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How to download favicons from websites

Favicon1 is an icon that is typically used as a small thumbnail when you bookmark a website. This image file has several size options, from 16 by 16 pixels to 192 by 192 pixels. The bigger ones are typically used as App icons on mobile OS or retina display phones.

To download such icon files from website, we can use the following URL tool:

https://www.google.com/s2/favicons?sz=128&domain_url=google.com

which returns a 128 x 128 pixel favicon from Google.com:

Google favicon

The following:

https://www.google.com/s2/favicons?sz=64&domain_url=apple.com

returns a 64 x 64 pixel favicon from Apple.com:

Apple favicon