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Favicon Checker for your website

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Favicon automatically audited for every device and browser

Favicon test – 100% online and free
Thousands of website owners trust InspectWP for their favicon check

What does the favicon checker cover?

Classic favicon.ico in the web root
Apple Touch Icons for iOS devices
Web app manifest and PWA icons
Different resolutions (16x16, 32x32, 180x180, 192x192, 512x512)
SVG and PNG favicons for modern browsers
MS-Tile, theme-color and browser-specific icons

How the favicon check works

4 steps to a complete favicon audit

  1. 1 Step 1

    Enter the URL

    Submit your website URL – we audit every favicon variant with no further configuration.

  2. 2 Step 2

    Run the favicon crawl

    We read the HTML head, web app manifest and MS-Tile configuration and check every icon individually.

  3. 3 Step 3

    Review the results

    You see an overview of every detected favicon with resolution, format and availability.

  4. 4 Step 4

    Add missing icons

    Provide the missing resolutions (180x180, 192x192, 512x512) and fix any broken icon paths.

Which favicon size for which device?

Overview of every relevant resolution and its purpose

Size Purpose Required?
16×16 / 32×32 browser tab, bookmark yes
48×48 Windows site icon optional
180×180 Apple Touch Icon (iOS home screen) yes, if iOS users matter
192×192 / 512×512 Android Chrome, PWA yes, if PWA
150×150 / 310×310 MS-Tile (Windows pin) optional

Minimal viable favicon setup 2026

Three files plus a manifest are enough today to render correctly on every device

  • favicon.ico 32×32 ICO with embedded 16×16 for browser tabs
  • icon.svg scalable SVG, optionally with dark-mode support via media query
  • apple-touch-icon.png 180×180 PNG for iOS home screen
  • manifest.webmanifest JSON file with 192×192 and 512×512 PNG for Android and PWA

Code snippet for your <head>:

<link rel="icon" href="/favicon.ico" sizes="32x32">
<link rel="icon" href="/icon.svg" type="image/svg+xml">
<link rel="apple-touch-icon" href="/apple-touch-icon.png">
<link rel="manifest" href="/manifest.webmanifest">
Favicon check – favicon test for the website

Spot missing icons with the favicon checker

With the InspectWP favicon checker you can see in seconds which favicon variants your website serves and which are missing. We audit the classic favicon.ico, Apple Touch Icons for iOS, Android icons from the web app manifest, MS-Tile configuration and SVG favicons. You see at a glance whether your favicon renders correctly on all devices – without manual testing in every browser.

Favicon test for every browser, device and resolution

Our crawler analyzes your website like a real visitor and logs every referenced favicon. We detect missing resolutions, wrong MIME types, broken icon paths and unreachable favicon URLs. The result is a complete overview of your favicon configuration – the perfect baseline for clean browser tabs, bookmarks and home screen icons.

Favicon test – multi-device detection

Thousands of website owners trust InspectWP

The numbers speak for themselves

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Frequently asked favicon checker questions

Everything you need to know about the favicon test

InspectWP loads your website with a real browser, parses the HTML head and audits every , , manifest.json and MS-Tile configuration. Each favicon is then fetched individually and checked for availability, resolution and format.

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