How to Change Favicon on Squarespace: Quick Guide!

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How to Change Favicon on Squarespace?

Favicons, or browser icons, are small square images that display next to a page's title in browser tabs and other places across the web. Adding a custom favicon can help make your Squarespace site more recognizable and branded.

Quick Fix

To change the favicon on a Squarespace website:

1. Log in to your Squarespace account and navigate to the website you want to edit.
2. In the Home Menu, click on "Design" and then select "Logo & Title".
3. Scroll down to the "Browser Icon" section and click on "Replace".
4. Choose an image from your computer that you want to use as your favicon. It is recommended to use a square image with dimensions of at least 512×512 pixels for best results.
5. After selecting the image, Squarespace will automatically generate different sizes of the favicon for different devices and browsers.
6. Click on "Save" to apply the changes to your website.
7. It may take some time for the new favicon to appear, as it needs to propagate across the internet.

When choosing a favicon, keep the following best practices in mind:

Image Resolution
Favicon images work best when sized between 100px × 100px and 300px × 300px, though they display at 16px × 16px. Search engines may have their own requirements, like Google's recommendation of multiples of 48px square.

File Format
Use a .png file for your favicon image, as Squarespace does not support .ico files.

File Size
Favicon image files cannot exceed 100 KB.

Multi-Version Favicons
Squarespace does not currently support multiple versions of a favicon, so use a single image version.

If your new favicon is not appearing, it could be due to caching issues, an incompatible file format or size, or a technical problem with the implementation. Try clearing your browser cache, re-uploading the file, and consulting Squarespace's support documentation.