons in multiple sizes and formats via HTML link tags and Web App Manifest entries. This tool discovers and downloads all of them.
How to use it: enter a website URL (e.g., https://example.com). The tool fetches the page HTML to find favicon link tags (rel="icon", rel="shortcut icon", rel="apple-touch-icon") and checks standard locations (/favicon.ico, /favicon.png, /apple-touch-icon.png). All discovered favicons are displayed with their dimensions and format. Click any to download, or download all as a ZIP.
Favicon location checks: /favicon.ico (legacy standard), /favicon.png, /favicon.svg, /apple-touch-icon.png (180×180px, iOS home screen), /apple-touch-icon-precomposed.png, /android-chrome-192x192.png, /android-chrome-512x512.png, plus any custom paths in the HTML.
Common use cases: UI inspiration (how does company X handle their favicon?), favicon recreation (you need to replicate a site's favicon for a mockup), debugging (does this site have a proper SVG favicon?), and brand auditing.
Privacy: the tool makes HTTP requests to the target domain to fetch the page HTML and favicon files. These requests originate from your browser. Your IP address is visible to the target domain.
Frequently Asked Questions
- favicon.ico is the traditional browser tab icon (16×16 and 32×32px layers in one ICO file). apple-touch-icon.png is the 180×180px icon shown when users add your site to their iPhone or iPad home screen. Modern web apps provide both, plus a 192×192 and 512×512 for Android.
- The browser tab favicon is typically the 32×32 layer from favicon.ico, or the first matching icon in HTML link tags. This tool fetches all favicon resources it can find — the tab icon is just one of potentially many favicon formats a site provides.
- Use the ICO to PNG converter tool to extract individual PNG frames from any ICO file downloaded from this tool. The ICO file typically contains 16×16, 32×32, and 48×48px PNG layers.
- CORS (Cross-Origin Resource Sharing) restrictions prevent the browser from fetching resources from other domains. When a website's server returns CORS headers that block cross-origin requests, the tool cannot retrieve its favicon. Sites with strict CORS policies (many banks, government portals) will show errors.