Favicon sizes: the complete guide

A modern site needs several favicon sizes for browsers, bookmarks and devices. Here's what each one is for, and how to make them all at once.

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Sizes and what they're for

SizeUse
16 × 16Browser tab (classic)
32 × 32Browser tab (retina), taskbar
48 × 48Windows site icons
180 × 180Apple touch icon (iOS home screen)
192 × 192Android / PWA manifest
512 × 512PWA splash + install icon

Generate them from one image

Rather than exporting each size by hand, drop a single square image (512×512 or larger) into the favicon generator and it produces every size, packaged in a ZIP with a ready-to-paste HTML snippet.

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Favicon sizes: the complete guide — FAQ

At minimum 16, 32 and 180px (Apple touch), plus 192 and 512px if you ship a PWA. The generator creates all of them from one image.