Blogger Favicon Not Working [Solved]



As you all know, Blogger has a new feature which allows you to change your blog's favicon without HTML coding (you still can use the codes if you want though).
Well, some people, including myself, have been experiencing some trouble with their favicons because Blogger wouldn't show them at all or wouldn't update them to the new one.
I've made some research and I found out how to fix this.



If you changed your favicon on the Layout section of your blog or used the HTML code and it doesn't work or doesn't show the right favicon, just do the following steps:

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Step 1: On the address bar, type http://[your blog url]/favicon.ico and press Enter.

Step 2: Refresh the page.

Step 3: Go back to your blog.

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After doing this your favicon should be the right one.
Leave a comment below to let us know if it worked or not for you.


176 comments :

  1. Hello there. Just wanna inform it works well ;)

    Btw, must add the after the html ;D

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  2. Thanks for testing and approving my tutorial. :)

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  3. I tried all ways but it dont work
    site: http://www.dunyaningercekyuzu.com/
    thank you

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  4. This tutorial is for blogs hosted on Blogger only.
    If your website isn't Blogger hosted, I don't know how to help you.
    Let me know your website hosting site and I'll see what I can do.

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  5. tried using the HTML code but when i clicked preview it said that there's an error and The element type "link" must be terminated by the matching end-tag "".

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  6. That's weird. Have you tried clearing your cache and deleting your cookies?

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  7. I've also found that in the design area, if you change the uploaded ico name to something other than favicon.ico (e.g. mine.ico), it will update it properly.

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  8. you must add " after the given html code, to complete it.
    http://www.wtfbymike.com

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  9. Mine still isn't working. :/ I uploaded the html. No luck. www.sallyannk.com

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  10. Mine did the same thing and I work on blogger. Keep getting the error message. Cleared my cache and cookies from the past month and still can't get the favicon to work.

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  11. In blogger, you'll need to always end off your tags. For example, needs to close it off. But for the top link, you can add a forward slash to fix the problem you're having. It will look like this,


    Note, the problem of the favicon not updating probably requires you clearing the cache from your browser.

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  12. For those that still can't get their favicon to update, do this.

    Go to http://blogspot-url/favicon.ico
    (instead of blogspot-url, put your blog's link. for me it's kredentis.blogspot.com.au/ and then add favicon.ico at the end. For me it's "http://kredentis.blogspot.com.au/favicon.ico"

    loading this will probably show you your old favicon. Press CTRL+F5 on windows, or CMD+F5 on MAC. Now you should see your new favicon. Go back to your blog and refresh the page.


    Voila!

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  13. Thank you for your information. Unfortunately it does not seem to be working for me. I've tried the html code and the favicon adder from the edit layout screen. I've got a 16x16 .ico file and I've tried your refresh method but to no avail. Any thoughts? It is Blogger hosted w/ custom domain name... http://myfrugalfitness.com Thank you so much and keep up the great work

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  14. Thanx mate. Helped a lot!

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  15. Just used this and it worked for me. Thanks!!

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  16. Thanks a ton . You have made it so easy!!!

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  17. Nancy and David OliverDecember 27, 2012 at 12:20 PM

    That worked, thanks a bunch!
    Nancy, Little Homestead In Boise

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  18. That Worked, Thank You :)))

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  19. Orrr you could just refresh the page like there's no tomorrow lol it worked for me =)))

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  20. This worked perfectly! Thanks!

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  21. Absolutely fabulous - it works.....yippee

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  22. works! Thanks! my-diy-diary.blogspot.com

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  23. Thanks, it worked. So simple!

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  24. Thank you for sharing this. Very much appreciated.

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  25. thankz.... its working


    http://guitarpartner.blogspot.in/

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  26. What worked for me was hitting refresh like 20 times in rapid succession. Tried everything else to no avail. Thanks to one of your comments...

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  27. OMG amazing thank you so much.

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  28. plz help me..it doesn't work
    http://hanyasekadarhobi.blogspot.jp/

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  29. I visited your blog and its favicon shows a strawberry. I suppose it's working.

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  30. thanks a lot
    really helpful

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  31. I don't know why that works but, thank you! It worked! :-)

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  32. Thank you! Thank you!! I've sat for days trying to add the code where I didn't need to before. I did what you mention above, and within seconds my favicon was working. If everyone does what is mentioned here (where Blogger is concerned), there is no need to add any code to html. So, yay! :)

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  33. I was skeptical because it seemed too simple. But it worked! Sorry I doubted.
    Thank you very much!!

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  34. Wow that was an awesome fix! Thank you for contributing this! I also have a problem changing my favicon for my blog but now it work!

