How to use the Favicon Checker
- Enter your website’s address and click Check favicon.
- Read the result and fix each problem listed.
- Publish your changes and check again.
- In Google Search Console, use URL Inspection on your home page and request indexing.
What Google needs from your favicon
- A
<link rel="icon">tag on your home page. - A square icon, at a multiple of 48 pixels such as 48×48 or 192×192, or an SVG.
- A stable address that Google is allowed to crawl.
- An icon that suits all audiences.
A good setup
<link rel="icon" href="/favicon.ico" sizes="48x48">
<link rel="icon" href="/icon-192.png" type="image/png" sizes="192x192">
<link rel="icon" href="/favicon.svg" type="image/svg+xml">
<link rel="apple-touch-icon" href="/apple-touch-icon.png">Why is the globe still there?
Google updates favicons on its own schedule, so a correct icon can take days or weeks to appear. New sites often wait longest, and even a valid favicon isn’t guaranteed to show. Requesting indexing for your home page can help.
Need an icon? Use the Favicon Generator.
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Tools that pair well with the Favicon Checker
- Meta Tag Checker — See exactly how Google is likely to display your page: title and description measured in pixels, desktop and mobile previews, and every meta tag in the <head>.
- Robots.txt Tester — Check whether a URL is allowed or blocked for Googlebot, Bingbot, GPTBot and other crawlers, see exactly which rule matched, and edit the file to test changes before you deploy them.
- SEO Checker & Site Audit — Paste a URL to run up to 70 on-page SEO checks plus a full site audit: Lighthouse speed, security headers & SSL, structured data, broken links, robots.txt & AI crawlers, accessibility basics, tracking & consent, SPF/DKIM/DMARC and domain expiry — rolled up into one site score with prioritized fixes.
- HTTP Header Checker — Fetch any URL and see exactly what the server sends back — status code, redirect chain and every response header, with a plain-English explanation of the ones that matter for SEO, caching and security.
Frequently asked questions
Why does Google show a globe instead of my favicon?
Google either hasn’t processed your icon yet, or it doesn’t meet the rules. Check the results above, then give Google time to recrawl your home page.
What size should a favicon be for Google?
Square, at a multiple of 48 pixels, such as 48×48, 96×96 or 192×192. SVG also works.
How long does a favicon take to appear in Google?
Usually days to a few weeks. Google gives no fixed time.
Does this tool guarantee my favicon will appear?
No. It checks the rules that we can test. Google decides when and whether to show an icon.