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Do most browsers automatically search for the favicon.ico?

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favicon

I would like to know if it is necessary for me to specify it like this:

<link rel="icon" href="[URL]" type="image/x-icon" />
<link rel="shortcut icon" href="[URL]" type="image/x-icon" />

or can I just include it in the root and the browser will look for it? Also what's the difference between rel="icon" and rel="shortcut" ?

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MarieClare Avatar asked Jul 23 '11 06:07

MarieClare

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How does browser find favicon?

All browsers will simply check for a (favicon. ico) file at the root level of your website. Shortcut is simply a workaround to designate an icon that is not named favicon.

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Nowadays, favicons are displayed right above the address bar regardless of whether the website is bookmarked or not. And in the small chance that a website doesn't have a favicon, the browser will display a generic browser symbol. 2. In addition to the address bar, favicons can also be found in the browser history.

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2 Answers

All of the major five browsers look in the site's root for a file named exactly favicon.ico, regardless of type, automatically.

You can override this with a link element with rel="icon", or rel="shortcut icon". The latter is supported by every browser, while the former is more correct, but not recognised by Internet Explorer.

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Delan Azabani Avatar answered Oct 16 '22 12:10

Delan Azabani

Most browsers these days will look for a favicon.ico file on the root of the site.

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Oded Avatar answered Oct 16 '22 13:10

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