    Here's my blog:

    http://happyearners.info/

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  35. Wonderful! It worked! Thank you!
    http://fictionfood.blogspot.com/

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  36. its worked! cool.. thanks.

    but its not work on mobile (i use blackberry)

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  37. I'm blogging at www.twopinktutus.blogspot.com If I type step 1, I can see my favicon in the upper left corner, but when I go back to my blog, it's still the blogger logo. I cleared my cache & deleted my cookies & have refreshed my page 10 thousand times... do you have any other ideas? thanks so much! :)

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  38. thanks, it works for me.

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  39. thank you so much!!!!! this was driving me crazy!

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  40. worked like a dream!

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  41. It worked. Many thanks.

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  42. I see you posted this nearly a year ago - I can't get it to work. When I press enter I see the favicon, but when I refresh it doesn't change the favicon in the address bar. I'm using blogger. Any suggestions?

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  43. Oh my god. Thank you so much for this!

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  44. Elizabeth BuckholdApril 2, 2013 at 8:37 AM

    Worked in one try! :) Thanks! http://kuzziw.blogspot.com

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  45. THANK YOU SO MUCH!!! This was so simple and easy! :)

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  46. its working dude! after i put this address into the html..http://arshadcekguict.blogspot.com/

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  47. oh shit! it worked!!!! thank you so much :D

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  48. Worked a treat. Thanks

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  49. Thanks. That worked just fine. Now do I have to do this everytime if I decide to change?

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  50. Worked! That's crazy cool!

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  51. Thank you! Worked. :D

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  52. Yes, you probably will have to do it every time you decide to change your favicon (I'm saying this because I have to do these steps whenever I change mine).

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  53. Thanks a bunch! Its Wonderful :D

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  54. Elizabeth FernandezMay 12, 2013 at 7:17 PM

    Worked perfect! Many Thanks!
    www.elizabethfernandeza.com

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  55. thanks for the help it worked really.., i have just recently changed mine but it isn't really displaying the new one i uploaded so i searched it and im here! THANKS!

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  56. it works on my chrome but not IE :(

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  57. Thank you soooo much. I tried to edit the HTML but it didn't change. That simple trick really worked. Thanks again.Peace

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  58. Mine does not works. Can you help please?

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  59. Check this blog
    http://imp-comp-info.blogspot.com/

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  60. I found that emptying the cache and then pressing Ctrl+F5 works. Thanks though:)

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  61. thank you so much ...it work on my blog...

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  62. yes, thank you! Now I just have to make a pretty one :)

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  63. I think I am the only person it did not work for. I must be doing something wrong.....

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  64. I totally did, thank you! :)

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  65. Thank you, thank you! That was driving me batty!

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  66. It doesn't work :( http://dippos-antonio.blogspot.com

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  67. Thanks a lot.Browser cache sometimes may arise problem though size, dimensions everything is correct. Check it out here http://freelancer-talk.blogspot.com/2013/07/customizing-favicon-of-blogger-site.html

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  68. Thanks! It really works :D

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  69. not working: http://hindilyricspratik.blogspot.com
    until step 2 is fine and it shows the changed icon but after that it shows the same blogger icon. any help?

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  70. Thank you so much! You rock dude!

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  71. Could not get this to work. blog is www.hollyhopes.com, what am I doing wrong?

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  72. Awesome! Worked in seconds! Thank you!

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  73. It didn't work for me :(

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  74. great! @ http://cambraza.blogspot.com/

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  75. GREAT! My porblem solved instantly, Thankyou so much - terima kasih banyak (Indonesia) :)

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  76. I followed the directions and my new favicon showed in the test page but when I went back to my blog it is still now showing. I don't know what to do to get it to show. Are you able to help? Thank you!!

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  77. Mine did not work either. Did you happen to find a way to get it to show?

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  78. Marie Soleil PudduAugust 1, 2013 at 6:08 AM

    Genius! Thanks for your help.

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  79. Its work too good~~~

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  80. wow!! i actually thought it wouldn't work but it did work!! thank you so much!!

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  81. OMG!!! It worked! Thank you, thank you, thank you! This was driving me nuts!

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  82. I LOVE YOU THANK YOU IT WORKED!!!

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  83. wow ! cool! it works! tnx!
    http://positivlist.blogspot.com/

    check it out =)

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  84. Thanks so much! I have one blog where changing the favicon in Layout worked immediately, but two others where it didn't - until I did this. Don't know why it works but it does :)

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  85. simple and effective. Thanks

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  86. It changed when I did the refresh, but it still has not changed on my URL ...

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  87. it still doesn't work...

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  88. It worked. Thank you so much!

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  89. Thanks! I was aware that new comers would see the new favicon, because they didn't get to cache the old one; but, I still wanted to see it for myself. :-)


    www.AssafKoss.com

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  90. No way... it worked. Brilliant!

