How To Create A Favicon

Canva:

1. Make sure you're logged in to Savvy's Canva account and go to this link: www.canva.com/create/favicon-generator
   Current (2025) interface looks like this.

2. Drag the icon towards the artboard and adjust the size of it.

3. Favicons don't need to have huge dimensions, click Resize on the top-left menu and edit the size of the artboard as required.

4. To download it, click Share on the top rightmost, choose PNG for the file type, have it on a transparent background, then hit download.

No Canva? No problem.

1. Head to RealFaviconGenerator. This is free and generates necessary file formats and even codes all in one go.

2. Upload or drag the icon to the space enclosed with the dashed-lined box.

3. It sends you to this page, you could then select other options in generating different file formats for different uses/platforms.
Once you've entered the preferred formats, click Next button at the bottom.

4. You'll be redirected to this page. Click download. Downloaded files will be in zip and below are the file formats generated.
You can also copy the code if ever you need it.