---
title: "Set your website's favicon (browser-tab icon)"
url: "https://mycommunitysync.com/set-a-favicon"
community: "CommunitySync"
description: "Upload the small icon shown in browser tabs and bookmarks."
updated: "2026-07-18T18:45:00.616+00:00"
---

# Set your website's favicon (browser-tab icon)

*Website Publishing*

Your favicon is the tiny icon that appears in a browser tab, in bookmarks, and in history lists next to your site's name. Setting it to your own logo mark makes your community site look finished and easy to find when someone has several tabs open. This is an owner/admin task, edited in the orange platform panel.

## Where the favicon lives

The favicon is set on your Website **Overview** page, not inside the full-screen editor. The Overview page is where your site's status, public URL, redirects, and backups live. If you're on the 3-pane builder canvas, exit back to the Overview first. For a map of the two surfaces, see [Website builder overview](/website-builder-overview).

## Upload your favicon

1. Open your Website **Overview** page in the platform panel.
2. Find the **Favicon** card.
3. Click **Upload favicon** and choose your image file.
    - PNG, ICO, and SVG files are all accepted.
    - A square image works best — for example 32x32 or 48x48 pixels. A non-square image may look cropped or squished in the tab.
4. Check the preview tile to confirm the icon looks right at small size.
5. Save your change.

![The Favicon card on the Website Overview page](https://iaktsmonietvbikzietg.supabase.co/storage/v1/object/public/site-assets/kb/b2-ov-favicon.png "The Favicon card on the Website Overview — upload a square PNG, ICO, or SVG and check the preview tile.")

Once saved, the favicon applies to your public community site at your `-site` address.

## Pick an icon that reads at small size

A favicon is displayed very small, so fine detail disappears. A simple logo mark, monogram, or single shape reads far better than a full wordmark. If your main logo has a lot of text, use just the symbol or first letter for the favicon.

## Troubleshooting

### My new favicon isn't showing in my browser tab

Browsers cache favicons aggressively, so an old icon can linger even after you've saved a new one. Try a hard refresh of the page, close and reopen the tab, or check the site in a private/incognito window. It often clears on its own after a short while.

### I can't find the Favicon card in the editor

The favicon isn't set inside the full-screen editor — it's on the Website **Overview** page. Leave the builder canvas and go back to the Overview, then look for the **Favicon** card.

### My icon looks cropped or stretched

Favicons are square. Upload a square image (like 32x32 or 48x48) so it isn't cropped or distorted. If your source image is wide, trim it to a square version — usually just the logo symbol — before uploading.

### Website Publishing

- [Get your website into Google — Search Console and your sitemap](https://mycommunitysync.com/get-into-google-search-console.md)
- [See what Google sees — your page's structured data](https://mycommunitysync.com/see-what-google-sees.md)
- [Connect your social profiles to your website — for search engines](https://mycommunitysync.com/social-profiles-search-engines-connect.md)
- [Why your site isn't in Google yet — and what actually moves it](https://mycommunitysync.com/why-your-site-is-not-in-google-yet.md)
- [Optimize a page for search (SEO title, description, social image)](https://mycommunitysync.com/website-seo-basics.md)
- [Set up redirects for moved or renamed pages](https://mycommunitysync.com/set-up-website-redirects.md)
- [Delete and restore your website](https://mycommunitysync.com/delete-and-restore-website.md)
- [Take your website live (and how fast changes appear)](https://mycommunitysync.com/take-your-website-live.md)
- [Connect a custom domain to your website](https://mycommunitysync.com/connect-a-custom-domain.md)
- [What is schema markup — and what your site adds automatically](https://mycommunitysync.com/what-is-schema-markup.md)
- [Where FAQ schema works today — and where it doesn't](https://mycommunitysync.com/faq-schema-where-it-works.md)