Blank favicon

Download a valid, fully transparent favicon.ico or blank PNG. No signup, no generator, no visible artwork.

Download a blank favicon.ico or PNG

ICO includes 16, 32 and 48 px images. Every pixel is transparent. These are real image files, not zero-byte placeholders.

Your website with a blank favicon

The empty space in this preview is intentional.

Install the blank favicon

Upload favicon.ico to your site root and put this inside your HTML head:

<link rel="icon" href="/favicon.ico" sizes="any">

Replace conflicting icon declarations. Existing browser caches may continue showing the previous icon.

When to use a transparent, empty favicon

Use a blank favicon when you deliberately want no visible site artwork, such as a minimal internal page or test environment. Serving a valid transparent ICO at /favicon.ico can also satisfy browsers that request that path automatically.

It is not a fix for a broken branded favicon. If your icon disappeared unexpectedly, use the favicon checker rather than replacing it with an empty image.

Set an empty favicon with a data URL

For a page where you control the head markup, you can declare an empty data URL instead:

<link rel="icon" href="data:,">

This is not a downloadable ICO and does not guarantee that every crawler, browser or other icon declaration stops requesting an icon. Use the real ICO when a valid file is required.

Common questions

Why does the old icon still show?

Browsers cache favicons. Check that the new file is deployed and there are no competing icon tags, then test in a fresh browser profile. For an intentional replacement, the cache buster can create a versioned reference.

Is a blank favicon the same as a transparent logo?

No. A transparent logo still has visible artwork; a blank favicon has none. For logos with an alpha channel, use PNG to ICO.

Will it remove the icon from Google results?

Do not rely on a blank file to control Google's presentation. This download is for intentional on-site use, not a Google Search favicon fix. See the Google favicon guide.

Can I reuse the files?

Yes. These empty images were generated by FaviconMaker and are free to use without attribution.