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  91. It worked. Amazing. Thank you!!

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  92. This didn't work for me :( The new favicon shows in the window I opened with my blog url but not on my actual blog.

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  93. amazing. great. thank you so much

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  94. Excellent thanks !

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  95. It didn't worked :/

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  96. Thanks alot bro !!
    really worked in 1st time.

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  97. Paula @ Vintage KitchenOctober 16, 2013 at 3:46 AM

    Thanks! it finally worked!

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  98. yes!! :) Finally it worked out :))) Thank you so much bro...

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  99. Sara Nicoletti Altimari SuttleOctober 28, 2013 at 9:19 AM

    Absolutely fantastic!! It worked wonders:-) Thank you.

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  100. Thank you! It works! :D
    Short and sweet~

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  101. For some reason it didn't work! After refreshing the page the favicon changed properly, but when I went back to my blog, it hadn't changed. :/ Maybe I need to do something about the cache.

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  102. bro when I put this in the bar, it leads to google search.. plz help... :(

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  103. The only way for that to happen is if you don't insert your website/blog's URL where is says "[your blog url]". That's probably what you're doing wrong, since I tested it in the moment I read your comment and it worked just fine.

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  104. It worked bro. Thanks a lot!

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  105. thanks for your help, worked great!

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  106. Did not work on Firefox. http://unamsanctamcatholicam.blogspot.com

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  107. Excellente! It worked!!! Thank you!

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  108. nice trick!
    Now I updated mine http://fictionparker.blogspot.com/

    But can we put a animated GIF instead of PNG?

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  109. Yes you can. Just make your .ico file from a .gif image and do the same process. It will work anyway.

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  110. Worked like a charm! Yay! :D

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  111. Well, I never faced such problem, But I will try it once when situation occurs. It seems workable as seen many positive comments below. Good work.


    Regards
    Divya @smtutorial

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  112. Worked great, thanks for the help!! :-)

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  113. AH!! Thank you SO MUCH! This solved my problem! =D

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  114. worked like a boss !!
    check me out he he he :D thx alot
    http://effectsforshare.blogspot.com/

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  115. thanks SO much! this worked!

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  116. it won't work for me

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  117. wow...........thank you now working on my new website techcodify,blogspot.com

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  118. thank you <3 <3 <3

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  119. Problem solved, thank you very much

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  120. I still can't get mine to show up. I type /favicon.ico at the end of my blog url and hit enter and I see my favicon on the blank page, but when I refresh and go back...nothing...still that ugly orange B! Please help!
    Thanks!

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  121. Quit the browser and try again.
    If that doesn't work, delete your cache and try again.

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  122. thanks! worked great!

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  123. Works, thanks much!

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  124. it's not working for me! tried everything but in vain :(

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  125. Worked perfectly for me! Thank you!!

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  126. IT WORKED! thank you!!!

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  127. Thanks, got it working ~ Happy Week to you ~ ^_^

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  128. I am still having trouble ~ thought it was working ~ will try again ~

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  129. Rogério Maia FerreiraMarch 10, 2014 at 12:48 PM

    Tried it and didn't work. after some research this was what I had to do:

    In certain situations, Google Chrome and others may cease to show the favicons of your bookmarks and tabs. The favicon will be replaced by a white globe icon, and clicking on the bookmark will not make it appear again.

    The "white globe" icon in Google Chrome, indicating a missing bookmark favicon.

    To solve this, close Google Chrome and then follow these instructions:

    Windows: delete or rename the Favicons file located at C:\Users\your_user_name\AppData\Local\Google\Chrome\User Data\Default

    or

    C:\Documents and Settings\your_user_nameI\Definições locais\Application Data\Google\Chrome\User Data\Default

    If you relaunch Chrome and try to click on a bookmark, the favicon should reappear after the page has finished loading.

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  130. Well that was simple! Thanks!

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  131. Wow I wasn't expecting that to work!! Thanks :) xxx

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  132. Wow, it works! Thank you so much! I've been looking for this for awhile.

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  133. Doesn't work for me. When I type in this address it shows the default blogger favicon, even though the one I uploaded shows up in 'Layout' ??

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  134. Mmm. I tried again, and when I hit refresh it did change to my favicon. Except that my actual blog is still showing the default orange blogger one.

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  135. Okay, it's working now. Thanks for the solution!!

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  136. As you can see on the comment above, Jud managed to get this method working. Simply keep trying.

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  137. OMG! Thank you so much! <3<3<3<3<3<3<3

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  138. Thanks a tonn...
    Its working for me as well after your applying your tip.

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  139. it works.....you are really a great guru

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