# \<link rel="icon" href="/favicon.ico"\>

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/link-rel-icon-href-favicon-ico/657290>\
**Category:** Uncategorized\
**Created:** [February 28, 2023, 5:22pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/link-rel-icon-href-favicon-ico/657290 "2023-02-28T17:22:24Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 6\
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**Author:** ![vmars316](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/bcef8e/32.png) [@vmars316](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/vmars316)\
**Post date:** [February 28, 2023, 5:22pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/link-rel-icon-href-favicon-ico/657290/1 "2023-02-28T17:22:24Z")

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Thanks for your Help…

This works on web But doesn't work locally . [https://vmars.us/index.html](https://vmars.us/index.html) Yet , this works locally & on web: [https://www.vmars.us/Favicon.ico](https://www.vmars.us/Favicon.ico) [file:///C:/Users/vmars/vmars.us/Favicon.ico](file:///C:/Users/vmars/vmars.us/Favicon.ico)

How come ?

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**Author:** ![kirupa](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/user_avatar/forum.kirupa.com/kirupa/32/11616_2.png) [@kirupa](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/kirupa)\
**Post date:** [February 28, 2023, 5:36pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/link-rel-icon-href-favicon-ico/657290/2 "2023-02-28T17:36:51Z")

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Try changing the way you specify it as follows:

```auto
<link rel="icon" href="/path/to/favicon.ico" type="image/x-icon" />
<link rel="shortcut icon" href="/path/to/favicon.ico" type="image/x-icon" /> 

```

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**Author:** ![vmars316](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/bcef8e/32.png) [@vmars316](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/vmars316)\
**Post date:** [March 1, 2023, 4:16pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/link-rel-icon-href-favicon-ico/657290/3 "2023-03-01T16:16:08Z")

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Hmm…  
`[<link rel="icon" href="https://www.vmars.us/favicon.ico" type="image/x-icon" />](<link rel="icon" href="https://www.vmars.us/favicon.ico" type="image/x-icon" />)`  
Doesn’t work for local or web .

```auto
<link rel="icon" href="http://www.vmars.us/favicon.ico" type="image/x-icon" />

```

Works locally but not on web .  
[https://www.vmars.us/favicon.ico](https://www.vmars.us/favicon.ico)  
proves it is there .

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**Author:** ![kirupa](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/user_avatar/forum.kirupa.com/kirupa/32/11616_2.png) [@kirupa](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/kirupa)\
**Post date:** [March 2, 2023, 1:24am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/link-rel-icon-href-favicon-ico/657290/4 "2023-03-02T01:24:52Z")

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It loads for me 🙂

 ![image](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/5/e/5ee0bf8e6919cff6e0fe48ce2c0af7cc8fc30b94.png)

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**Author:** ![vmars316](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/bcef8e/32.png) [@vmars316](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/vmars316)\
**Post date:** [March 12, 2023, 4:07pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/link-rel-icon-href-favicon-ico/657290/5 "2023-03-12T16:07:22Z")

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Yep , stranger than fiction…

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**Author:** ![kirupa](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/user_avatar/forum.kirupa.com/kirupa/32/11616_2.png) [@kirupa](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/kirupa)\
**Post date:** [March 12, 2023, 10:03pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/link-rel-icon-href-favicon-ico/657290/6 "2023-03-12T22:03:11Z")

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I wonder if browser caching played a role for both of us! 😀